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Show ; TI2IID SAVAG2S. Aa American orbo baa spent aeveral years In the Bute of Chlpae, Mexico, sari the Carl be are the most prlmltlYe Indiana In Southern Mexico. - - Their clothing; la made of bark liber and bowsN and arrows are their only weapons. The bows are fire feet or more In length: the arrows are well made and feathered with bright colored plumage. Br means of arrows having a ring on them they manage to stun birds so as to take them alive, while fish are obtained by. means ot Terr long arrows barbed all the way. - - . ' These people are -timid and gentle, running run-ning out of their huts to hide If any atran- fer cornea near.' Few of them know any panish, and eren these spokesmen rarely visit a town, once in two or three years seeming to satisfy them. - The JJapotecsn Indians on the west ooast seem la all respects the finest of all . the tribes, and they certainly are the handsomest. handsom-est. When the - girls of the tribe wish to show great courtesy or respect they reply to any question by singing the answer, using any notes they wish. Another race called Lamachlka are as timid aa the Carl be. If a traveler passing through the country wishes to stay all night they win aay. "We have no room. Got a big family and some friends are coming to stay all night. Go on Uk the next place they will keep yoo.M A man can ride thirty miles and hear the same story at each place he stops. The only way one can do is to go In and put down his traps and order the mozo to stake out the horses. If they complain, tell them to get out A piece of money left In the bouse next morning will heal all wounds. Oftenthey run oft to the brush, driving their pigs and chickene before them, there to remain hidden hid-den until the Intruders have departed. Some curious customs - msy be observed among these people. One -of these is a "bar-rido" "bar-rido" (literally "a sweeping"). For Instance, when a man is seriously sick his wife will make a ' "banido," hoping In this . way to save bis life. She kills a fat pig, makes a great quantity of tortillas, tsmsles, plcbol, etc, and aska all their friends to the feast, Naturally they are never loath to accept, and the feasting goes en for severs! days. Tbey sweep the bouse and yard, and even the road, spotlessly spotless-ly clean, and sweep and sweep.- Then a new cross Is put at the road to keep away the dlablo. Sometlmea this cross is adorned with flowers. It the man does not seem to Improve they will do more sweeping and put up another cross at another road or path. Modern Mexico. |