Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-26

bolivian wanted ~ fofes him ~ sell u
cheap. IL sdi0iHed his property snd was
especially desirable on other accounts.
lie asked the foreigner his price and was
told that II wss $500. lie wanted u
much cheaper snd IN order % make him
sick Of bis bargain hs iucitsd hia Indians
10 st0ns those % the foreigner They
old 80. but tie, foreigner made such q
brave fight that the Bolivian came 10 him
ana Offered ~ take the place ~ his orig
insl price. The foreigner Teplisd 4
will sell you the farm. but the price has
risen. Offered u 70 you q month ago
for $1,000, but after whst you have done
you cannot have IL for less usn tBlS0"
Il will take H." wss the reply Il have
had enough trouble about this already
and rather than have more ! will pay
what you ask"
IutE Are Scattered.
The huts Of the AymsTa Indians ere
scattered over the plateau. snd also high
W on the slopes of the Andes They
are usually ia villages, but sometimes far
apart On the plains BJt few houses are
more than fifteen Or twenty feet square,
sHd some only eight or ten. Sometimes
II family may have half cozen houses
lnclosed by q mud vail. but the most 0f
the buildings srs for the stock, shd as
rule the family uses bUt one. II IL
rot sssy 10 enter such homes
The Indians dC not like strangers, and
in making my investigations ] have hsd
them show fight snd warn me 20 Leave
such hUts So have seen into are littls
letter than pig pers They have wells
20 low that you can reach the thstchs6
root without effort and the single coor
is 50 small that you have 70 stoop 20 ga
~. The floor is the gr0Dnc end the fur,
HitVre is only few skins snc & httie ~ Uc
stove or oven. built Up IN one corner
The fusl is the manure o. the Dsynss snc
{ sheep and the cooking - done "a esFth.
7 eDWsre pOts, which are used not only f0l
Z boiling sh5 saew1Bg, but f0F cUps sleeTs
snd plates. There - ~ cutie, for tie
smoke but the Go0F and u blsckeDs the
root and the walls.
The AynsTss sleep % Hama skiEAs Lad
On the floor. They have no night ciothes
and wear tie same garments a. night ~
cUF1ng the osy. They usually sleep sst-
ting, backing themselves Up sgsinss the
. Nsh ana cFs11ng ss closely together s.s
possible m order that al may get under
the blanket sho 80 thst the heat q their
bOclss may sio 10 keeping them warm.
Cook Outside.
, Where there are several bUts the oook-
ing IL done Outside the homes, and some
times ga oven is built aesinst the wall,
having cover perhaps 70 DTOJect u from
the vino slnd the SNOW.
The foOd q these Inoisns is sdnple
= fay0f1ts oish is stew known as
chsllons, made of oFlec mutton The
sheep is killsS sno stinno1 The booy
is tpen spit open and laid out flat snd
left on u doors % be frczeu The next
night Il is spiiubleo Wltb sster anc
frozen again. II is then tvng W 20 ory.
u ooes 50 without spelling. and some De-
comes 90 tough and hard that it VIII kseI
for months. When USED ~ is cvt into
hts and boileS q long time. Yegets bles
are cooked with II, and often some chuno.
The latter is frozen pptatpss which are
prepared 80 SUCH a way that they Will
keep quite as long az the sT1e1 mutton
This is done by soaking the raw potaaoes
iu water and then allowing them lo
freeze They are soaked sno frozen
again TIE skins heroine 80 loose that
they csu be ryubed o. trodcsu or WIN
the hsre feet. After thi9 they are or1ss