Brinton.] 



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the Chapanecan, no other supposition will explain the substantial 

 identity of the words for : 



Not less positive are the identities of the following words of the 

 Mazatecan and Chibchan (Costa Rican) groups : 



The words for the colors white, black, blue, yellow and red show 

 rather remote, but, perhaps, actual resemblances. They have no 

 analogy whatever with the Chapanecan color terms. 



The ethnographic conclusion to which this comparison would 

 lead is that the Mazatecas do not constitute an independent stock, 

 but a branch of the Chapanec group, which was at some early date 

 of its history largely infiltrated with blood of the Costa Rican 

 tribes of South American descent. This may have arisen from the 

 adoption of some large band, which had migrated across the moun- 

 tains separating Costa Rica from Nicaragua. The Mangue branch 

 of the Chapanecs lived in Nicaragua, in immediate proximity to 

 these mountains, and must have been in frequent relations with the 

 tribes beyond them. 



