The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . , which might indicate that they were de-populated under pressure of official measures.^^ On theother hand, the Augustine Antonio de la Calancha, aboutthirty years later, published: On the islands which itsarchipelago embraces, and especially on the largest one ofTiticaca, there are great numbers of Indians, either as fugi-tives from the Doctrine, or on account of being troubled bythe Corregidores and Caciques, or as fishermen for theirown sustenance, and not a few of them in order to continuein their idolatrous practices. ^^ Thus, although the
The islands of Titicaca and Koati, illustrated . , which might indicate that they were de-populated under pressure of official measures.^^ On theother hand, the Augustine Antonio de la Calancha, aboutthirty years later, published: On the islands which itsarchipelago embraces, and especially on the largest one ofTiticaca, there are great numbers of Indians, either as fugi-tives from the Doctrine, or on account of being troubled bythe Corregidores and Caciques, or as fishermen for theirown sustenance, and not a few of them in order to continuein their idolatrous practices. ^^ Thus, although the Islandmay have been abandoned for a number of years, at theclose of the sixteenth and in the beginning of the seven-teenth century, it was reoccupied afterward by Indians, butthere seem not to have been any white settlers on it until theeighteenth century, or perhaps later. I have as yet beenunable to find out if the Island was inhabited at the time ofthe great uprising of 1780. The historical notices presented above are meager, but 03 ai PI T3. THE INDIANS OF THE ISLAND OF TITICACA 67 they indicate that few, if any, direct descendants of theIndians who occupied Titicaca in the early part of the six-teenth century can be looked for on the Island the great majority of the Islanders are to-day Aymaraby language, and regard themselves as such, it is not un-likely that Quichua, even Uro, and perhaps Chachapoyaselements ^^ are mixed with them, and the statement of theactual owners of Titicaca, that its present Indian popula-tion is of comparatively modern origin and has settled onit from various places, should not be lost sight of. While the women on the Island are usually of the lowstature of other female Indians, there are among them someof middle height and more slender than, for instance, thePueblo Indian women of New Mexico. Among the menthere are some tall and well formed figures, with pleasantfaces; many are of low stature and have sinister counte-nances. It is n
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