This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...vegetable dyes, sarsaparilla, etc., which they sell to their more civilized brethren for hooks, harpoons, lance-heads, knives, and other articles. They have no intercourse with the Sambos on the coast, and it is only because they can not do without such things as I have enumerated that they visit the Poyer villages. ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1855 Excerpt: ...vegetable dyes, sarsaparilla, etc., which they sell to their more civilized brethren for hooks, harpoons, lance-heads, knives, and other articles. They have no intercourse with the Sambos on the coast, and it is only because they can not do without such things as I have enumerated that they visit the Poyer villages. The Indians living on the banks of the Seco River, and called 8ecos, have much the same character as the Poyers. "The Towcas _Toacas0 T/iuacos, or Juacos are remarkable for their industry and inoffensive character. They are generally a finer race of men than either the Poyers or Secos They speak at all times low and with great ease, and have an air of gentleness and melancholy. They sound the letter s in almost every wordo They are celebrated for their skill in making clorys and pitpans. Their principal residence is near the head of Patook (Patuca) River. The Towcas, like the other tribes, have a great character for faith and probity, and are equally famed for carrying heavy burdens. They are very dexterous in shooting birds on the wing with their bows and arrows, and are well suited for any thing requiring sagacity and endurance. It is astonishing to observe how little value they put on their labor. For instance, they will sell a dory or pitpan for one axe and a machete, or two iron pots, and so on, notwithstanding the immense time which they expend in making them." Young visited a Poyer or Payas village on one of the tributaries of Black River, of which he has given us the subjoined account. It illustrates the condition and mode of life of these Indians in general. " The Indian town, to my astonishment, was comprised in one large house of an oval form, about 85 feet in length and 35 feet wide, in which all the natives res...
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