Our Little Brazilian Cousin. Nixon-Roulet Mary F.

all the gold. He left beneath his arms where others could not see it, some of the glittering dust, and returned to his village, an insult to the Spirits of Heaven.

      "That night came fierce rain and wind and with it a horde of enemies who descended like a hurricane and destroyed the village, – men, women and children. So the chief with all his gold was destroyed utterly and he was the last Gilded Man. Thus were the Spirits of Heaven avenged!"

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      A sharp blade like the Cuban machete.

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      Rubber gatherer.

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      This is the Indian legend of El Dorado, whi

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A sharp blade like the Cuban machete.

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Rubber gatherer.

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This is the Indian legend of El Dorado, which is really El Hombre Dorado, or the gilded man, and it was this story which led so many of the early explorers to search for "El Dorado."