(INDIANS) González Carvajal Ciriaco Questionnaire on the cul

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(INDIANS.) González Carvajal, Ciriaco. Questionnaire on the cultures of the Indians in the Spanish colonies. 1, 3 pages. Pair of documents, 11 1/2 x 8 inches, disbound; minor worming, manuscript page numbers; each inscribed with Carvajal's paraph as acting Secretary of State of Spain, the first document addressed to the Obispo de la Havana. Cádiz, 6 October 1812

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A printed 36-part questionnaire sent to officials in Spain's American colonies. For each tribal or ethnic group, respondents are asked whether they love their wives and children (#4), whether they love or hate Europeans (#5), how they could be induced to learn Spanish (#8), what medicinal plants they use (#15), what do they eat and drink (#17 and 18), whether they sacrifice humans to the gods (#29), and much more. Sadly, the responses are not included, though the author's printed cover letter is. A discussion and translation appears in Maynard Geiger's article "Questionnaire of the Spanish Government in 1812 concerning the Native Culture of the California Mission Indians," The Americas 5:4 (April 1949), pages 474-490. One copy in OCLC; not in Palau and none known at auction.