Mapuche family 1876

Identifier: uncivilizedraces02wood Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871 Year: 1871 (1870s) Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889 Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages Publisher: J. B. Burr and company View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: (1.) ARAUCANIAN MARRIAGE. (See page 1200.) Text Appearing After Image: (2.) MAPUCHE FAMILY. (See page 1191.)(1201) CHICA AND MUDAI. 1203 The mode of preparing this dish is a good ex-ample of the total disregard of inflicting painwhich is common-to all uncivilized people. A sheep is hung up by the fore-legs, aquantity of cayenne pepper and salt is mixedin a bowl, and the throat of the sheep is cutso as to open the windpipe, down which theoperator stuffs the salt and pepper as fast ashe can. He then draws out the jugularvein, cuts it, and turns the end into the sev-ered windpipe, down which the blood flows,so as to mix with the pepper and salt, andcarry them into the lungs. The unfortunatesheep swells up and dies in horrible agony,which is totally disregarded by the specta-tors, not from intentional cruelty, but utterwant of thought. The sheep is then opened,and the lungs are found distended with amixture of salt, pepper, and blood. This isthe nachi, which is served up by being cut inslices and handed to the guests while stillwarm. There are two national d Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.