Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-27
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KINGSFORD'S
OSWEGO
"Silver Gloss"
STARCH
Is unsurpassed for fine Linens
Muslins and delicate Laces.

| not cultivated to speak of, and mill
| consisting of a set Of three wooden
| crushers and pan to boil the Juice in.
| The cane is carried to the mill by the
| wOrkmen, and IL ground by OK power,
| II must be passed through the wooden
! crushers several times before the juice
! Is sufficiently extracted, and then not
| more than so per cent Is obtained, A
| kind of maple sugar called pamela, lack
| ing, however, the taste of the genuine
| article, is manufactured and sold for
about three 10 five cents per pound.
| At this particular mill the grinding Is
| done in the night time, as the day Is
too hot for the oxen TO do good work
From Santa Catarna our road led
| over another range of mountains, COW
cred with forests of oak on the south
| side, and of pine on the north. Much
of this timber would yield good lum-
Der. over still another range, perhaps
fifteen hundred feet high-countlng
from the valley-we reached another
sugar cane fuika, situated in a lovely
valley, through which flows beautiful
stream called Rio Dolores, The waters
are pale blue, and as there are many
falls and rapids, they are covered at
places with a white foam, comDlna-
ton which suggested TO some OF the
boys the name Of Rio Academy
We called at some Of the houses, and
finding the Indians friendly and dls-
posed TO sell us corn ana tortlllas, we
decided to camp for the night
IMPROVE ON ACQUAINTANCE.
AT times we experience the greatest
difficulty in making purchases from the
Indians. Ii was the same In Chiapas
when on our Palenque trip. They
seem adverse to selling, or are tlmld
in the presence OF strangers. Talk WIN
them awhile get them interested, ana
let them see that you mean no harni'
and purchases can be made at haif the
price. We have several times been an
swered when we have asked TO purchase
food, 1--WE have none, mo nay, ana IN
a few minutes after short converse
ton about the country, people etc, had
the same person bring the articles out
and ask how much we desired. Not
long ago we stopped for noon at
ranch OF O dozen houses, and before
unpackng asked for tortillas and corn.
'No hay" was the reply. At last We
succeeded In purchasing a few cents
worth from one OF the women who ap-
peared little more intelligent than the
others but no sooner did the others
see the sale than we were besleged.
Some had tortllas, Others eggs, others
corn, and others still, posol
Our tents are pitched on the banks or
the Rio Dolores, whose waters empty
into the Chiapas. On both sides are
stately mountains covered with timber
except where an Indian has cleared for
a patch Of corn. Bananas are &C.
caslonally seen In the ravines lifting
their huge leaves far above the sur
rounding ferns and underbrush In the
valley are cane fields, and coffee or
chards, separated from each other by
the virgin forest. for not tenth Of the
land Is cultivated, The Indian huts are
always on prominent points or hills
never in a low place This custom dates
back, no doubt, to the time when 1t was
necessary TO guard against enemies.
The huts are all matched with grass,
often without sides and never with
windows. The people seem Intelligent,
but they do not get beyond the dirt
floor and wlndowless house Not only
are the huts without windows, they are
without chimneys or holes for the es-
cape of smoke, and often the lady
grlnds her corn by hand. But the
whole Is so beautiful, so Wild so ro-
mantle, that we all realize now that
We are entering a new country and are
coming in contact with a strange peo-
pie. BENZ, CLUFF, JR.