Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29

, and their ridge roofs of thatch. There
are no windows, and the light comes
in through the rude door at the front
There are no yards or gardens about
the houses, and no convenfences of
any description. The only furniture is
a bed made of poles. or two or three
beds in case the man has more than
one wife, which is by no means I'M
common. In one of the huts 1 found
two fires going. and over each fire
was a wife who cooked for her own
brood Of children: The floor OF the
hut was Mother Earth, and it was
Uttered with farming utensils and
clothing. and saddles and harness.
From the rafters hung ears of corn.
strings of onions and long strips Of
dried meat. The place looked like
junk shop.
The sleeping arrangements OF this
home consisted of two closetlike
| rooms. partitioned off from the body
of the hut by poles and skins. In each
was a low platform covered with
sheepskins Each platform was the
sleeping place Of one of the wives and
her share of the children.
/ was interested in the COOKING;
| Their fires were in holes in the ground
inside the hurts. and the smoke was so
thick that it could be felt 1t mad
bla ckened the walls and roof, and when
| I took hold of "A rafter my hand was
covered with SCOT The cooking uten-
sis were iron pots. resting on stones
! over the Goals. Each pot had stew.
| consisting of mutton cut up in small
pieces and seasoned to taste Ihey
were roasting potatoes and green corn
| in the ashes, and the smell was dell
cious. great deal of red pepper Is
| used. and it is said that they nave
way of killing a sheep and pepperins
and sailing its lungs while 1t is dying.
They hang the sheep Up by Its iour
legs and stun the windpipe with this
salt and pepper. While the animal
gasps under the treatment. they cut
the jugular vein and stream OF blood
! is turned into the wi nipe in such a
way that it washes t salt and pep
| per into the lungs. A-tcr the death
| of the sheep its lungs are ,aken OUT
and eaten raw. having thus been sea-
soned to taste. At all meals the men
are served first. The women act as the
walters, and eat what is left.
| The Araucanians look much like the
| North American Indians. They are
about the best type of the Redmen OF
| this continent. and their features are
| much stronger than those Of the Ay-
maras or Quichuas. who live high up
| in the Andes. The younger men are
straight and well formed The girls
are good looking, and when young they
are plump. They age rapidly. however,
and at forty they have as many wrin-
kles as a withered apple. These wom-
| en- have copper compilations and jet
black hair. They have square faces
! with low foreheads and high cheek
bones. They are proud of their hair.
which is long, thick and straight. They
bind it up in two braids and wear 1t
| down their backs or tied around the
| crown of the head, so that the braids
| stand out like horns over the face. The
| braids are often decorated with silver
| beads. and their ends are sometimes
| Joined by a string of silver balls.
| The AraucanianS are fond of Jewelry
| and as in many semi-savage countries
| the jewelry of the women is the saw
ngs bank of the family. The most
| common ornaments are of silver made
| in earrings and breastptns. Some OF
the earrings are of solid silver plates
| as large as playing card. with ear
hooks attached, others are discs. Some
| of the women have silver chains around
their necks and others have their
breasts decorated with silver beads
They have also rings on their fingers
| and beads of silver sewed to the RED
cloth on their ankles. In the thresh-
| ing scene which 1 have described the
bags were held by an Indian girl who
| wore a silver breastpin as big as my
| two hands; and another nearby had on
! a coronet of silver coins. These girls
| wore short skirts and waists. and they
| had also bright colored blankets over
| their shoulders fastened with silver
buckles in front The Indian men de-
light in bright-colored ponchos-