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SOUTH AMEEICA— THE ANDES EEGIONS. 



Farther south both slopes of the Ecuador and Peruvian Andes belonged to 

 the great Quichua nation, followed in the present territory of Bolivia by the 

 distantly connected Aymaras, ruder of manners, but of equally inoffensive 



Fig. 13. — Main Divisions of the South Aslebican Aboriginks. 

 Scale 1 : 60,000,000- 



1,240 Miles. 



character. The southern extremity of the Cordilleras, with the dependent terri- 

 tories, formed the domain of the more warlike Araucanians. 



In the eastern part of the continent the formerly powerful Carib (Caraib) 

 race, till recently supposed to be extinct, because no longer found in the 

 Antilles, are still represented by various tribal groups, reaching far into the 

 interior of the Amazons basin. Intermingled with them are the Arawaks of the 

 Upper Amazons and other districts. But in their long conflicts with hostile 



