This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...is unknown. The Aymara sleeps on a bank of earth, and buries himself in a few skins and in a 'seamen,9 a very thick poncho of llama wool. The Aymara are regarded as the oldest semi-civilized people in South America, and the ruins on Lake Titicaca are attributed to them, while those at Pachacamac are known to have been ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1885 Excerpt: ...is unknown. The Aymara sleeps on a bank of earth, and buries himself in a few skins and in a 'seamen,9 a very thick poncho of llama wool. The Aymara are regarded as the oldest semi-civilized people in South America, and the ruins on Lake Titicaca are attributed to them, while those at Pachacamac are known to have been constructed by them. Their language still exists. It resembles closely the Quichua, but is much harsher; it agrees with it in many words and in many points of grammatical construction, but the Aymara stands on a lower stage of development. Of it several dialects exist. In the Andean region we meet a series of tribes which are in no way connected with the Inca Indians, or apparently with one another. These are the Barbacoa and Iscuandi in the northwest, and the Quillacinga in the southeast of the Columbian state of Pasto; the Puruaye south of Chimborazo; the Huaneas and Yanyo near Lima; the Atacamas, who inhabit the coast between Arica and Atacama, while to the south of these last are Chango, Llipi and other tribes. There is no accurate boundary line which separates these and a number of smaller tribes from those here grouped under the common name Antesians. The term Andesians, or Antesians, is used with geographical rather than ethnological limits, and embraces a number of tribes. First of these are the Cofan in Equador, east of Chimborazo. They fought valiantly against the Spaniards, and in times past killed many of the missionaries sent among them. Now they are greatly reduced and have become more gentle. The Huamboya are their near neighbors. The Jivara, west of the river Pastaea, are a warlike tribe, who, possibly through a mixture of Spanish blood, have a European cast of countenance and a beard. The half Christian Napo or Quijo and their...
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