[956] A. Balbi, Atlas Ethnographique du Globe, XXVII. With regard to the numerals this authority tells us that "il a emprunté à l'espagnol ses noms de nombres" (ib.).
[957] Markham, List of the Tribes, p. 92.
[958] Urbewohner Brasiliens, p. 101.
[959] "La vie des Indiens dans le Chaco," trans. by H. Beuchat, Rev. de Géog. annuelle, t. VI. Paris, 1912. Cf. also the forthcoming book by R. Karsten of Helsingfors who has recently visited some of these tribes.
[960] While this account of Central and South America was in the Press Clark Wissler's valuable book was published, The American Indian, New York, 1917. He describes (pp. 227-42) the following culture areas:
X. The Nahua area (the ancient Maya and the later Aztec cultures).
XI. The Chibcha area (from the Chibcha-speaking Talamanca and Chiriqui of Costa Rica to and including Colombia and western Venezuela).
XII. The Inca area (Ecuador, Peru and northern Chili).
XIII. The Guanaco area (lower half of Chili, Argentine, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego).
XIV. The Amazon area (all the rest of South America).
XV. The Antilles (West Indies, linking on to the Amazon area).