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idóneos en l a rnateria,

cuando uno no

posee

los necesarios conocimientos de antropología,

etnografía, geología, etc.. conocilnien tos ne–

cesarios

que constituyen la base para estu–

dios de verdad, a fiu de que nno no h uga

errores grotescos, con10 últitnan1ente lo hi zo

lVlax

Uhle con

cronologí::t en la cu a l atri–

buye a los objetos que se encontraron en l as

excavaciones

fle

Arica, una edad inayor qne

la de Tihuanacu; siendo así, que 1o de

Ar ica

es de ayer o diren1os, lo que se halla all á son

nothin g at all about it. It is quite c1ear that we

nrn s t

appear to the

Indi~n

to fu1fil very nearly

this old pr o–

phecy,

and

it is equally clear that

they accepted it they

'<vould be bound, according, to its statements, to ohey

in all

thing~.

This of course, vvonld interfere

\ VÍ t h

i.heir natural p1easures and

inclin~tions,

the power of

their vvi tch-dodors would

be destroyed, and

they

"\Vou1d be forced to aclopt ne-vv and

mnvekome

habits

and customs.

It is remarkable that, befare

vYe

\\'ere

a ble to impart Chrisian teaching to them, numbers ác–

tualJy respected and obeyed us, and the attitude of the

·whole people towarde us wns quite different from that

shown to the

ordirnuy

foreigner.

Siflce Chri:;-:ti anity

h<ls taken a hold on then1,

they

naturally set aside the–

se o1d wives fables, and

look

pon everything from a

higher stand point.

Bu t that the heathen

~hould

t–

tem pt

cloud over thi8 old tradition. is very reason a–

ble, for the acceptance of it, as has been shown , wou ld,

not be

~greeable

to thern.