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These only wrote of the natives as they found them at the time of , and long after , the conquest of America by their countrymen , whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information - the books and ancient records ...
These only wrote of the natives as they found them at the time of , and long after , the conquest of America by their countrymen , whose fanatical priests destroyed by fire the only sources of information - the books and ancient records ...
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The only answer of the natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were , invariably was , We do not know . For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo - authorities , shall the truth learned from the works of the ...
The only answer of the natives to the inquiries of the Spaniards as to who the builders were , invariably was , We do not know . For fear of wounding the pride of the pseudo - authorities , shall the truth learned from the works of the ...
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The peculiar though melodious vernacular of the natives , preserved through the lapse of ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty ...
The peculiar though melodious vernacular of the natives , preserved through the lapse of ages , despite the invasions of barbaric tribes , the persecutions by Christian conquerors , ignorant , avaricious , and bloodthirsty ...
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... human beings and of animals , in the round and in bas - relief , in a better state of preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their descendants ...
... human beings and of animals , in the round and in bas - relief , in a better state of preservation than they are now , not having then suffered so much injury at the hand of man , for the natives regarded them , as their descendants ...
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It seems to me that it is time , " he says , " to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and of its natives ; not , however , with the ex- tension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries ...
It seems to me that it is time , " he says , " to speak of the various things pertaining to this country , and of its natives ; not , however , with the ex- tension some might desire , mentioning in detail their origin and the countries ...
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Page 42 - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the Lord came upon him.
Page 88 - With regard to their language, most of the words are of Indian origin. They are found, in part, with little variation, in the Sanscrit...
Page lxv - German genius, and it is not the less real that perhaps we should not meet in either of those nations a single individual who corresponded with the type. We infer the spirit of the nation in great measure from the language...
Page 143 - Chuen. The country of the hills of mud, the land of Mu was sacrificed: being twice upheaved it suddenly disappeared during the night, the basin being continually shaken by volcanic forces. Being confined, these caused the land to sink and to rise several times and in various places. At last the surface gave way and ten countries were torn asunder and scattered. Unable to stand the force of the convulsions, they sank with their 64,000,000 of inhabitants 8060 years before the writing of this book.
Page 71 - There was only immobility and silence in the darkness, in the night. Only the Creator, the Maker, Tepeu, Gucumatz, the Forefathers, were in the water surrounded with light. They were hidden under green and blue feathers, and were therefore called Gucumatz.
Page 98 - ... branch at his birth, and this branch or tendril reached the ground when he was to be made king. Taneua, a bamboo used on the occasion, was said to draw its roots out of the ground at the approach of the ceremony, and to leap into the hand of the person who was sent for it. The inauguration ceremony, answering to coronation among other nations, consisted in girding the king with the maro ura, or sacred girdle of red feathers; which not only raised him to the highest earthly station, but identified...
Page 263 - THE ROOT OF LIFE WAS IN EVERY DROP OF THE OCEAN OF IMMORTALITY, AND THE OCEAN WAS RADIANT LIGHT, WHICH WAS FIRE, AND HEAT, AND MOTION. DARKNESS VANISHED AND WAS NO MORE; IT DISAPPEARED IN ITS OWN ESSENCE, THE BODY OF FIRE AND WATER, OR FATHER AND MOTHER.
Page 83 - As soon as the intestines had been removed from the bod}', they were properly cleansed, and embalmed in spices and various substances, and deposited in four vases. These were afterwards placed in the tomb with the coffin, and were supposed to belong to the four Genii of Amenti, whose heads and names they bore. Each contained a separate portion.
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| Titre | Queen Móo and the Egyptian Sphinx |
| Auteur | Augustus Le Plongeon |
| Édition | 2 |
| Éditeur | The Author, 1896 |
| Original provenant de | la New York Public Library |
| Numérisé | 21 nov. 2007 |
| Longueur | 277 pages |
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