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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  Sure 
  in 
  their 
  belief, 
  the 
  Indians 
  valiantly 
  opposed 
  the 
  Spaniards 
  

   in 
  their 
  struggle. 
  This 
  faith 
  is 
  demonstrated 
  in 
  the 
  story 
  of 
  a 
  90- 
  

   year 
  old 
  Indian, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  captured. 
  As 
  he 
  refused 
  to 
  release 
  

   a 
  small 
  wooden 
  idol 
  which 
  he 
  held 
  and 
  would 
  not 
  give 
  up 
  his 
  beliefs, 
  

   they 
  " 
  threw 
  him 
  alive 
  to 
  the 
  dogs, 
  which 
  in 
  an 
  instant 
  tore 
  him 
  apart 
  

   while 
  he 
  uttered 
  no 
  other 
  outcry 
  than 
  'acaya' 
  (woe 
  is 
  me), 
  and 
  still 
  

   would 
  not 
  let 
  go 
  the 
  idol 
  while 
  he 
  had 
  strength 
  in 
  his 
  hand 
  to 
  hold 
  it." 
  

  

  The 
  Pijao 
  were 
  destroyed, 
  without 
  foresaking 
  their 
  beliefs 
  or 
  tra- 
  

   ditions 
  or 
  having 
  for 
  a 
  moment 
  relaxed 
  the 
  fight 
  against 
  the 
  invaders 
  

   of 
  their 
  country. 
  The 
  last 
  Pijao, 
  old 
  Ambrosio, 
  declared 
  that 
  the 
  

   Spaniards 
  might 
  well 
  enjoy 
  his 
  nation's 
  lands, 
  for 
  with 
  him 
  the 
  nation 
  

   had 
  come 
  to 
  an 
  end. 
  

  

  BIBLIOGRAPHY 
  

  

  For 
  bibliographic 
  references, 
  see 
  pages 
  921-922. 
  

  

  