Friday, July 24, 2009
July 24: Indian Sorcery Blamed for an Earthquake (Vol. 29, pp. 306-316)
Charles Darwin and the merry men of the good ship Beagle rejoin us today with this story about a South American city ruined by an earthquake. The indigenous people blamed the women for casting a spell to make a volcano erupt. Darwin knew better.
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