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HISTORICAL SKKTCH. 



I have already stated, a considerable In- 

 dian population still remained, the amount 

 of which has since increased ; and from the 

 intermixture in various quarters of the In- 

 dian and negro population, a new race has 

 subsequently sprung, denominated Sambos, 

 or Zambos ; who, as if to punish the Spa- 

 niards for the inhumanity of their prede- 

 cessors towards both the Indians and the 

 negroes, inherit all the vices of their an- 

 cestors, on both sides, with scarcely any 

 of their virtues, and thus become a pest 

 to the country. 



The Indians are likewise of importance 

 from their numbers, as compared with the 

 amount of the whole population of South 

 America, of which they form, probably, 

 one-third; whilst the greater part of the 

 rest of the people, of all shades of colour 

 between white, copper-colour, and black, 

 are the offspring of the various intermar- 



