Chols. See [MAYA-QUICHÉ].
Chorasses. See [KALMUKS].
Chorotegans. Central American Indians of Nicaragua.
Chukchis. A Northern Mongolic race of North-east Siberia, closely akin to the American Eskimo in features and customs. They are of high character and very independent, but at a low stage of civilisation, and live by reindeer-breeding and hunting. A branch of the Chukchis, differing mainly in language, is known as the Koryaks.
Chunchos. South American Indians on tributaries of Beni River in Peru.
Cimbebas. See [BASIMBA].
Circassians, or Tcherkesses. A race of Caucasian mountaineers, formerly inhabiting the Black Sea coast between Anapa and Pitzunta, of high physical type, who maintained an unavailing struggle against Russia till 1864, when their subjugation was followed by a wholesale emigration of the Circassian tribes to the Turkish Empire. Allied to them are the [Abkhasians] and [Kabards] (q.v.).
Colombians. White natives of Colombia, in Central America, mostly of Spanish descent, with an admixture of Indian and negro blood.
Comanches. See [SHOSHONEAN].
Conibos. South American Indians of Peru.