Kita’iescha

From: The Poles in the seventeenth century By Henryk Krasiński 1843 There are on the Carpathians, individuals, who are born, and who die without ever going down to the plains. Some engage in smuggling Hungarian wines, and at times shew themselves in great numbers in the fairs to purchase salt and gunpowder, and to vend [...]

The Poles in the seventeenth century By Henryk Krasiński 1843

They have over them chiefs, resembling the chiefs of clans, to whom they render an imperfect obedience. These chiefs sometimes wear an eagle’s plume on their hat, and round their necks a cord, decorated with pieces of gold. The ordinary costume of the Mountaineers is composed of a short tunic of grey cloth, confined at [...]

Shchastlyvyj Novyj Rok!

Happy New year… in Rusyn: Shchastlyvyj Novyj Rok! Slovak: šastný nový rok Magyar: Boldog uj evet Romanian: La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit Polish: Szczesliwego Nowego Roku    

Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World 1829

Universal Geography: Or A Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; Accompanied with Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables By Conrad Malte-Brun Published by A. Finley., 1829 The lowlanders of past times let no opportunity escape of harassing the mountaineers, who, irritated or [...]

Museum of Histoical Arms catalog

the catalog reads: No.1489 – India Battle Axe. Blade engraved on both sides. Edge of blade has brass cover to protect the sharpness, Wood shaft with tigerstripe grain. VG. $17.50 circa 1950′s…i think that was the date on the cover before it got torn off and vanished. On pg 190 thrown amidst the Indian arms [...]