Identifier: ridpathsuniversa08ridp (find matches)
Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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one of the mostpopulous of the South American nations,as well as the most progres- Division intosive. They are subdivided *aes£?na£L into three groups, and to ranis; the Tupis. these the title of tribe is hardly anylonger applicable. The Southern Gua-ranis live partly the sedentary and partlythe nomadic life. The former nations,that is, the sedentary group, are those whohave accepted the institutions of Europe.They occupy the populous towns in the 594 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. valley of the Parana, the Uruguay, andthe Paraguay rivers. The wild tribes stillhold to the forest, speak the native lan-guage, and follow the hunters calling. The Western Guaranis beldng to aterritory intermediate between that ofthe Chiquitos and the Moxos. This is a The Eastern group of the same raceare the Tupis, or Brazilians proper;that is, the aborigines of the greaterpart of the country now known as theRepublic of Brazil. To this groupethnography has assigned the name ofTupis, but not without controversy.
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GUARANI-BRAZILIANS—TYPES.—Drawn by Riou, after a sketch of Crevaux. densely wooded region, and the peopleare still aboriginal in their habits. Theyhave, however, been mostly convertedby the labors of Spanish and PortugueseJesuits. In this region the Guarani lan-guage is heard in its original barbaricutterance. The Western Guaranis aresubdivided into minor tribes, some ofwhich, far to the north, are in the ex-tremes of savagery. Hence the name of Guarani-Tupis asapplied to the whole family under con-sideration. It is a matter of no greatimport whether we give this ethnic des-ignative of Tupi to the peoples underconsideration, or whether we denote themas Brazilians. As usually happens along the selvageof nations, the distinction between theTupis and the Guaranis fades away at

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