The book Carpenters New Geographical Reader South America was written by author Frank G Frank George Carpenter Here you can read free online of Carpenters New Geographical Reader South America book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Carpenters New Geographical Reader South America a good or bad book?
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In northern Brazil are found SOME WILD INDIANS OF BRAZIL 359 the Caribs and the Arawaks, whose forefathers emigrated to the West Indies and were found there by the Spaniards. They were brave, and they fought against the white invaders of their territory. The Caribs were said to have been canni- Amazon Indians equipped with bows with which they shoot poisoned arrows. Blow guns also are used for this purpose. Bals. The Arawaks are not so strong as the Caribs, but they are much more civihzed. They... weave cloth of various kinds and make some things of gold. Other tribes along the Amazon River have blow guns, through wMch they shoot arrows tipped with poison. The 360 SOUTH AMERICA blow guns are pipes about an inch in diameter and ten to twelve feet in length. They are made of a hard wood which is spHt and then hollowed out. After the parts are glued together and wrapped with rattan they are perfectly air- tight. The arrows are as thick as a hatpin and about a foot long. They are as sharp as a needle, the blunt end being wrapped with cotton so that it fits the hole in the blow gun.
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