Guatemala: the land of the quetzal; a sketch (1887)
Brigham, William Tufts, 1841-1926 · London, T. Fisher Unwin · leaf 339
275 IX THE OLDKX TIME. sticks and tow it astern ; this last performance, like reading the Lord's Prayer backwards, usually raised a breeze. The worship of Mafia (the devil) I believe is general ; but they do not like to talk about it. Caribs are less musical than any of the black races I have met ;… … Indian Women, Pocomam Tri Of all the languages of Central America, no one has been more studied than the Maya. It is the language of Yucatan, and there many foreigners both speak and read it. In Guatemala it is the parent tongue of the great majority of the tribes, including the Quiches,…
Guatemala -- Description and travel · Guatemala -- Antiquities · Central America -- Bibliography
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