The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-12-24
G AlDEII DESCRIBES
lie DEB IgANS

1 beR z15S 1905:
Eve have returned safely to this
point in the States. ana are now
awaiting the report Of the assayor on
ore samples from our several mines-
We vim get ready to start home
Monday evening. the 18th.
..To assist IN passing the time here
I VIM write you Of some of the In
cidents ana pleasures Of our trip in
a general way. that have not been
given in other letters sent home. We
were al greatly surprised At the
shrewdness Of the Nexicans In max
Ing sales of goods or eatables At the
highest prices. and particularly
strewd i'm short-changfng. when
United states money is rendered. 1t
Is their harvest to have touring
Americans buy of them.
cit was our pleasure to witness a
Mexican marriage at ocampo, Mex.
The bride dressed in white silk and
accompanied by her brother, with
four little Mexican girls holding up
the exceedingly long traine of dress
skirt, passed by our hotel early in
the marning. Our party Joined in
with the crowd Of little Mexicans and
followed them into church. We also
witnessed the burial of a Mevican
girl of the poorer class, the particu-
lars of which l prefer to tell you on
my return.
"on our travels by stage and
mule back many. many graves on the
roadside. where one or more Mexi-
cans had died enroute to OF from
freighting points with their burro
freight trains. The corpse is buried
near the roadside witha cross erect
ed and a store at the base of the
crude cross by the burial party. This
starts the monument for the dead,
Each such burial place has stone
placed about the cross by passing
Mexicans thereafter. the crude cross
kept on top of the pyramid Of stone.
We saw quite number of graves
with several perch Of. stone piled
about the Cross,
The trees about the inland trail
camps are all marked with crosses
on the bodies of the trees. Z. This is
done by the Mexican campers, belfev-
ing It will keep wild animals and
wild spirits out of their camp while
asleep. The Mexicans in the inter
Tor of the state. through which we
travelled. especially among the less
enlightened, are very superstitious.
We secured very few kodak snaps of
them. At the cabins, where we tried
to get views of the family. the In
habitants rushed the children inside
and shut the door. on first sight of
the kodak. fearing it would be ILL
luck to them to be photographed.
eve passed by what were said to
be God Home and Jesus Home.
We were unrecognized at each place
and failed to get view of an I'm
mate. we were inclined to cen
sure the photographer IN failing to
receive attention for his general ap-
pearance from hardships endured on
the trip and passing through a
country, where barber shops and
laundries were unknown, he and the
rest of orr crowd. did not look like
we we're the clean subjects to he en-
tertained at the above named homes.
DR.. C. H. Ice. of Warrington. w. Va,
one of the most congenial of our
crowd throughout the entire trip.
was the most persistent of us all to
he given recognition at the Home of
Cod He said he had read so
much of him and our trail pathway
leading up to his home had been a
difficult way. and he felt we deserv-
ed to see the owner of the Home at
least.
"our photographer was a tall, fine
looking man, when we left Pitts
burg, Pa, but falling to see himself
Gin the absence on looking glass)
FOR three weeks as others saw him
"a grizzly, bearded, dirty-faced
yiant-he walked into the passage
way between two rooms with our In
.erpreter, hoping to get snap hot
If a Mexican damsel. who had sec
.eted herself from view at that
place. She instantly turned her back
IN the intruder. which properly
means get thee behind me
SATAN
lone of our greatest pleasures was
n meeting Americans who were
other living or travelling IN the Re
,ublic. All formaltties were aban-
loned and a clasp Of hearty hand
hakes followed, and then the tell
ng who each was and to what part
I Gods country they belonged. It
gas our pleasure to have lovely
Dung married couple fall In with
s near Pennos Alias. Mexico. They
raveled several day with us en-