The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-26


fellows.
leases l5y which the Indians hold their
little homes and lands provide that
they may I've sent from time to time
into the town 10 work as house SER
wants. such periods are limited to "A
week SO for each person aud i'm
some Of the houses OF La PaZ The ser
wants ave changed every two weeks
a new one coming TO rcliev. the old
one. y landowner with \ large num-
Der Of Indians on his estate may
agree 10 furnish YOU = house servant
for u YEAR. Scndiur iuan after man.
~ relays as il Were. to iii UP the time.
When the pougo comes to work in his
masters house he usually brings with
him enough bags or llama manure to
serve as fuel FOR the cooking during
his stay
While there he carries all The. water.
brings the vegetables and meats home
from tn" market. and il is his business
to empty the Stops and clean the pots
aud pans. There ar" many Of these
p"ngoS on The streets Of La raz. They
L" along half doubl" carrying great
copper "r clay water jars ON their
( backs They act ns the watchmen Of
the houses. sleeping at night on tn"
stones insid" the door that leads To
the street. ana they must Get up and
urcu to the people who go out or come
Al
some kinds that servants OF other
classes viii rcfus" 10 do. Indeed, one
may hay" twemiy -,thcr servants. but
he must still nave his pongo.
Notwithstanding these hard condi-
tionS. tic indians arc attached to their
masters. rh"N will work for them for
little nr nothing rather than for :. for
eiGn"r who may pay thcm good wages
ThrN make their masters grievances
their own, ana are ready 10 engage in
any battle if inStieated by them This
often causes fruds between the Indians
of nciehbUrinG rarms. and gun lights
and stone fights ar" common The
stone nights arc usually by means Of
The sling. which Is the natural weapon
OF TN" ANmara. lie uses IL to keen his
sheep from straying from the lock
He hunts with it, and from behind his
nut watches ioi his enemy and scn.ls
Il rock crashing through his brain.
Not long az" there was a biz stone
ii.ht between the Indians OF TWO plan
iatlonS, one belonging TO a foreigner
aud the other 10 native Bolivian The
foreigner had bought the estate and
tn" bolivian wanted to force him Ia
sell ii cheap. II adjoincd his property.
and was especially d"Sirabi" on other
accounts lie asked the foreigner his
price. aud was told that 1t was Xl5 QUO
lie wanted it much cheaper. ana in or
der to make uim sick of his nargoin he
incitcd his Indians 10 stone those of
the foreigner They did so but tho
foreigner made such a brave fight that
the Bolivian came to him and offered
10 take the place ~ his original prir,.
TIE iorciGcnr replied II will sell Won
TIE farm, but the price has risen.
Offered IL TO YOU Il month ago for $I5.
QUO. but after what YOU have done Won
cannot have il for less than $50. OOo''
VIII tax" it, was the reply. 81 have
bad enough trouble about this already.
and rather than have morc\ will pay
what YOU ask.
Tho huts az the Ay,uara Indians arc
scattered over the platcau. and also
high NJ on tho slopes Of the Andes
ThcN az" usually i'm Villages. hut some
times far apart ON the plains. Sui few
houses are NOR" than fiftccm or twenty
feet square. aud some only eight or ten
sometimes family may have a half
dozen houses Enclosed by q mud wall.
but the most Of the buildings are for
the stock, and rs a rule the family
uses but one. 1t is no, easy To cu,er
such homes
The Indians do not like strangers.
aud in mulSine my Investigations have
had them SHOW night and warn me To
leave. such. nuts a. I have seen into
are li,tlc better than pig pens. They
have walls so low that YOU can reach
/
th" single door is so small that YOU
have TO Stoop To go in The hoor is
The ground, and the furniture is only
f-w skins ana little mud stove or
oven. built up i'm one corner. The fuel
is toe manure of lla,nas and sheep and
the cooking i done in carthcnwarc
pots. which are used not only for boil
iuG and "jcwiuG. but for cups saucer.
and plates. There - NO outlet for the
smoke but the door and - blackcns the
roof and the walls.
The Aym3r5s sleep ia Hanna skins
! laid "u the floor. They have no nigh.
! clothes. ana weal the same garments
+ ut lil,tt MS during The day. They usu-
ally sleep sitting, backing themselves
up against Tie wall aud drawing as
/ closely together as possible. in order
that al may cot under the blanket
/ aud 50 that the heat of their bodies
( may ala in keeping them warm.
Where there are several huts Tho
cooltiur = done outside tho homes and
sometimes an oven IS built against the
! wan having cover perhaps 10 pro-
/ tort ~ from the Wind ana the snow
The food OF these Indians is simple
/ y faNoritc dish is stcw known as
/ challoua. made of dried mutton The
( sheep is Killed and skinned. The body
rs ihcn split op"u and laid out nat
! and left Uuj of doors to be frozen Tho
B next night. IL is spriuklcd with water
ana frozen again. II IS then HING nm
/ IL dry ~ docs $" without spoilins
/ aud soon becomes 50 tough ana hard
/ tiat il VII kecU for monghs When
/ used ~ H. cul into bits and boiled {,
/ long time. Vegetables are cooked with
/ IL, and often some chuno The latter
! T. frozen potatoes. which are prepared