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QUICHUA

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 748 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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QUICHUA , a See also:

South See also:American See also:Indian tribe and stock, the ruling See also:people of See also:Peru when the Spaniards arrived. The Quichuan stock then included the Quichuas proper and the many See also:vassal tribes of the See also:ancient See also:empire of Peru. To-See also:day it See also:numbers some three millions. The See also:modern Quichuas aver-See also:age a height' of 5 ft. to 5 ft. 6 in. They are of slender build, but with well proportioned See also:muscular limbs, and are capable of enduring See also:great fatigue. Their complexions are of a fresh See also:olive See also:colour, the skin very smooth and soft, beardless, See also:hair straight and See also:black, the See also:nose aquiline. They are skilful farmers and herdsmen.

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