Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-06-25


WIN ioluIa and one has mule. o.
u'nhty hul lama iu % in addition
70 !ls hunlu freight The captain OF
elch pp1t lH on Aymnrl Indian. who
1tands up u7 De poles the boat along.
lh'ic u q boat over there which has n
straw SOL aud which Oh skmmInr
hlouh over ih' waves Those boats urn
~ the curious craft known as baisas.
lhey nave boon ln Use upon this lake
for more Than four hundred years and
were tuinu here when .hr Suauinris
came. untI tno steamers were brought
ln they carried an the freight on the
late' ana uoy dn a large business Toe
Jay. can hliIly Imagine anything
Which LOOKS more Insecure. ! tried co.
ride on ono of them yesterday and was
surprised 60 nni that i was not turned
out Into the water These bHiHas Hr.
made ~ reeds. which grow In great
quantities ON thr banks of the lake. and
they are In iact, RATS formed uf rolls
" reeds 20 tod ANA woven together
that they Keep ont Ihs water. only "a
roll Of reeds about thH top of The hllHn
Keeps the passenger iu. and thry must
rit nat On the nuUg These reeds are
also used Tor mnkrs bridges. ropes and
baskets. Tho people roof thUIr houses
with Thorn. ana they ore almost as Inn
portant plants to them as Che bamboo
ln 20 the Chinese.
THE LLAMAs OF THE ANDES.
Much OF the froIrht that Sc brought
20 Lake Titieaci BE- on llamal The
word is pronounced "ylhmuh" ThrHe
animals are O. % great extent the
freight wagons ~ the Andes You SEQ
thsm by the hundreds everywhere on
the TltlcnCn plateau. I found them
loaded with silver ore 40 the mines ln
the mountains W central Peru and saw
thousands uf them feeding upon the
pamplH over which I crIarei 900 mg
way here. They Ure the most gru.0ful
boasts I have over seen. They walls
along the road with their little heads
high up DO thu air. and HUgm"l iI tr,ld
aa though th.y Owned the ,IHIH They
have hrade llkn camel. bod llkU re-
sheep ANA foot ANA legs much like "a
deer. They are not Fulky looking Ike
the camel. and Ir. fnr moro HfIHtncrlt-
o. In thUlr actions. when you load "a
camel h. cries like "a baby. The tears
rDli down his oh. kf. ana aa DE- march,
cH N De- pluiH and grD1na and EruanH.
The llama carries his burden with "a
proud Hir and prlcls M biz ears Tor ull
the world like r. skye terrier az every
lew thing Dc HpcM Ho viii carry only
rn much, aud tho usual load Tor "a
llama ~ 100 poundf. u you put on
morn h. docs not cry or grunu. hut
calmly kncolH down ana win not move
NINNN NIN" NNNW D" NI|INNN IIN 'NH 20 NWN
make him auEry h. does not bite you.
az does tho camel
iIa merely shows hls contempt BY
splitting upon you. ! would rather hc
Kicked by a government mule than hr
HuIt upon hy q llama. lIu elbows his
cud llkU % COW and h1H n special urHHrs
yuir SOM whore Do HE anatomy we'll
stored furNuch nn occasion. q lllmA'H
Hpitilr smells Worse than the woIp 10
HUH HNHHH fHHNH#"HH BALD III Ia 20
impossible 60 rct tho scent out Hf your
clothes. and no ono wants 60 hs near
sou until YOU have had ID bath and a
change. I ind. however. that most uf
che llamns ! have handled arr gentle.
and I have had good opportunities g.
study th'm. They urU everywhere
about mo Uu this plateau. Some are
almost snow white, SOME nrH sent
brown and r. fDw black ana spotted.
Their wool ls very long. and beautiful
rugs arc made ur 10. Tho indians ar
vUry fond uf their iinmuH They pot
thrm ana talk 60 them They some
times dye their wool and often tlr
hrlEht-coior,d ribbons through holes
in their ears. ThHy always walk he-
side them when on % Journey stopping
from tlur 90 time 60 Jet the anlmHdi
grace upon the way. The wool 90 most
90 the p1nch0a which form tho uyur-
coats and shawla % tho people ~ this
plateau Ia from llnmlA 10 d. spun by
the women. who. whether tending the
iincks or walking nlonE tho road. ai-
ways have a spinning spool ln their
hands They weave the wool thorn
rrlyoH and out ~ II make an 0f the
clothes ~ the family. The llama not
only clothes and through tho mouay
received from him na a freight carrier
feeds these people. but h. warns them
a. well. There " no wood on this high
dcH1lntn plateau. Wood all over ihs
western part ~ Peru h very cnatlA
In the markets Of Atouulpl each Gus.
toner carries homo q bundle ~ twiRi
or rather ri0ta and bushes with MI
vegetables and meats, md this forms
the fuel Tor cooking the days meal
No one thinks NJ using fuel Tor any
thing but cooking, and none of tho
cities ~ this part NJ the world have
chimney, furnaces. boating stoves o.
hruplacoH
on tho plateau ~ bolivia IN which
Titlcncn He's there nro not even bushes
ana almost the sole fuel o. composed ol
the dropplnRa of tho Hama Every hut
has "a pile ~ this fuel beside ltH fire.
place. aud tho better classes Of houses
have special quarters f1r H. Ia paE
which n "a city OF nearly 10000 people
depends entirely on the lllmnH FOR ~
fuel. ana tho steam which moves tho
dynamoH ~ the ciecotic llrht plant oi
the city o. created hy nro ~ llama
manure. The cooking IL M done over
such fires, ana Tor this reason I have
Tor the time sven M such things na
broilcd beef steak ana mutton chops
and am now sticking religInuHly a.
soups. fries and 20 all vlctunl1 cooked
In pans, In this connection n seems a
curious dlHponrntlOu ~ Providence that
the llama has one place Tor making mi,
fuel deposits. lie uses the same place
every day when possible. ana the man
ure N thus easily saved,
i.lnmns have curious habits as a.
their love nnnIrs, The female l am
told picks out the male whom she g.,
pocially loves ana makes all the nd,
yhncos. The males are bigger that Tho
females, and have seen Il stated that
the latter are not used 10 carry burdens
This N a mistake. for the freight trains
Of llnmnH which 1 have seen. often mum,
herring hundreds, seemed 20 have almost
as may famnlrH as males. About la
am told that the females are
used nH much are the males for carry
lnr burdens. hut that tho sexes are al
ways kept separate "a tho freight cara
vans.
The flesh of tho llama is npongy ana
not Of agreeable flavor. SIN u ia
eaten by tho Indians and llama stow
forms u favuritc dish. Thorc mn
other animals OF tho same class M tho
Hama which live ON these highlands.
such na tho vlcunn pronounced yicun.
yal. which runs wild. and which Is not
$50 large but moro beautiful than the
llama. and tho alpaca. grown chiefly
Tor its WOOL ana which lH hordcd la
f0cks as we herd our sheep.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.
,-A ST., 49,. 80 ,-,..,. y.t,, q,