The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-19
1.-The trustees have established n school"
Industrial fnrm near Luke Ttcacn

snow clad peaks of Sorati and Him.
ami The greater part of il is level.
and IL consists of good agricultural
land. which has been in cultivation
since the days of the Incas. The land
was bought of a Bolivian haciendado.
and it has about $50 Indians living
upon ii. According to custom. these
Indians went with the land. They
have certain tracts there which they
have farned from generation to gem
Grafton and others upon which they
have nocl<s of one kind or another.
They work about two days of the
week for their rent.
These Indians form the nucleus OF
the missionary work. and it is among
them that the industrial movement is
now going on. The trustees have es-
tablished a school. and both children
and prown-ups are attending it and
learning TO read They have intro
duced new plants and grasses and
they are experimenting with grains
to sec il better conditions of farm
ing cannot he created on these high
plateaus. They expect TO improve the
breeds of sheep and to bring in goats
and American cattle. They hope also
TO teach the Indians the several trades
and to uplift them in every possible
way.
During my stay here have met
Hugo Wenbure, who is now manag-
ing the farm. lie tells me that the
Indians would have nothing 10 do with
the missionaries At first. They had
been told by their neighb ors that the
Americans would work them to death
and that they would be cheated ou, OF
all that they had. The trustees had
great trouble In getting their conf
dence, but nnally succeeded. and
great desire for education has sprung
up. The Indians are sending their
children To the school, which. owing
to the lack Of buildings is now held
In the patio or open square inside the
farmhouse. The school day is short
as the children have TO work for their
parents. The hours are from seven
70 nine in the morning, but the chill
dren are so anxious TO learn that they
come before the teachers are awake
The little Indians are bright and are
about as quick to learn as the Cholos
~or whites.
| asked AR WenburS how nc was
getting along introducing new meth
DDS of farming. He replied
we have had great difficulty in get.
tirS the indians TO try anything new.
nut am sure that as soon as they
can see that our ways are better we
snail have no further trouble Among
other attempts We have made was the
introduction of the American pillow
Tn" Indian plovs are of wood and are
little more than forkcd sticks that cut
furro" OF only two or three inches
we imported some plows. but had
great trouble in persuadnE the tn
dian TO yoke their oxen TO them Tho
plows are NGked TO the horns of the
"Her ana the oxen push the plow-
tongue along with their heads We
showed them that we could pillow twice
as deep with our pillow as they could
with theirs. and when our crops rise
high above theirs | am sure we shall
have no fusther trouble"
In talking about the .superstiticns of
the Indians, Mr.. Wenbure said that
they believe III witchcraft and that
death Is usually occasioned by some
one bewiichine them. When per
son dies his relatives and friends are
anxious that the witches should no,
pursue he soul of the man after
death No;~iony ago a man lied or tho
farm. and his family came to the over
seer ana asked him u take piece
OF paper with cross on the top and
TO write below that. Il nave died be-
cause ! am hewitched b. my enemies.
ana here pray TO the Lord that may
be tree from them in the futur. This
Shect OF paper was put into tho hand
OF the dead man and was buried with
him.
In the same connection MIR. Wen
burg says that the Indians arc very
quiet as an ordinary thing. bat they
may become enraged, and :ha; when
they fight they grow savage Al such
times man may even kill and eat
his victim. The Indian ove!seer now
on the farm belonged to y family who
Killed and ate a man in that way. They
hen threw his bones into the lake.
This was discovered, and, rs I; punish
In"nt the noirrbors TOOK away the
land that belong ed TO them.
Du. in= my stay at Cerro de Pasco
learned OF a similar industrial move
'e"nt that is going on among the In
dians % Peru The heads OF this work
are n'erdenominational and they come
chiehH from Great Britain and Can
ada They have mission station at
Ar'QHipa and "a large industrial farm
not far from Cuzco The farm for
merry belonged TO the Jesuits, but
some time after they were driven out
Of the country IL was bought by this
. organization. II Is OF vast extent.
consisting Of something like 10000
acres OF good land on the plains and
running fem them high W. the slopes