Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-08-25


hour schedule while working on as.
The cuisine was one OF deadly same
ness. n we left Il 10 the cook Her
bump az imaqlnatiyoness had evident
IN been siunted Ia her youth, 70. she
furnished a diet OF tOriillaa, friioloa
and plaintainB three times day while
we remained u was only when We
invaded the sacred precincts OF the
Kitchen with game and fish that we
enjoyed n change, and we usually per
formed the cooking ourselves. The
lake toemed with wild fowl OF every
description. Tho fishing % the mouth
OF the creek was quite good. We
caught largo strings OF n species OF
sunhHh which were delicious when
fried.
After dinner we took stock OF our
surroundings. The sleepinE room was
also the dining room, the sitting room
and the living roomi and FOR q part
Of the time was freely occupied by the
pigs and chickens. Il was about twelve
by fourteen, and on the first night
twelve people occupied "a. As the
guests OF honor, We wCre placed on
cots near the door. In order 70 got the
breaze. but | have always inclined 20
the belief that this was a mean native
trick, and that we we're set out as q
bali for the mosquitoes, which liter
ally devourod as all night, while the
others slept on unmolcgicd. Tho
iioaa are everywhere, but this Is the
ilrst place the mosquitoes have at
tackled ua.
The frat morning after our arrival
We went down 10 take swim Ia the
lake. and We then examined our nu-
merous wounds II was evident that
l had suffered far more severely than
M companion. end l questioned why.
The noaa and ticks seemed 90 have
left him almost unmolosied, while
was hlOtched 20 such an extent that /
could never have passed quarantine.
As we sat there together on the shore
aambof OF ticks crawlod up on his
I legs and then. as IL dissatisfied with
the surroundings, slid on him and
made for me, where they would have
I inserted their drills n I had moi
brushed them on. / was mystlned un-
I On be explained that he had been eat
I ing sulphur and brown sugar twice q
week, and bugs don't like birthstone
u Immediately hogan a course o. sui
/ phur treatments ana am pleased with
the results
We toured the lake with our dug
out. using an lmproylaed sail made 81
laced banana leaves. We visited Ov
CRY corner o. Il save one, and there
our native positively refused TO go
saying that the lake Omptiod into q
great river which flowed through q
deep black cave, aud that the water
rushed through with such force thai
no boat could escape. This happened
on the last day Of our visit, and shat
always regret that dld not have an
opportunity OF verifying this story.
On the last day, about I o'clock, W,
were sailing close 90 shore, when oul
hoatman called attention 90 n large
brown col0rod form sietched out on I
smooth rock d few feet above th'
water Il was an alligator and hl
looked fully twenty feet IN length.
leoaxed the native 20 turn the canol
laround so that / could Try a shot tx
didn't like the scheme. bat email.
swung around 30 that could take ain
withou tupaetting the craft. The sos
looked pretty small alongside the bll
game, hEt / took az careful aim as
could Ia a craft which tho fright q
the boatman kept dancing. and Aired
The stool-tipped bullet struck just be
tween aud back OF the eyes an
plowed a white furrOW an inch wid
! clear down the center of the bach
! With q roar like a mad bull tho ALI
gator rushed for the lake, into whicI
no plunged with a roaOnnGing splash
sending the water niloon feet IN Oh
! AIR We were not there when he ll
The move that boatman made was th
. quickest IN he life, and the wonder
that ho and not upset us. tie dld no
; stop paddlluE until we were fully
, mile away while the lake d said {
/. BE- fun OF alilgaioFs, We never got an
j. other shot a. one during our alal