. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 30i MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES were quite recently still living entirely aloof from tlie civilised populations. In tlie forests of the northern slopes draining to Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan, and especially in the Eio Frio basin, dwell the Guatusos, who at present visit the market of San José, and bring offerings to the Catholic priests, " brothers of the ; They were formerly said to have fair hair and blue eyes, which Gabb attributed to contact with the English buccaneers. Others pretended that the Eig-. 134.—GuATUso I
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 30i MEXICO, CENTEAL AMERICA, WEST INDIES were quite recently still living entirely aloof from tlie civilised populations. In tlie forests of the northern slopes draining to Lake Nicaragua and the San Juan, and especially in the Eio Frio basin, dwell the Guatusos, who at present visit the market of San José, and bring offerings to the Catholic priests, " brothers of the ; They were formerly said to have fair hair and blue eyes, which Gabb attributed to contact with the English buccaneers. Others pretended that the Eig-. 134.—GuATUso fugitives from the town of Espar2a. sacked by the corsairs, hud merged in a single nation with, the Indians. But all the Guatusos seen at San Carlos of Nicaragua, or at the markets of the Costa Rican plateau, have black hair, a dark complexion, and prominent cheek- bones, like the Nicaraguan Chontals, to whom they are probably related. They are excellent husbandmen, cultivating their banana, cacao and other plantations with great care. Nor are the Guatusos ferocious savages, as formerly asserted ; on the contrary, most of them have been exterminated by the Nicaraguan and Costa Rican Ladinos engaged in collecting rubber in the northern forests. According. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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