Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ledge we have of the aborigines,though the French and American engineers have added much alsoby way of stray notes, etc., to the store of information. The prefaceof Pinarts Colleccion de Linguistica y Ethnografia Americanas,written in 1882, is interesting as showing his reasons for taking upthe work. Considering the Indians in the western half of the Isthmus, we findtwo distinct stocks, the Doracho-Changuina and the Guaymies. Theformer, now almost extinct, as pure bloods, spread over parts ofChiriqui and Bocas, inhabiting c
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . ledge we have of the aborigines,though the French and American engineers have added much alsoby way of stray notes, etc., to the store of information. The prefaceof Pinarts Colleccion de Linguistica y Ethnografia Americanas,written in 1882, is interesting as showing his reasons for taking upthe work. Considering the Indians in the western half of the Isthmus, we findtwo distinct stocks, the Doracho-Changuina and the Guaymies. Theformer, now almost extinct, as pure bloods, spread over parts ofChiriqui and Bocas, inhabiting chiefly the Cordillera which crossthe Costa Rican border and the valleys of the Rio Tilorio and To them is attributed the megalithic monumentat Mesa (35). They were noted potters and their elaborately paintedvessels indicate some artistic ability. The Dorachos were held tobe bold warriors and were usually at war with their neighbors. Theywere described as being much lighter in color than the other tribes. Smithsonian Report, 1909.—Bell. Plate Fig. 1 .—Negro-Indian Family of Yaviso; Cane House with Tiled Roof.
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