Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-07-30


s.ems TO be no inducement to them.
The only way TO get n nights shelter m
.,,rh eases Is to tell your muleto0r 90
,nsSddle and to 20 ~ and take posses.
~, III the best part 0f the hut. "
,t,'r. h. anything al hand which n eat-
stJe t,kp il and rive the Indian some
g,n,cv for Il. II you nsk 20 buy u be-
XIII rtfuac. and even N he has plenty
viil sav he has nothing. The chances
49, thet when you leave IN the morn
inc having paid him FOR your nignts
i"ictno he will be pleased but he win
~. van nothing and Will give 49, little
- can As a rule they are towards.
5,d tbrv viii summit 90 a great deal OF
4buse without fighting.
POORER THAN CHINA.
have never seen n country where
tbe nrnpio have 10 work ao hard for
"A bnrc living ne on this Bolivian pi1-
tonu. " Il bad enouFh 10 china aud
frdi1 where the poorer classes live In
mud huts end iill tu the utmost thclr
iiftis matches Of land. Hut m those
eounirioa the land VIII produce three
rrnps a year and the labOrors got some
thing f9r their work. Hero 70 De- go
hirh that only potatoes. barley nui ~
rFrlin called uuinna which Ia much liit"
bird seed. and which makes a ver. iau
muah. will grow. The barley docs NOT
rinon, and IL is raised chiefly Tor Code
fer the mules donkeys or cattle
Tho pntntoaa nrc very small md f.w
iu "a huf. and the soil De- such that Dc Dr.
only hero and there that Nnu hnd
patch that can Doe farmod. The EFFORT
to get land that can hc cultivated 40
MI Is so evident az 60 be almost pain.
ful Tho stones have been picked from
u rroat part ~ the plateau. W.
passed long stretches Of country whore
fhrra were vast piles NJ sipucH scat
tered over the nclds. ana ln several
places I saw indian women COINS
along bent double picking NJ stones Doc
the gathered up skirts of their drHef.H,
and thus carrying them 20 th. riI's.
Much 0f the plateau n covered with
q arnntv growth OF Efnss. Upon such
places thare are herds N Hh.Up and
iiamnn feeding Each hord Dr. watched
hv an Indian rhfphpfdcaa. who has 10
spinning spool In her hand aud keeps
on spinning whllt she tends her nock
She uats a sling 90 Keep The animals
from Hrnying and with unorring aim
rf ndH n stone straight 90 tn Hama ur
aherp that steps onto the fields NJ hor
uffrhhurn There urn no fences Iu
this part OF Bolivia. Tho cattle lu thr
fields are, az rule. Htnked or hphhl0d
by tying a rope about their front less
lust above the ankles. You often see
drove ~ d0nkeya 20 fastened. ana
an over Peru and Bolivia.
BOLIVIAN FARMING.
ouch farming aa o. done L. after thu
crudcat methods. ! saw no alrns 90
manure being anywhere used. though
there were great piles of Il lying nt
every stable. whore We rot now TO-
lay N mules. ! have been told that tn
natives know nothing of the uses of
fertilizers. and that they only bring ~
the land by luitlnE J., ile fallow and By
rotation NJ crupH. The tools are ln
American tools I have seen are Hart
ford axes Potatoes are dug by The
women. who usn little aifluH " Iron
shaped something like an arrow with
wide Nat stem. This II gr1spod On
the middle with the hand and the woe
man bending double scoops the poin-
toes out Of the hills. harley " cut
with liitle slcltloa with saw teeth and
such rude hoes ne are used have han
dies 10 short that the workers have Co
bend close 10 the ground tu use them
The blowing ~ al done by oxen with
rude wooden plowa. TO which a point
madeof u nat iron bar about two
Inches wide L. fastened. a long tongue
ar beam extends from the plow ~ tho
yoke. which IL tiod 10 the horns Of
the oxen. the weight ~ pulling Tho
pillow being done with the head and not
with the shoulders. nr with u.s..
THE FREIGHT WAGONS OF THE
ANDES.
I have given you some idea ~ how
freight ~ carried here by wagon. Very
few goods are taken from one part of
the country 90 another on wheels. The
greater part II carried on donkcys. lla-
mas or on the backs OF mon land we
mon. There arr no baggage wagons
or drnys In La Paz. We met with none
on the road TO Ornro. although we
passed droveH ~ animals loaded with
an sorts ~ burdens. There were scores
Of dnnkoya carrying bundles ~ COCO
leaves ON their backs 20 the towns fur
Their south There were iinmas loaded
with bundles NJ silver ore stalking
proudly along with cooked ears, and
there were MANY trains OF mules ear
rylng goods ~ all kinds. Each train
was managed by one or two Indian
men and woumCn. who walked with ur
behind the animals, and who, as fnr
NJ I icould see. never ride Thorn. Most
M the women had bundles on their
backs and not 70 frw carried little ha-
hles thorr glung la Ahawla. All pro-
spoctnra here use mules for travelling
over the country. An supplies for the
mines must be- carried through the
In this way, The mnchln-
ery, Tor mining IN BOLIVIA must be-
made IN SECTIONS no piece ~ which
ran be lnrrrr than a mule can carry
ln ~ back. ana every Bit ~ mnchln.
ary has 10 be- carried IN this way
The merchandise which our exporters
intend Tor Bolivia should be put M In
boxes or hlloa ~ about 100 pounds |
zach. % that two N the package VIII |
Iurt form q load for n mule other |
wise the chief crniors ~ Bolivian |
trade cannot be- reached.
FRANK q. CARPENTER.