THE PEOPLE. 



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made to swear to maintain the personal freedom of the peasant and tlio sanctity of 

 his house. 



At the time of the Reformation many of the inhabitants of the Tyrol and of 



Fig. II. — Tyrolese. 



Men and Women from the ZiUerthal, Brenner, Grudenthal, and PusterthaL 



Carintliia became Protestants, but they were put down with a strong and rntliless 

 hand. During the years lY31-'32 no less than 25,000 Salzburgers expatriated 

 themselves, and sought a new home in other parts of Germany and in America. 



