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Identifier: ridpathsuniversa08ridp (find matches)
Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation
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GUARANI-BRAZILIANS—TYPES.—Drawn by Riou, after a sketch of Crevaux. densely wooded region, and the peopleare still aboriginal in their habits. Theyhave, however, been mostly convertedby the labors of Spanish and PortugueseJesuits. In this region the Guarani lan-guage is heard in its original barbaricutterance. The Western Guaranis aresubdivided into minor tribes, some ofwhich, far to the north, are in the ex-tremes of savagery. Hence the name of Guarani-Tupis asapplied to the whole family under con-sideration. It is a matter of no greatimport whether we give this ethnic des-ignative of Tupi to the peoples underconsideration, or whether we denote themas Brazilians. As usually happens along the selvageof nations, the distinction between theTupis and the Guaranis fades away at
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596 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. the border; but after advancing north-ward for some distance above the twen-Fading away of tieth parallel we find our-racecharac- selves anion nations quite tenstics among £> 1 these tribes. distinct in character fromthe natives of Uruguay. The characterthus discovered continues, with certainmodifications, all the way northward tothe Amazon, and extends through theprincipal valleys of that mighty river.The Guarani languages, however, giveplace to other dialects as we proceed on
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