The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 424 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMEEICA, WEST INDIES. Eound the whole periphery of the island numerous fluvial valleys are disposed at rio-ht ans-les with the coast. Some of these streams are over 60 miles lono; and several on the north slope take the name of ' Rio Grande,' being both considerably larger and more copious than those flowing southwards. Inhabitants. Having no inaccessible places of retreat in the mountains, the aborigines, not- withstanding their numbers, rapidly disappeared after the conquest
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita291recl Year: 1891 424 MEXICO, CENTEAL AMEEICA, WEST INDIES. Eound the whole periphery of the island numerous fluvial valleys are disposed at rio-ht ans-les with the coast. Some of these streams are over 60 miles lono; and several on the north slope take the name of ' Rio Grande,' being both considerably larger and more copious than those flowing southwards. Inhabitants. Having no inaccessible places of retreat in the mountains, the aborigines, not- withstanding their numbers, rapidly disappeared after the conquest. According to the early chroniciers they numbered nearly a million, all subjects of a single cacique. They are supposed to have been of the same race as the Haitians, and arms or ornaments are often turned up by the plough attesting the originality of Fig-. 204.—PuEETO Scale 1 : 2,250,000. 65°30 Depths. 0 to .50 Fathoms. 50 to .500 Fathoms. 500 to 1,(kX) Fathoms. Fatlioms and upwards. 60 Miles. their culture. They consist of heavy collars of syenite or other massive stones, and are found only in Puerto E-ico and some of the neighbouring Lesser Antilles, though objects of a somewhat similar character have also been picked up in the territories of the Mexican Huaxtecs and Totonacs. Some of them, weighing as much as 65 pounds, are of perfectly regular form, but without any embellishment, while others terminate in a more or less decorated plaque. Their use is unknown, though some archaeologists have compared them to the cangnc worn as a punish- ment by culprits in China. As in the other Antilles the aborigines were replaced by the black race on the plantations. Caparra, the first settlement in the island, was founded in 1509 by
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