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To: KLP who wrote (23233)2/14/2002 7:46:00 PM
From: Bilow  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 59480
 
Hi KLP; Re chilis and the Aztecs punishing little boys. I want to say that it was Cortez who recorded the punishment in his beautifully but primitively illustrated little book on that indigenous culture. I remember an article from National Geographic, within the last 2 years, that photographically reproduced some of the pages, particularly the one that covered how they made their children behave.

Here's a link. (Found with great difficulty.)

Aztec Education
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Children in the Aztec culture were well behaved, and mature, usually to evade severe punishment. Aztec adults usually enforce such corporal punishment as whippings, scratching with thorns, or forcing children to inhale smoke from a fire where chili peppers were placed.
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history.swt.edu

-- Carl