Author: George Juan

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-04

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9780267770380

Excerpt from A Voyage to South America, Vol. 1: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Towns, Provinces, &C., On That Extensive Continent; Undertaken, by Command of the King of Spain And, in reality, governs the village. We learn from them, that the Jesuits draw from the people all the commodities and manufactures that are tit for foreign commerce, which are vended by a commissary of their appointing, and the returns in European com modities made to and distributed by them at their pleasure; they tell us, that the church in every village is spacious, and elegantly adorned; that, though 7they are styled villages, they are in effect large towns, and the houses in them neat, commo dions, and, in comparison of the Spaniards', very well furnished. We learn from them, that, under a pretence of the excursions of the Portuguese, who used to seize these Indians and make them work in the mines, and of the savage Indians who sur rounded them in a manner on all sides, the fathers have taught them the use of arms, make them spend their holidays in military exercises, have a large body of well-disciplined troops, magazines-well furnished with military stores, together with mills and other necessary machines for making their own gunpowder. They likewise let us know, that, to prevent the manners of their disciples from being corrupted, the Jesuits exclude them entirely from all communication with strangers, whether Europeans or Indians, and suffer none to enter into their mis sions, Who may report either the strength or the weakness of their condition, or penetrate into the mysteries of their policy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.