La Junta tribune., 1912-11-30

black. white. yellow. red and mix
ture of these colcrs.
There was a double row Of Indian
women sitting on the ground having
fJr sale various Kinds OF fresh meats.
each woman having her little stock
before her The meats were mutton
pork and beef Several head OF cat.
he and several head OF hogs were
lied. here and there for sale
hyac photo OF prize boar" which
man was driving and was holding
aud guiding It by string fastened
to one OF It's hind less Burros came
loaded with green barley. and nov
and then With alfalfa No,hing Of
the burros could be seen but their
heads Others W"r. loaded with
wood charcoal and other things
There were dishes made of q
gourd many q them decorated
with various painted figures and us
ID f1r bowls. sauc"rs. cups and var,
lous domestic purposes There we're
various dyes for sale The Indian
Is fond Of bright colDrs. and those
who could afford Il were decorated
In the brightest reds. puppies. blues.
yellows. greens and loudest figures
and stripes that could be couocIyed.
One important commodity must
not overlook. aud that IS coca. This
Is tn. leaf Of tn" coca shrub or
small trc" and grows iu the noun
taius Il is from this leaf that co.
caiue is made Th7 'atc7 arr gath
erred dried and put up ia balls frr
sale II 8. an important commercial
product Of Peru and Bolivia.
Tn. coca leaf has been used by
'he Indians from tim. immemorial
.It u cheN,db them. much as To-
barco is chrwrd by some Ameri.
cans II has stimulating inylgor
ating effect upon ID" system and AZ
Indian will perform the hardest Ia.
bor for DAY or even days and
make rapid Rnt long journeys with.
out food simply keeping small
quantity Of coca leaves in his
mouth.
All the Indians ar. addicted 10
IT, US. when they chew T.. they
Ms. a pinch OF lime with II, wh.th.
Y n. effect 10 deii,.rious or not
is disputed by scientific authorities
! saw purchaser buying small
luantity Of coca. and the Indian NO.
man simply placed some small cop
r"r coins In one halsnc. and the
'"s"es In the other The coca Is
worth its weight no, In gold. but IN
Ne cppp.r coin ~ tn. country.
- one booth medicines Wcr" sold
tn" native RENE : nf ~. Indiars
q hundred different kinds of ua.
i've herbs aud minerals Each T.
FOR a specific complaint Here ~
have the "old Indian doctor" the
real Indian doctor. and not M. FAX"
although he or she = fake. too
had met on ~" train 90 Huancsyo
an Intelligent aud educated young r..
ruyhn. who could spsak English quit
veil, aud who was connected with
The best families of Peru He was
I related TO General Cae"r.s. had
him accompany me among IN. mar
Sot indians 10 Interpret for me rls
stopped down AZ the medicine booth
and picked mp a pinch Of herbs shicl
was for sale for medicine. He said
to me:
This Is good for gouorrhes My
mother used 10 use IL Then h.
turned to the Indian woman and
asked her II II vas not a cure frf
ronorrhea. and she replied Il was
They discussed the virtues Of tn,
m" iiclne fnr some moments. and IN.
he turned again and repeated This
m"iicin. u a good cure for gonor
rh.s, Ny mother ALWAYS used IT.
would not relate this last cir
cums'ancc wrr. II not that this sim
pl" remark only confirms what hay,
said heretofore cf IN" gross and uni
v"rsnl Immortality q IN. people Of
Peru They are immoral without
scarcely an exception. and this in
cluios the so called" high classes
and n large portion Of tho priests
and monks-a, least. such Is their
general reputation