The Museum of Words

 

 

Llamajcansha

A llama yard, not the Quechua word for “ancient

gold-washing apparatus,” a fraud attempted by the

German adventurer Augusto Berns in the 1860’s.

 

 

Wakanajaja

At 8, he witnessed the Sioux rebellion and massacre

of 1862.

 

 

Maharajah

Of Cashmere, 1875.

 

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