| Autor: |
Loring, L. Y., Cozzens, Peter |
| Zdroj: |
Eyewitness to the Indian Wars, Volume 1; 2001, p182-662, 22p |
| Abstrakt: |
This article describes the manners and customs of Coyotero Indians. The men are generally thin and spare, while the women tend to corpulency, which effect is heightened by a much shorter stature. Men and women generally wear their hair reaching to their shoulders and parted in the middle. A widow wears it banged; a very young woman on the death of her husband cuts her hair short all around. Maidens wear it done up in a knot at the back of the head. Their morality as regards truth and honesty is found to be high. A liar is condemned and tabooed among them. Debts are scrupulously paid, both among themselves and when dealing with the whites. It is thought that their intelligence is above the average Indians, especially so where their advantages are taken into consideration. Their ability to endure the vicissitudes of heat and cold is wonderful. They have been known to march on foot all day, bareheaded in a scorching sun, without food or water, as far as forty or sixty miles. |
| Databáze: |
Supplemental Index |
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