The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1903-04-02
111IIIfs IN ECUADOR.
n.;sbboring Republic they have
tbs ~. oT ways of Doing Things.

lD'..g f1, their fondnesS TOT DILL
VS. ,ul never meet one in this
81. ,.r0g anything but somber.
.a ,..,.a head to foot there is not
.& ry color about them. 1t is
'' .,ud perpetual sign of mourn
pa Ysualpa, the last OF their
b ,4, treacherously Strangled
&t pf course the Indians OF
r..a.f this only by tradition,
'~ ..c1me a sort of a religion
atucated byparents in the
children, and even in
..r- are wrapped in black.
~ r-, people, direct descend
lucas. constitute the labor
.4Iu. If Ecuador. and are
-..Iest looking people on the
.... .aun laughter, singing or
4,g Is never heard among
.. laye no folk-songs, no tales,
.a inles. but are at all times
-l.Iug and sullenly submis-
rUnstice shat may be put
glzilro "builded better
s,..0 OF rather WorSe-when
' r..Ir.r brave and beloved At
.ug at one fell blow the
of his people through all
.....I.lous. and what that I'M
... ...st.iled to accomplish has
-p carried out 10y nearly
.- ot oppression. To-day
ut-rtul Incas are mere
u ton anybody who de-
ud their services, accept
.... hottest whatever made
....,n.t may he rendered, and if
.r all IS Forthcoming there
..,... These silent, understood,
.., ..,as.rd people do not seem to
........ Strength i'll their arms, but
.,.. tmlmous loads on their
"a. Ur.d strap is passed around
..-.a. - help sustain the bur
.talutnrl across the shoulders.
d pounds is considered a
..a rad, and with this on their
Il. ..r SIN start off Oh a slow but
. and keep it up for hours
.m -HnE
r.. ...as and in fact nearly all the
.- ..--s- af Ecuador, seldom in
.-. -.- uMry of legal marriage
.s.E De.aIse they cannot afford 1t;
a.. .4r-rj by the priests for per
.a. at CEREMONY being very ex-
W." .uHred to their lntinltessl-
Ell among the aristoc-
..f uyommon for young peo-
mlr among their Trends
buttons toward paying
lee. You can seldom
The streets and markets
....... ud Quito, without meet
Hth a little basket, gen
u- Lothalio, who impor-
fine love of the Virgin,
..- senior, give me a medic
..r. .naId the payment OF my
.ae -e,
81. country the dead are
Wued in the middle OF the
LT-yen only knows, eX-
-s. II In cu5tombre: and Gus
=. ... from century to century
and being less alterable
celebrated laws of the Medes
4, fol The latter did change
a. -- Of few hundred years.
r-.. even wives, mothers and
atives are not permitted to
,. ear departed to the tomb;
. the universal custom
aC H-ally all Spanish America.
.1.u dismal it looks TO see a
raaa Vi chanting priests or
- "Ved by men carrying can
oIches, winding slowly
9 .o 0arkness of night to the
.a 'dt,. Field of Saints" as the
f'rr' is allied. Among those who
Awt n the fashion prevails of
4lss Kind of funeral reception dur
p. mtAe week following the burr
-nsl 1ritations are issued, as it
8af. u oedding. The guests gath
II Tue dWolnted hour, eat, drink,
sPaN ave a good time generally,
's, 'ac virtues of the dead, his
.ae, 4ut forgotten, as is, happily,
9He III All Countries; speculate con-
lue 'Us amount of property the de-
Nd 'al 'etl and, if he was marri-
Aan 1pol the probability OF the
~N nelFlng again.
MEANWHILE the dead mans family sit
d ionh by themselves, arranged in
'ga. lows against the farther wall
e COON in the order of their near
'.IationShip to the dead, and all
slests come in one by one to con-
''-' them. At the conclusion of
''''rNaInment every picture in the
' Is turned with its face to the
By. We piano is locked, harp, guitar
-dololn swaddled in black cloth,
&'rdl Is aid aside. not even natur-
"f -I> are permitted in the rooms or
"' member of the family as decora-
- ''e Iouse is shut up against all
IT'S l'r Xxx or eight weeks and dur
"t' JICt none of the relatives are