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E. Rulers of the " south " and " north, " who were seldom at peace, and were lioth at last overwhelmed by the Conquistadores while engaged in an exceptionally fierce struggle for the supremacy over Muyscaland. The Chibcha language is said to be extinct, and the Chibcha people, who numbered over a million before their reduction, have long l^een ilUXSCAS. COLOMBIA 137 merged in the common Hispano-American nationality of Colombia. Throughout the whole of the cultural zone are scattered great numbe...rs of hitacas (guacas) or sepulchral mounds, some of which are over 40 feet high, and often contain great stores of gold and precious stones. These abound especially in the auriferous Antioquia districts, where the huaqueros, as the plunderers of the huacas are called, have occasionally extracted treasure to the value of several thousand pounds sterling from a single grave. One opened about 1830 yielded £3600 worth of gems, and Mr. White had personal knowledge of three burrows "containing gold ornaments to the amount of £4000, £8000, and £13, 000 respectively.
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