[216] G. Hoffman, _Auszüge aus Syrischen Akten persisischer Martyrer übersetzt_ (Leipsic, 1880), p. 99. This passage was pointed out to me by my friend Professor A.A. Bevan.
[217] J.B. Tavernier, _Voyages en Turquie, en Perse, et aux Indes_ (The Hague, 1718), i. 488.
[218] Paul Giran, _Magie et Religion Annamites_ (Paris, 1912), pp. 107 _sq._, 112.
[219] Joseph Gumilla, _Histoire Naturelle, Civile, et Géographique de l'Orenoque_ (Avignon, 1758), i. 249.
[220] Dr. Louis Plassard, "Les Guaraunos et le delta de l'Orénoque," _Bulletin de la Société de Géographie_ (Paris), v. Série, xv. (1868) p. 584.
[221] J. Crevaux, _Voyages dans l'Amérique du Sud_ (Paris, 1883), p. 526. As to the customs observed at menstruation by Indian women in South America, see further A. d'Orbigny, _L'Homme Americain_ (Paris, 1839), i. 237.
[222] Chas. N. Bell, "The Mosquito Territory," _Journal of the Royal Geographical Society_, xxxii. (1862) p. 254.
[223] H. Pittier de Fabrega, "Die Sprache der Bribri-Indianer in Costa Rica," _Sitztungsberichte der philosophischen-historischen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften_ (Vienna), cxxxviii. (1898) pp. 19 _sq._
[224] Gabriel Sagard, _Le Grand Voyage du Pays des Hurons_, Nouvelle Édition (Paris, 1865), p. 54 (original edition, Paris, 1632); J.F. Lafitau, _Moeurs des Sauvages Ameriquains_ (Paris, 1724), i. 262; Charlevoix, _Histoire de la Nouvelle France_ (Paris, 1744), v. 423 _sq._; Captain Jonathan Carver, _Travels through the Interior Parts of North America_, Third Edition (London, 1781), pp. 236 _sq._; Captains Lewis and Clark, _Expedition to the Sources of the Missouri_, etc. (London, 1905), iii. 90 (original edition, 1814); Rev. Jedidiah Morse, _Report to the Secretary of War of the United States on Indian Affairs_ (New Haven, 1822), pp. 136 _sq._; _Annales de l'Association de la Propagation de la Foi_, iv, (Paris and Lyons, 1830) pp. 483, 494 _sq._; George Catlin, _Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians_, Fourth Edition (London, 1844), ii. 233; H.R. Schoolcraft, _Indian Tribes of the United States_ (Philadelphia, 1853-1856), v. 70; A.L. Kroeber, "The Religion of the Indians of California," _University of California Publication in American Archaeology and Ethnology_, vol. iv. No. 6 (Berkeley, September, 1907), pp. 323 _sq._; Frank G. Speck, _Ethnology of the Yuchi Indians_ (Philadelphia, 1909), p. 96. Among the Hurons of Canada women at their periods did not retire from the house or village, but they ate from small dishes apart from the rest of the family at these times (Gabriel Sagard, _l.c._).