Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-29
backs. The white driver told mo that
he sgot a percentage of the crop for

backs. The white driver told mo that
ne sgot a percentage OF the crop for
On the odge OF this wheat field were
2 number OF Indian huts. Every FAM,
lily had a haif dozen dogs, which
rushed at me when.I came near. AT
tho samc time the women scolded and
the men scowled as ] took photo.
graphs OF tho girls. Tho Arauoanian
houses are seldom. moro than hfteen
feet square. Their walls are OF boards
ana their ridge roofs. Of thatch. There
are no windows. and the light comes
IN through the rude door 1T tho front.
There are no yards or gardens about
the houses, and no conveniences Of
any description. Tho only furniture
is y bed made OF poles. or two or three
beds in caso the man has more than
l'ono wife, Which Is by no means un-
common. In one Of tho huts found
two lre. going, and oyer each fire
was wife, who cooked for her OWE
hut was Mother Earth. and Il was lit
tered with farming utensils and cloth.
ing. and saddles and harness. From
the rafters hung ears of corn, strings
OF onions and long strips of dried
Irineat. The place looked liko n Junk
shop.
The sleeping arrangements of this
home consisted OF two closetlise
rooms, partitioned off from tho body
of the hut by poles and skins. In each
was low platform covered with
sheepskins; Each platform was the
her share OF the children.
was interested in the cooking.
TheiE fires were in holes in the. ground
inside the huts, and the smoke was so
thick that IT could be folt. 1t had
blackencd the walls and roof, and
when | toole hold OF a rafter inv hand
was covered with SCOT. The cooking
utensils were iron pots, resting on
stones over tho Goals. Each pot had a
stew. consisting OF mutton cut up in
small pieces and seasoned to taste.
They were roasting potatoes and groom
corr In tho ashes. and the smell was
delicious. y great dea! OF red pepper
is used, aud It is said that tho,. have
way Of killing q sheep and peppering
| and sailing it's lungs while II is dying
They hang the sheep up By it's four
legs and stuff the windpipe with this
salt and pepper. While tho animal
gasps under the treatment, they cut
the jugular vein and a stream of blood
Is turned into the windppc In such n
way that IL washes tho salt end pep
per into the lungs. After tho death
OF tho sheep, It's lungs are taken out
and eaten raw, having thus been sea
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 typo of the Rcdrnen 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 we'll formed Tho girls
are good looking, and when young they
arc plump. They age rapidly, however,
and at forty they have as many wrin-
klcs as withcred apple. These women
have copper compilations and jetblack
hair. They have square faces with low
forehcads and high cheekbones. They
are proud of their hair, which is lone,
thick and straight. They bind it up
in two braids and wear II down their
backs or tied around the crown OF
tho head,.so that the braids stand out
like horns over the face. The braids
arc often decorated with silver beads.