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/saʊθ əmˈɛrəkən ˈɪndiən/ Listen

South American Indian

noun

A member of a native Indian group in South America.

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"South american indian" Quotes from Famous Books

... generally known as Jesuits' bark. According to another account, this name arose from its value having been first discovered to a Jesuit missionary who, when prostrate with fever, was cured by the administration of the bark by a South American Indian. In each of the above instances the ...

— Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 - "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" • Various

... traveller reproached the women of one of the South American Indian tribes for the practice of infanticide, McLennan says he was met by the retort, "Men have no business to meddle ...

— Woman and the New Race • Margaret Sanger

... The South American Indian who discovered the silver mines of Potosi by the turning up of a bush at the roots, which he had caught hold of to aid his ascent while pursuing a deer up a steep hill, represents very well how far intention ...

— Our Friend John Burroughs • Clara Barrus