The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world

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Identifier: americanauniver08beac (find matches)
Title: The Americana : a universal reference library, comprising the arts and sciences, literature, history, biography, geography, commerce, etc. of the world
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Beach, Frederick Converse, 1848-1918 Rines, George Edwin, 1860-
Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: New York : Scientific American Compiling Dept.
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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ason to believe that the gold-cultureof the Chiriqui country and allied remains 111the same region to the borders of Nicaragua maybe due to the Chibchan stock —the Talamanca,Guaymi, and a few other dialects of Costa Kica,etc show affinities with Chibchan tongues. 1 heiruse and working of gold were of. a high order,but neither in architecture nor in pictographycould they compare with the Peruvians theMexicans, and the Mayas. They had a char-acteristic hero-legend of Bochica and a tale ofthe great flood. The shrine of Lake Guatavitawas a famous religious resort. Some ot thefamous El Dorados were in. their territory.The Quechuan stock, which is best knownthrough the civilization of the Incas, superim-posed upon an older, widespread culture, rep-resents but one phase of higher human activityin the Peruvian area. The extension of Uue-chuan language especially von Tschudi and Brm-ton agree in attributing not to the militaryachievements of this people, which antedated the AMERICAN INDIANS.
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