The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-14
AW AERIAL RUWA WA Y
By W. p and C.. p. Chipnaa.
Copyright. 1901. Loth<op PsbisAi~g Company.
CHAPTER VII.
1.-THE Gods Have Come Down to U.s.

1.-The Gods Have Come Down to U.s.
ftpERHAPs had better await them here" Pro-
L fessor Barton suggested in low tone to his
panions and hating abruptly in the middle of the high
way
who pushed and hustled each other goodnaturedly in
their endeavor to get sight of the unexpected visitors
But there were no shoutngs no violent gssticuaens
patriarchal leader up the street.
When within fifty feet of the hating men, the old
chief quickly raised his right hand and extended palm
outward toward the visitors It the sign of
to all the Indian tribes Of the American cont
nent Professor Barton recognized it, quickly
turned the movement and then the native dropped his
hand, and in a Deep rich voice addressed his visitors.
He is asking who we are, and how we came here,
expect the professor remarked in undertone; bu
he will not understand any better than we do him.
1t was Todd who found a way out of this sore d.
lemma Hunger than he had been before in all his
life, and all out of patience with parley that, as he
afterward expressed it, keeping good food out Of his
mouth he at this moment rushed to the lad who
standing beside the old chief and rasped him by the
hand. Shaking it vigorously, he exclaimed:
sarved Get u.s. Something to- eat right off, viii you
and then he rapidly went thru the motions of eating and
drinking
If his had meaning to the surprised boy, it
not with his pantomime For with smile and
nod which plainly said III understand you the
few moments Then the latter bowed ceremonious-
g toward the professor whom he seemed to regard as the
leader of the little party of strangers and pointing back
to hamlet beckoned for him and his companions to
follow him there.
As the castaways entered this, they it
small affair." consisting of perhaps twenty low, stone
houses each side of the street. The building at
the extreme end Of the hamlet was te larger than the
Others and about this the crowd gathered Evidently it
the residence Of their ruler
The door open-left probably when the
headsman had been summoned to go out and meet the
strangersand thru this and down dark passageway to
open court, he led his VISITORS The floor paved
es was destitute of furniture otioning his guests
to seated here the host turned and issued what seemed
to be several rapid orders For there was scurrying
of feet toward the which opened into the court
and sounds of busy preparation and the odor of
cooking food filed the place.
AS the last attendant hurried away the chieftaln
himself with low bow to the awaiting strangers also
disappeared thru door at the of the court.
ohe ts at
what do you think of our situation''' he asked =.
**That shall have something to eat, thanks
to your namesake' he replied, with smile
ayes, of course,'' Mr.. Todd admitted; "but mean
the people, surroundings, the outlook. What of
ct have stumbled upon some branch Of
the Peruvians' Mr.. Barton responded ''This
huose quite those occupied by the peasant class in
Peru The people themselves resemble the fu-blooded
Indians there And the language they speak
sounds like the Quichua dialect which have frequently
heard but unfortunately am unacquanted WITH The
ngularty about the whole matter is that should find
such people this isolated mountain top; and with
every evidence of long sojourn here'
s'Is there tradition that of the people fled
into the wilderness before their Spanish conquerors9
questioned Rod thoughtfuly. 81 I have read
something of that kind in connection with the history of
11There is such tradition and it has assumed va
rious forms the professor promptly answered. "One
story is that the last Inca of the
bles took his eldest son. mere child and fed into the
great northeastern forests where they established
on tho smaller empire Another is that on the sack
ing by the spaniards band of the natives
willing to yield submission to the invaders, seized the
valuable portion of the state treasures and dsaP
peared the wilderness about the upper Amazon This
last tale firmly believed by the Spanards themselves
and from time to time attempts made by them to
trace the fugtives but they were never found "
''Not until we discovered them here on Mount Ro
rama,' Bod persisted. =. -.
s|It seems almost .incredible,' continued Mr.. Bar
tom tsthat small band of fugtves heavily laden with
treasure should have made their way for hundreds Of
miles the tributary waters of the Amazon into
The more part of the problem is how they
scaled the surrounding cliffs and established themselves
his -