The Cyclopædia;: [Mac.-Mat.]

Strahan, Andrew; Cuthell, J.; Bagster, Samuel; Mawman, Joseph; Scholey, Robert; Booth, J.; Booker, J.; Saunders, R.; Dickinson, John; Paterson, John; Whiteside, E.; Rees, Abraham

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Persistent identifier:: 1757202838

Author:: Brachelli, Hugo Franz

Title:: Deutsche Staatenkunde

Sub title:: ein Handbuch der Statistik des deutschen Bundes und seiner Staaten mit Einschluss der nichtdeutschen Provinzen Oesterreichs und Preussens : nach den besten und neuesten Quellen

Year of publication:: 1856

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher of the original:: Wilhelm Braumüller, k. k. Hofbuchhändler

Identifier (digital):: 1757202838

Language:: German

Additional Notes:: Bände 1-2 erschienen von 1856-1857

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Persistent identifier:: 175720413X

Author:: Brachelli, Hugo Franz

Title:: Die Norddeutschen Bundesstaaten

Scope:: XVI, 924 Seiten

Year of publication:: 1857

Place of publication:: Wien

Publisher of the original:: Wilhelm Braumüller, k. k. Hofbuchhändler

Identifier (digital):: 175720413X

Signature of the source:: a 1901(2)

Language:: German

Usage licence:: Public Domain Mark 1.0

Printer:: Braumüller, Wilhelm

Publisher of the digital copy:: Technische Informationsbibliothek Hannover

Place of publication of the digital copy:: Hannover

Year of publication of the original:: 2021

Document type:: Volume

Collection:: Homeland and regional geography; History

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Title:: Die norddeutschen Bundesstaaten.

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Title:: Das Fürstentum Reuss jüngerer Linie.

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D G o pd w N P BT - w S 37 CF b P b —— o ans Judiabalay, on aecount of the rapidity of; the ftream, which neverthelefs he afcended with a_view of difcovering a nearer paflage from the Guziluga to the Maranon than the circuit by the Tungura%ual;_ lfhe pa!{ﬁtgedby land was foung ‘Gcult, on account of thick woods and precipices; an g:fclo;elxr:ng a large river, which was the W'inding Mano:(i, our traveller defcended the Maranon, and arrived at the miffions of the Maynas, and foon after at Cumbaza, after an abfence of four months. This firft voyage feemed to obliterate the idea, which he had entertained, of the cruelty of the na- tions on the Maranon. The Indians in general were found to be tall and robuft, and the ¢ Conibos” could vie with the Europeans in fairnefs, if they did not dlfcolot_n’ themfelves, and fuffer moreover from the ftings of the mofquitoes. They bind their children with bandages of flax, that they may grow ftraight : the forehead is alfo flattened in infancy, by boards faftened be&ore i‘n?{ behind, z;)s in bthen‘l meiog‘a vnfe head fhould refemble a full moon : but by this pradtice, it is faid, they are almoft utterly deprived of memory. The girls are wholly naked, while the mar;‘lied v.vsmcn wea!r 3 flicht cinfture; but among many other tribes complete na%iednefs is univerfal. They are painted and tattgoed; they do not marry within certain degrees ; and the caziques alone ufe polygamy ; but the men and women are free to quit each other. They feem to believe in one god, of a human form, who retired to heaven after making the earth ; but they do not venture to offer their humble adorations except during earth- quakes, which they believe to proceed from the footfteps of their god who vifits the earth, in order to judge by their voices how many men exift. Hence, on occafion of the flighteft earthquake they run from their hovels, caper, and ftamp on the ground, crying out, ¢ here we are, here we are.”” They alfo believe in an evil {pirit, of whom the moft fagacious, for the fake of emolument, have declared them- felves the priefts, and regulate in his name amours, intrigues, health and ficknef(s, and the little campaigns of war. They have alflo many charms and amulets ; and yet their fkill in medical herbs is far from being contemptible. They alfo believe in another life, but imagine that thunders are the battles of that diftant world, and that the milky way is a fine foreft for their diverfion. ‘Some believe in tranfmigration, and {uppofe that the fouls of their chiefs and nobles animate tigers and monkies. The dead are difinterred after a certain period, and the bones wathed and preferved, but fome tribes eat the flefh, that nothing may be loft. Befides the chace and fithing, they cultivate a few herbs, particularly the * yuca,” with which they make the ¢ mazato,” their only drink and confolation. The water is generally bad, owing to the heat and the numerous marthes which taint the rivers. in the cultivation of the ¢ yuca,”” they cut down the trees with axes of ftone 3 but they have alfo axes of copper, the firft metal ufed by favages, being often found native and eafily beaten into form, while iron is obdurate and requires t}}e fkill of a more advanced fociety. The ground is flightly moved with a wooden fpade, and the « yuca’>being mterred the labour is finithed. They alfo gather cotton, which ferves' for their little cinétures.” Their darts and ar- rows are often tin¢tured with a&ive poifon, drawn from noxious plants, Their confidence in its power is fuch, that they will excite the fury and await the attack of the ftrongeft and fierceft jaguar. They laugh when he prepares to {pring : thf.f arrow flies, and he is dead. But they never employ 901f0n§d weapons in their confli®ts, not fo much trom llberallty of fentiment, as from the fear of a retort. Large fifh are killed with arrows aimed at their heads ; the fmall are taken in {nares, or with hooks of bone. From the age of five years boys and girls manage the canoes. YorL. XXI1. MARANON. Their ruling paffion is war, and it is the bufinefs of the whole tribe, prefided by the cazique or intended general. 'The to- bacco tubes are lighted ; the jars of ¢“mazato’’ pafs round; and as foon as drunkennefs begins, this important fubje becomes the matter of deliberation: the firft and moft folemn queftion being, ¢ with what nation fhall we go to war ?”’ And the next 1s, ¢ what fhall be the caufe of quarrel ?”’ The caufes are generally fome petty robbery or offence ; and the weakeft tribe is generally felected as the moft convenient enemy. When the expedition is wefolved upon, the ¢ moans,” or priefts of the evil fpirit, take charge of their chiefs, and treat them with fuch abftinence and artificial horrors, that at the end of fome days they come forth rather dead than alive. Thefe {avages impute all fuccefs in war to the evil {pirit, and carefully conceal from their deity their proceedings on fuch an occafion. Hence the ¢ moans” are held refpenfible for the refult of the expedition ; and if it be adverfe they re- ceive a thoufand malediétions, and are beaten almoft to death, becaufe their prayers to the evil fpirit had not been accept- able. As their petty warfares are inceffant, their villages, or large houfe, are prepared for defence; being conftruéted in the form of a crefcent, with the convex part towards the wood, and with one door towards fome hill and another to a plain. When the enemy attack at one door a party op- pofes; while the others turn the wings of the houfe, and attack the foe on the plains. Father Girval, in his fecond voyage 1791, entered the mouth of the Ucaial, or true Maranon, and though unac- companied by any foldier, or white perfon, he was received by the f{avages with great cordiality, though he was afraid of encountering the ¢ Cafibos” on the eaftern fhore, who are reputed the moft ferocious tribe in thofe regions. But the chief navigators of this part of the Maranon are the ¢ Conibos,”” who are more humane ; and the found of their rude flutes or cornets is the fignal of peace and hofpitality. Canoes of the ¢¢Panos’ afterwards appeared : and the Fa- ther arrived at Saraiacu with a bark and 6o canoes of friendly favages. The cazica, Anna Rofa, conduéted the procef- fion to a little convent which fhe had founded, and the In- dians obeyed her orders with great pun&tuality. A tribe called the ¢ Piro’’ inhabit the borders of Maranon, in the latitude of Torma, being about 20 days navigation from Saralacu or the Manoa. He found abundance of cinnamon trees, and began to inftruét the nativesin its cultivation, hoping that this precious {pice would foon become an eflential arti- cle of commerce. This fettlement was thought of import- ance, as it prevented the Portuguefe fhips from purfuing their excurfions on the Maranon ; and withthe fort on the Mayro, inclofed the ¢ Pampas del Sacramento’ on hoth fides, fo as to render it a decided Spanifh province. The ¢ Panos’ and ¢ Conibos,”” and even the ¢ Chipeos,"’ who had murdered the firft miffionaries, began, itis faid, to fhew fome difpofition for embracing the faith, Some ¢ Piros” were exported from the vicinity of the Mantaro, and the frontiers of Guanta and Jauja, paffing in their canoes on the Maranon ; but the ¢ Cafibos” near the Mayro, and on the banks of the delightful Pachitea, a ferocious Trace, were fcarcely expetted to become amicable ; having no intem courfe with any other nation, and rever leaving their own country, as they bave no utenfils for making canoes. They furprife and kill any ftrangers whom they find within their boundaries ; and having cooked them with great care, eat them with correfponding comfort, fo that a traveller rarely returns to publifth any account of foreign parts. Thefe favages form the only obftacles to impede the navigation from Manoa to Mayro; buta few regular troops would eafily extirpate thefe irreclaimable tigers. Of thefe miffion- 3T aries

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