The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 6, Issue 38John Conrad & Company, 1806 |
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Page 323
... Indians ; through the region of the once celebrated , but now forgotten , El Dorado ; and though a country eminently fruitful , and infinitely more salubrious than any of the neighbouring districts , and recently become the seat of an ...
... Indians ; through the region of the once celebrated , but now forgotten , El Dorado ; and though a country eminently fruitful , and infinitely more salubrious than any of the neighbouring districts , and recently become the seat of an ...
Page 324
... Indians and Spaniards who na- vigate the lake . The place is cal- led , on this account , the Beacon of Maracaibo . The banks of the lake are sterile and unwholesome , so that the Indians prefer living in villages , built on shallows in ...
... Indians and Spaniards who na- vigate the lake . The place is cal- led , on this account , the Beacon of Maracaibo . The banks of the lake are sterile and unwholesome , so that the Indians prefer living in villages , built on shallows in ...
Page 325
... Indians one tenth . There are few Europeans in Cara- cas , except those sent out in the ser- vice of the state ; including whom , not a hundred Spaniards settle an- nually in the province . But of those who go to America , very few ...
... Indians one tenth . There are few Europeans in Cara- cas , except those sent out in the ser- vice of the state ; including whom , not a hundred Spaniards settle an- nually in the province . But of those who go to America , very few ...
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... Indian neighbours ; but their education is miserably conduc- ted . They are taught , in their infan- cy , the miracles and legends of their saints ; and made to observe , with the most scrupulous attention , all the minute practices and ...
... Indian neighbours ; but their education is miserably conduc- ted . They are taught , in their infan- cy , the miracles and legends of their saints ; and made to observe , with the most scrupulous attention , all the minute practices and ...
Page 328
... Indians subject to the Spa- nish government are as remarkable for the indolence and weakness of their character , as for the mildness of their disposition . The Spanish law considers them as in a state of perpetual pupilage , and ...
... Indians subject to the Spa- nish government are as remarkable for the indolence and weakness of their character , as for the mildness of their disposition . The Spanish law considers them as in a state of perpetual pupilage , and ...
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