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Author(s): Madaline W. Nichols


Reviewed work(s):
Vida y Costumbres de los Indgenas Araucanos en la Segunda Mitad del Siglo XIX. by P.
Ernesto Wilhelm de Moesbach; Rudolfo Lenz
Source: The Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Feb., 1938), p. 93
Published by: Duke University Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2507319
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BOOKREVIEWS 93
Vida y Costumbres de los Indigenas Araucanos en la Segunda Mitad
del Siglo XIX. By P. ERNESTOWILHELMDE MOESBACH. Pro-
logue, revision, and notes by DR. RUDOLFo LENZ. (Santiago de
Chile: Imprenta Universitaria, 1936. Pp. 464.)
Despite the fact that the Araucanian Indian is present in highly
respectable and constantly increasing numbers in modern Chilean
society, in general little is known either of his) early culture or of the
gradual transformation of that culture and of its present state. For
this reason this book is of singular value.
It is the life story of the Araucanian Indian, Pascual Cofia, as
told to a missionary. Telling the story oI his own life, Pascual Cofia
tells, as well, the manners, Customs, and beliefs of his people. And
he also tells of the changes occurring in that Indian culture. Such
topics are discussed as Indian family relationships, agriculture, games,
and religious beliefs; the geography of the Indian territory is de-
scribed in detail.
The resultant book is highly interesting in content; it is fascinat-
ing in the mingled naivete and sophistication of its style. Re-edited
by Dr. Lenz and printed in parallel columns in Spanish and Mapuche,
it is a work of great value to the linguist. It is of value, as well, to
the geographer, the ethnographer, the sociologist, and it definitely be-
longs in the private library of every student of Chilean history.
MADALINE W. NICHOLS.
Berkeley, California.

Santa, Anna y la Guerra de Texas. By JosE'C. VALADE'S. (Mexico:


Imprenta Mundial, 1936. Pp. 315. 3 pesos.)
This interesting work merits much praise. It is a well executed
study of the background, the fighting, and the aftermath of the war
between Mexico and Texas. The treatment is sober, searching,
thorough, and fair.
After an opening chapter on the last days and death of Santa
Anna in 1876, the author takes up from both sides the background of
this historically important struggle. Santa Anna's career is traced
from his entry into the military life in 1810 to the time of his march
to Texas in 1835, while the story of the American colonists in Texas
is likewise carried from the days of the earliest pioneers to the mo-
ment Santa Anna's army was approaching. A certain scorn is dis-
played for the political principles and methods of Sam Houston and

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