Bisharis. See [BEJAS].
Blackfoot Indians. See [ALGONQUIAN].
Bœotians. A branch of the Æolian race in ancient Greece. The Bœotians were supposed to be peculiarly dull, and were the typical rustic clowns of Greek literature.
Boers. White inhabitants of Cape Colony, the Transvaal, and the Orange River Colony, mainly of Dutch descent, with a French Huguenot element and a sprinkling of Negro blood. They were the original colonists of South Africa, which they entered in 1652. A race of farmers (Boer is derived from the Dutch boor, peasant), they also proved themselves to be hardy pioneers and admirable, though not at all romantic, fighters, learning in long native wars the arts of strategy, which they exercised so well against the English in the South African War of 1899–1902. They have now accepted the English rule, and promise to be among our most flourishing African subjects.
Bohemians. See [CZECH].
Bolivians. White natives of Bolivia in South America, of Spanish descent, with a considerable admixture of Indian blood.
Bongos. See [NILITIC GROUP].
Botocudos. South American Indians on eastern seaboard of Brazil.
Brahui. See [BALUCHIS].
Brazilians. White natives of Brazil, mainly of Portuguese descent, but with a considerable admixture, in many districts, of Indian and negro blood.