Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru (Classic Reprint) written by William Curtis Farabee and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru Organization. There is no tribal organization, no tribal meet ings, and no chief of the whole tribe. Each locality, comprising a few families situated near together on the same river or near the con uence of two rivers, has its own curaca, or head-man, who is selected because of his ability and in uence. The habits of life of these tribes do not encourage organization. They have no large villages, or large communal houses. There are, instead, several families living along the banks of a river in the same vicinity, each with its own chacara, or small clearing, in the fertile lowland, where an abundant and constant food supply is guaranteed. There is no criminal code or system of punishment, because there are so few criminals. Theft, unfaithfulness, and murder are practically unknown. If children are too intimme before marriage, they are severely beaten by their parents. A lazy man is compelled to work because no one will give him food, yet anyone will allow him to work in his field for food. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."