La Junta tribune., 1912-12-07
Up and Down the
Valleys of Peru
BY R " PATTERSON

be- BE- u fDr many miles What houH
e4 were seen were covered with hay
matching The Indians i've back in
the canons. on the hills and noun
tains and some In caves These In
diars cultivate little land They are
fiockmasts r. and herdsmen and
rails sheep mostly, With few cat
tl-. horses and now aud then two or
three hogs The Indians would gath
er at the little station. ou, Of curt
osity, to see the train and would
stare at the passengers. whom they
searched with curious eyes.
Some forty-fiye miles from Oroya,
We came to the old Indian town Of
Jauja. town OF ! 900 or 1000 inhab-
itauts. where the Montaro s Joined
by another considerabl. stream. and
the valley widons from two to three
or even four miles In width In places.
a level and highly cultivated and
dons.ly populated valley. extending
more than twenty five miles tn the
old city OF Iiuancayo did not en-
ter JauIa. as the main line Of the
railroad passes some two or thrce
miles from the town. the train mere
ly backing into the outskirts OF the
town There was once great In.
ca city here. not on the very site
Of the present city. which itself h.
several hundred years old. but upon
the hills near and above the present
city From the train could plainly
b. seen the old Inca ruins. extend
inz along the edge Of the mountains
for 5ns distance and no icllIn.
how FAR back aud out Of sight
From laula excursions are made ir
fu th" Interior D. many important
places. some of them or. great die
anros.
This valley broad aud smlor
and hllhIy titled. from JauJn
Hmugoyo, is q most beautiful ra"
What O. would appear. could Il b.
H lH summertime. when rIe nsldT
ana aaTdrfs ar, green. Z can orN
imagine The uluad runs s'raIslt
f1r many miles. and uitb ysg. easy
grade when rhe fine vas run. tl,
many Indian Towns and .illa ge- scat.
tHrr. over this wonderful valley
were ignored. hence. a. We ~ 40
ac see towns and VILLAGES nestled
thls side and on that side of the
valley against the steep. rugg,d
mountains which hem it Dol. o.
hc sole destination of tho r1ad was
Hl1rsayo Som. ~ those Ola tow
Frm-d to Do l1rle and others 30 nr
distant chat Htl- could be sen
Hara rIr white th1r h with ifa nr.f
Ies There arrr suupas here aHf
OBJ opposite th- tdprs and 80
R.. but H1uh.rc 1aH any r7ai
public hehEg rsuHa from thr..
f1v t1 fIr nrpHs .onlv mere
Trail, who're rauas and busr1s oou'
nla along with their heavy buric
~ such tbiHE as WAGON. cart ar
wheeled irh',le ls used n ihf
country hence. what need of %.
ila road moro than a trau7
This had. as I am Informed. g.
almost wholly ovfet in great 90.
in'rs hy wealthy P,rmlan- II once
belonged % no, Indians themselves.
but hv Ep@ci,s II robbery. some
times violently and often hy means
of tho fiction 81 law and legal pro
cess. it has been tik-u from the
lawful owu'fs. who now are but
tenants paying rent to these PR
tended owners, sometime. by a shafr
~ tho crop. and sometimes by o.
much MONEY IN. land b an IN
one great stretch There are no fen.
crs nor well marked boundaries be-.
tween the little plots OF land cult.
Nat'd boy the Indians Now and then
a mere paih litil- rldgo of a
scattered row Of stones may be- seen.
which I took L, be the boundaries
II the lutte patches
Tn" Indians live a. towns and III.
tie villages and cultivate the lands
adjacent seldom live In soparst.
houses on the land. so that some g
them go considerable distances Z
cultivate their NH. tracts. sa~
perhaps doxcn houses and little
clusters OF buildings. by themselves
and away from the towns. which
~"r" occupied by tn. Indians who
farm"d the land by their homes
Several single house. situated In the
fields had been abandoned and had