The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-05-26

have an extra hut TO store his Y-.
uce and his implements for the fz-.
but as a rule he has no mot.
forts. than the poor.
Many of the nuts on the Par
have small c~orrals. made Of sion.
mud. about them. into whsca
sheep, lamaS and donkeyS are E-
at night. Some have little patch.
potatoes n barley and quinua
by. Quinua is a kind of a grain ar-
as big as the head Of a pm. tu.-
grown to make muSh or gru.#
is a second cousin Of the ordinar
weed of the United States. and
Department of Agriculture eNpe-.
experiment with ii, as a staple Aimee
can plant.
And this brings me to the foo,
the Indians. They live very S.mrr
their diet consisting of mutton r~
ma meat and potatoes. barley .rf
| corn. which they soak and mash and
cook in a stew. They have also cl4.
ma, which is frozen mutton. So dr.+
that it will last for years. Now ami
then they have a chicken 10 eat .-#
sometimes beef and pork. In mos
cases the chickens and sometimes tt.
pigs sleep in the hut with the famH,
The Americans who employ Ia-..
numbers of Indians at Cerro de Ta>r.
and furnish quarters for them Ii
low rent have to order "A gene,.l
cleaning out Of the hogs from the
huts every few weeks. in order p.
keep the dwellings sanitary.
Another food that is used largely
by the Quichaus is chuno. or froze,
potatoes. Chuno looks like bits -
bleached bones, but it is really pota-
toes which have been frozen and dried
SO that they can be kept for wears
without spelling. The potatoes 50
11Sa6 r q a Snocio1 ya riofy ~ 49,.
size Of a baseball. They are first
soaked in water. This is done at
night. Early in the morning before
the sun rises they are taken out and
they freeze. They are then covered
with straw to keep off the sun. The
neXt night they are soaked again and
allowed to freeze. This process :
continued from night to night. After
a time they grow very soft, and the
skins are trodden off with the bare
feet. They are now white as snow.
and after being dried will keep a long
time. They Ia to be soaked before
cooking and are usually served as 4
soup or a stew. Sometimes they are
sliced and Gated with cheese, between
the slices in the form of a sandwich.
wish I could show YOU these In
dams as l see them by the hundreds
O me-. They look as though they
had stepped out of the middle ages.
The me wear ~lOw-crowned hats Will
brlmS that turn up. They have on
, bright-colored ponchos or shaWls,
with their heads stuck through d hole
in the middle. Below the p0nchos
you can see the short brooches. These
z extend to the middle of the craft and
. are slit up at one side as far as the
, knee. The Indians are either barefoot
ed or have untanned cowSkin sandles
r | Some are without nOnchOC and Won
= can see that their vests are gayly
embroidered. Not a few have a
kind Of a nightcap of red. blue al
white wool under their hats. and this
has flaps that SO tit down over the
! ears that they look as if they were
really the ears of the owners.
: The women are even more queer
q They all wear hats Of homeSpun O
the shape Of a pie a turned ~
round the rim. Their hats are &"
bright color and there is a firing
on each side the pie pan that hang
d down over the ears. The women haN'
q long, black hair, often worn in tW'
q long braids down the back. or ]
may be twisted into a score of fin
braids. They have prz.gnt-colore'
shaWlS, gay bOdiceS and very Ia
q skirts, that reach almost to the ank
d les, but which sometimes are ca
off at the middle Of the calf. Thes
skirts are Of bright colors, and on
st woman may have a half loZen or NOR
n the inner ones being shorter tina
~ those h The women spin an
IS weave the cloth for these skirts an
make them at home. They wear Z
lie stockings or other underclothing. an
go barefooted and bare1egged. Lik
the men and the children. the
in are dirty and frowsy, and not
few of them have many unmentior
is able insects on their bodies an
K heads.
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