Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-28
B0LIVIA'S PEOPLE.
THE POPULATION OF a GOUTI
AMERICAN EEPUBLIC.
r." C''o'"s or Tailoring C,ass-vhcir
L,c'uarl>"hic i;,.S;urancc-A Few
E"hvi:tnS Arc immensely
i:ich Tho Tambos.

sunny ~ tistt .icIp IMAM TWO mllilOnS, Ol
WHOM three fourths are descendants of
tnc race over which the incas ruled, for
tie policy of determination was not en-
forced IN the Bolivian provinces rs it was
farther nortilward in Peru and Ecuador
Vi the remaining onc-fourth, or five
hundred Thousand people, the greater
part are of Spanish descent. The mixed
hoods VI white and Indian are called
Choios, but this term has come TO have II
more comprehensive meaning, ami IS used
10 designate the entire laboring class like
tie word pcon in Mexico
The ChOloS are small of stature. but
muscular OF frame. quiet, s;oical aud Sc
crciivc of disposition, industrious, one
dent, inteli%cn; aud ingenious. but de-
graded III their habits and entirely igno-
rant oT the outside world. They are ca
pablo of enduring great fatigue and are
especially remarkable for making long
Journeys with Il pcculir swinging troi
which carries them six or eight miles an
hour, and Is sustained for several DAYS in
succession through the mountain forests
and over the desert sands. without rest
or food except the dried coco;, leaf which
they chew constantly. mixed witha little
These runners are called clI:isa;,is. and
before the conquest used to carry the
edicts of the incas to the people Their
speed and endurance amazed the Span
iards, who could not conceive how infor-
nation from the Inca could he spread
Uyc: :; territory four thousand miles lon.
in Il few weeks.
y curious phenomenon which always
it,racts the attention OF strangers who
y!s; the Villages of Inc Cl.iuuiios. !. tribe
.! this race, is that their hair does not
whiten nor grow gray with age, but turns
from black Ia coppcrrcd color.
The settled portion OF Bolivia, which
lies in the great basin between the tyo
7angcs OF the Andes, is called the Valley
oi tho Dcsagladero, and within its limits
ire the populous cities and nine tcnths ~
sllc inhabitants. Except liz La paz, and
one or two other of the larger cities, none
Of the comforts and comvenicnccs of
modern civilization can be found The
people are il almost every respect one or
two hundred Years behind the age
There is compulsory education law.
but ilIc Congress that passed il, and all
succeeding Congresses rs we'll. have Tor
| gotten tn provide schools, 50 That it c;ln-
uoi be enforced.
There are 10 manufactures Every
| Cholo is his oNn weaver, tailor ans: shoe
maker, and the aristocrats wear clothing
imported from France. The ladies' wear
the latest Paris fashions, and the men the
finest imported fabrics, silk hats and
! patent leather shoes.
All the wealth Of the nation is confined
! 10 II few families who :lre immensely
rich senior Don .tniccto Arcc, the newly
elected President, is said To be worth
anywhere from ten tC twenty millions and
: 10 have an income OF more than million
year from his mines. The aristocr:cy
/ furnish the politicians, the professional
men and the civil and military officers OF
the Government. The merchants are
mostly Germans, with Il good many Jews
the hotcliiccpers. bakers. eta. ARE French
men and Swiss; and the dentists ami
! Photographers are invariably from the
United States.
The political campaigns are bitter, and
attended with frequent revolutions, bu;
arc engaged in only by few hundred
people, who struggle for The Offices and
tic cmol,mcntS that attach To tEcm. If
the political campaigns end i'll war; ali
he fighting is done 10y the poor Cholos,
who are impressed into the service. and
In not know nor care which cause they
are defending or what issues are mt stake.
They are ignorant, Indifferent :.nd sub
niSSivc. They have nothing hut enough
10 live ON, but that WAS all their fathers
had, and they want no more.
In travelling about one finds 10 comfort
abe hotels, but only wrcichcd substitutes
for them called tainbos, many of which
were erected for tie shelter of travellers
by the incaS before the coiuuc.l, and
loor. as if they had bccm neither rc:.nircd
tor cleaned since. They are mostly
small. one-siory structures. built Of stone,
with the har!-trodden earth for - floor
and IL low ROOT OF mud -coyercd reeds or
brush.
The keepers Of these taln1os generally
.ook like desperate bandits, and their an
pcaiTincc does not belle thcir character.
Tncy lave no regular charges Tor thci.
miserable accommodations and demand
abont double the money they Judge you
wiii be willing 10 pay, cXlcciins You 10
''beat them down" If you do so, they
resist Tor while then bully, thea pro
test, then plead, then beg, and finally
surrender.
Often the tambos are without keepers.
occupants, or furniture of any kind, and
travellers, when night ovcrtal;cs them,
simply move i'll and make themselves a.
home.
The common food Of the masses. and
about the only thing that can be got in
thc interior, is The chupc OF which have
SloAcn, a sort of lirst-cousin to the Irish
stew. IL is Il coDgiomcraic, com0oscd OF
irregular constituents from the animal aud
vegetable kingdoms, Il mess of mutton
and such other meats rs are available:
chicken, fish, fruits, potatoes, carrots,
onions, yams, ct cctcra, chopped up,
highly seasoned with raw peppers and
herbs, and stewed to IL consistency of
porridge.
What happens TO be left from one meal
Is allowed to simmer in the pot till the
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