bohios

• The houses of the country people are exactly like the "bohios" used by the Indians at the time of the conquest, as pictured and described by the early writers. —  Santo Domingo A Country with a Future
• Española they called Hayti, and they must have said that in Hayti there were great _bohios_. " —  The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503
• As the two men passed down the wide street between its rows of bohios the fragrance of burning fagots was heavy in the air -- that odor which is sweet in the nostrils of every man who knows and loves the out-of-doors. —  Rainbow's End
• They arrived at some bohios, which formed the population of a chief, called Chiapes, who had prepared to defend the pass with arms. —  Great Epochs in American History, Volume I. Voyages Of Discovery And Early Explorations: 1000 A.D.-1682
• On Friday the 8th of April he continued his course along the coast as before; and next day changed to the S. and by E. till the 20th, when he perceived some _bohios_, or Indian huts on the coast, off which he came to anchor. —  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time

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