MMW 13 Chapter Notes - Chapter Reading: Teyas Indians, Querecho Indians
16 May 2018
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There are seven villages and the largest is Macaque. The people live in storied houses
(average is 3 or 4, but in Macaque it’s 4 or 7). They are very smart and dress to cover anything
immodest. The women wear sheets tied over the left shoulder and cover their hair. Men have
only one wife. They are governed by councils of elders. There are priests called papas that
preach to the people. They go on top of buildings at sunrise and preach and all the people go
out to listen. The people are very lawful and peaceful. There are hot houses called estufas that
the women aren’t allowed in.
Chapter 4
About a place called Tigeux. They have no mortar, but use clay and charcoal to make
their bricks and wall up their homes. The women make the walls and the men bring the wood for
the frames. Young unmarried men live in the estufas which are mostly below ground. Women
aren’t allowed in here. When a man wants to take a wife, he weaves and presents her with a
cloak after permission is given by the elders. When she covers herself with the cloak she is his
wife. If a man and woman get divorced, the woman keeps the house and the man has to go to
the estufa. The houses belong to the women. The land is super fertile and they don’t need to
sow their soil or really do anything for it to grow. They always have a large surplus of food, so
large it even feeds the birds in the area. They are very kind and have burial customs. They take
care of strangers. Young women go completely naked until they are married.
Chapter 5
About Cicuye. It is a warrior town surrounded by a low wall. There are no streets, just a
continuous house. The structure is four stories tall and you need a ladder to get into people’s
homes. There are hallways that connect the different houses on a story that are kind of like
balconies. They serve as the “streets.” Unmarried women also go naked until they are married.
There are a lot of deserted towns in the area. The Teyas and the people who live in
Cicuye are responsible. The Teyas aren’t trusted because they attacked people who helped
them and showed them hospitality. The other people in the region live in walled forts armed by
sentinels and they have trumpets that they use to signal each other with.
Chapter 6
There are 66 villages that they encountered in all. Tigeux is at the center of all these
villages. They still think they are in India and are looking for valuable metals as well as a way to
China. They are also looking for Norway. The native people have a lot of silver which is used for
glazing pottery.
Chapter 7
The plains are very hard to live in. There are no towns here. It’s barren and bowl-like.
There are very round lakes and lots of valleys. The only places where trees grow is by rivers
that run on the bottom of ravines and they grow so thick it looks like grass from above. There
are cows in the area that the people live on.
The only people that live here are nomads called the Teyas and Querechos. They eat
raw meat and drink blood, but besides that are very pleasant and make good friends as they are
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Document Summary
There are seven villages and the largest is macaque. The people live in storied houses (average is 3 or 4, but in macaque it"s 4 or 7). They are very smart and dress to cover anything immodest. The women wear sheets tied over the left shoulder and cover their hair. There are priests called papas that preach to the people. They go on top of buildings at sunrise and preach and all the people go out to listen. There are hot houses called estufas that the women aren"t allowed in. They have no mortar, but use clay and charcoal to make their bricks and wall up their homes. The women make the walls and the men bring the wood for the frames. Young unmarried men live in the estufas which are mostly below ground. When a man wants to take a wife, he weaves and presents her with a cloak after permission is given by the elders.
