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and in South America than in the neighbour- 

 hood of the United States, where, on the 

 contrary, the Indians are fast diminishing 

 in numbers. 



In the province of Cumana, now form- 

 ing part of the Republic of Colombia, there 

 are at the present moment upwards of 

 fourteen tribes of Indians : amongst them 

 are the Chaymas, Guayquerias, Pariago- 

 toes, Quaquas, Aruacas, Caribbees, Gua- 

 raons, Cumanagotoes, Palenkas, Piritoos, 

 Tomoozas, Topocuares, Chacopatas, and 

 Guarivas ; there are also the Araucanians, 

 on the frontiers of Chili. Some of these 

 tribes consider themselves as of entirely 

 different races or nations ; and there are 

 many material differences in their languages. 

 There are also, in other parts of Colom- 

 bia, the Goahiros, the Salivas, the Guamos, 

 the Yaruros, the Muyscas, the Muzos, the 



