The Manners, Customs and Antiquities of the Indians of North and South America, 第 12 巻Rand and Mann, 1844 - 336 ページ |
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... 115 steps . That at Cholula , 120. Gold and jewels , and the different seeds of the country were thrown in when * See " Lives of Celebrated Indians . " the foundations of the temple of Mexico were laid . 36 THE MEXICAN INDIANS .
... 115 steps . That at Cholula , 120. Gold and jewels , and the different seeds of the country were thrown in when * See " Lives of Celebrated Indians . " the foundations of the temple of Mexico were laid . 36 THE MEXICAN INDIANS .
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... Cholula , though he had a service of gold for religious occasions . During the repast a screen , richly gilt , was drawn round him , to conceal him from vulgar eyes . The solid dishes were succeeded by sweetmeats and pastry , rolls , wa ...
... Cholula , though he had a service of gold for religious occasions . During the repast a screen , richly gilt , was drawn round him , to conceal him from vulgar eyes . The solid dishes were succeeded by sweetmeats and pastry , rolls , wa ...
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... Cholula was in short the Mecca of Anahuac . The Tlascala was about twenty miles north of Cholula , and was a populous town in the time of Cortés . houses were for the most part of mud , the better sort being , however , of stone or ...
... Cholula was in short the Mecca of Anahuac . The Tlascala was about twenty miles north of Cholula , and was a populous town in the time of Cortés . houses were for the most part of mud , the better sort being , however , of stone or ...
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... Cholula has been already mentioned . It is now a small town , and its mighty pyramid , crumbling with age , is covered with vegetation . It is 177 feet high , and one side of its base measures 1440 feet . Though far less elevated than ...
... Cholula has been already mentioned . It is now a small town , and its mighty pyramid , crumbling with age , is covered with vegetation . It is 177 feet high , and one side of its base measures 1440 feet . Though far less elevated than ...
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... Cholula dedicated to the holy cross , by the Toltecs , the predecessors of the Mexican race . At Yucatan and other places , this emblem was common . These and other equally singular facts have led to various theories , one of which is ...
... Cholula dedicated to the holy cross , by the Toltecs , the predecessors of the Mexican race . At Yucatan and other places , this emblem was common . These and other equally singular facts have led to various theories , one of which is ...
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Abipones American Anahuac ancient animals antiquities appear Araucanians arrows Atahualpa Aztec beautiful birds body caciques called Camanchees ceremony character chief Cholula civilization cloth colors conquest corn Cortés cotton covered cultivated customs Cuzco dance death dress dwellings earth enemies fastened feast feathers feet high fish flesh flowers gold ground hair head horses houses Huascar Huayna Capac human hundred hunting idol Incas Indians inhabitants kind lake language live lodge maize Manco Capac manner Mexicans Mexico miles Montezuma mounds mountains nation noble ornaments Osage painting palace Palenque party Pawnees person Peru Peruvians possessed present priests pulque Quito race remains resembling river ruins sacrifice savage scalps sculptured seen side silver skins sometimes songs Spaniards Spanish Spirit square stone temple terrace Tezcuco tion Toltecs trees tribes tumuli village warriors whole wigwam wild women woods yanaconas
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263 ページ - Within the paths of righteousness, ev'n for his own name's sake. *Yea, though I walk in death's dark vale, yet will I fear none ill: For thou art with me; and thy rod and staff me comfort still.
99 ページ - ... the face of a monument, and then to dig around and bring to light a fragment, a sculptured corner of which protruded from the earth. I leaned over with breathless anxiety while the Indians worked, and an eye, an ear, a foot, or a hand was disentombed; and when the machete rang against the chiselled stone, I pushed the Indians away, and cleared out the loose earth with my hands. The beauty of the sculpture, the solemn stillness of the woods, disturbed only by the scrambling of monkeys and the...
263 ページ - My table Thou hast furnished In presence of my foes ; My head Thou dost with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 5 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me : And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be.
98 ページ - It is impossible to describe the interest with which I explored these ruins. The ground was entirely new; there were no guide-books or guides; the whole was a virgin soil. We could not see ten yards before us, and never knew what we should stumble upon next. At one time we stopped to cut away branches and vines which concealed the...
38 ページ - The lips and bosom of the infant were sprinkled with water, and "the Lord was implored to permit the holy drops to wash away the sin that was given to it before the foundation of the world; so that the child might be born anew.
303 ページ - ... back ; by which he has the power of throwing himself up again, and changing to the other side of the horse if necessary. In this wonderful condition, he will hang whilst his horse is at fullest speed, carrying with him his bow and his shield, and also his long lance of fourteen feet in length, all or either of which he will wield upon his enemy as he passes ; rising and throwing his arrows over the horse's back, or with equal ease and equal success under the horse's neck...
329 ページ - ... (on a level and beautiful prairie), which before had been strained tight and fixed, were seen waving and flapping in the wind, and in one minute more all were flat upon the ground. Their horses and dogs, of which they...
38 ページ - Is this punishment intended, not for our reformation, but for our destruction?" Again, "Impart to us, out of thy great mercy, thy gifts, which we are not worthy to receive through our own merits".
96 ページ - Egyptians ; one, displaced from its pedestal by enormous roots ; another locked in the close embrace of branches of trees, and almost lifted out of the earth; another, hurled to the ground, and bound down by huge vines and creepers ; and one standing, with its altar before it, in a grove of trees which grew around, seemingly to shade and shroud it, as a sacred thing in the solemn stillness of the woods, it seemed a divinity mourning over a fallen people.
86 ページ - The hair is divided, and falls down behind in two long plaits, fastened at the top by a bow of ribbon and a flower. In this dress there is no alteration from what they wore in former days; saving that the women of a higher class wore a dress of finer cotton with more embroidery, and a loose garment over all, resembling a priest's surplice, when the weather was cold. Among the men, the introduction of trousers is Spanish — but they still wear the...