The Delta independent., 1890-03-04
SAN Luis PoTos1, Feb l3 1890,

1ototV0oku 70 C6S1o W&ter IN the rainy season.
They can raise three crops ofcorn and wheat
year where they have Plsaty of water.
The general sau Of the natives are very
stupid and lasy, and wont work unless they
are compelled; common laborer gets 1S cts.
per day and boards himself. The people are
three hundred years behind the time of Amer,
leans. In this 56s kilometers or aa9 miles,
which is all farming country, have not
yet seen steel or iron plow. They all use q
crooked stick with one handle. drawn by OK
en-. with the yoke tied to the horns, and I
have seen a. many as twenty Of these kind Of
plowa In one field, each plow turning over
about four iAehea Of soil. After being plowed
and their grain sowed, they drive bunch Of
cattle or burros over the ground. to
answer the place of = harrow. The grain is
all cut with scythe and threshed by stock,
or they have places built ofrock in q circle
probably 100 feet in diameter, the grain be-
ing thrown into this and bunch of burros
driven around until the grain il all out Of
the atraw.
cant say a to what process they have Of
making their -four, but the bread we get is az
black ~ coal. They have no wagons. but
use two wheel carts which are home made
spokes to correspond, making the wheels
from sig to eight feet high. These carts are
drawn BY mules, with from four to fifteen
mules 10 cart.
In mstias theiR reservoirs for irrigating
purposes, they carry all the dirt in sacks on
their backs. There are places along the line
whsrs they are building their reservoira
they ell arroyas and gulches up over l5O feet
deep and one mile vide, and carry all the
dirt and stone on their backs. and they claim
that this labor is cheaper than American ma
ehinery. Their houses are all built ofadobe
and reck. They have no timber in this part
Of the country with the exception of scrub
bsssh that grows along the creeks, from
which thsy sake shasaoal. which they ase
70 do their cooking.
Tho land in this country is owned in very
large trasts, from 10 70 80 and 100 miles
square, spA all fenced with stone fences
about ave feet high and probably three feet
wide. These fences are along the line of the
railroad, in places, from forty to one hundred
ailss.
The height Of Aexican's ambition
h 70 Be . government Official or bull fight
q, and the only amusement on Sunday is to
g 70 The ball AsAt, which generally lasts all
Of the aftsrnoon. and every Mexican that can
raise quarter goes to the fight, men, women
and children.
attended bull fight last Sunday, the
Arst ever witassasd, although spent two
year. in Panama, where they have them
every Sunday. the same ~ here. The scene
ri the 6sht was . very sad and undssirsd
one to ms, u the fight wound up At s p. M,
killing I've bulls, three herses and one man.
The ring y this plsss has seating capacity
Of $4,000 people, and it was we'll filled.
Beats fron ei.25 to 25cts. The ring is built
In complete circle, with seata on . regular
snphisheasse style. The ring il about 100
tsss in diameter. and has eight different en-
tssness just large enough to Pet = man out
and IN, aad one entrance for the horses and
halls,
The Arst sesse of the fight Is . parade Of
tie fghters aud the horses. generally about
eight men and two horaes 10 one bull. The
mss are the drst y enter the ring, wearing s;..
D. n
with thsir horses blindfolded. The bull is
then let into the ring with = spear put into
his front ahsalder, aud . blue ribbon tied 10
tie end Of The spsss. The uaen are stationed
q di2ersnt places In thSxing with large
rcd blsnket, % that the bull will make fer
: sAen, asd tiny then step aside as they have
AiAasent places u get out aud the bull can't
81 y thsn. They keep this up for = few
ninates, ard thea sAs men on horseback try
The bull BY riding Up and sticking prod
pole into him. and If the bull shows fight he
generally makes for the herse aud kills him,
y the horse is blindfoided and has ne show
for his life. The man on the horse generaly
xets oE u saon - the bull makes for him.
Aftsr the hossss are killed or used w so they
esn't wall. they then torture the bull by put
ting sig o. eight spesrs into his back, aud
then ons man, with sword in one hand and
> rsd bisaket in the other, gets into the ring,
cad when the ball makes for the blanket, he
sticks ths sword In between the shoulder
biades. and II he mAksA good strike the bull
Z dsops dsad. Sometimes they have to use
sAsse o. Soas swords before they kill The bull.
- ~ way, the man who does the killing
has n have rood dssl Of nerve IN stand in
fkoat a the ball. although the lader does not
NAke Tor he nAA but for the blanket that
~ lshsse holds oat The man that vas
killed last Sunday was riding one Of the
AAsass. The bnIl knocked the horse down
saA caught ths man before he could get out
obs0 Asdss him. will come TO close. ~
- have probably heard all yoa want to
ef Albxieo. Ry the way, many of yoa haze
AeaAl Al Charles Hsrter, cot,.Aast.s forn.eray
- ~ 0raad Jascsion divisian Of ths D. 4
Ia. He Is at present coudustos Of q work
essls - ~ Mexican Central out Of this
p1ass. HI train ran over snd killed Ave
DbGlpsss - The Asst Of this month. and be
- assssasd asd had . ssial aud wss cleared.
v16sh p psnetAinx snusual for this ceuatry
~ OsassAlly sos hard with American eon-
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