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Show 364 INHOSPITALITY OF THE ORAIBIANS. even for my baggage; and that he should bring up only his own. 8 Thereupon I betook me to a corner that there was in the street, where I unsaddled, and the Yabipai took the mule to a sheep- corral. There were coming all day in succession to stare at me men, women, and children, yet not one of them would come near me, even though I offered them the sea- shells they prize so highly; nevertheless, they kept up appearances well ( ponian buen semblante). When the old Yabipai parted company with me he said to me: " Remain alone here; these people do not want thee; they are a bad lot." Of the cornstalks ( olotes) 4 that were strewn in the street I gathered some to build a fire; I struck a light with the lens 5 and made a little atole. I heard that the Yabipais, who by this time had arrived- all those who had accompanied me- were talking in the houses, and no doubt they were taking my part. At evening I saw entering the pueblo the men who were coming from work, and they brought their hatchets, dibbles, and hoes. At nightfall there • What the inhospitable lady said to the Yabipai is rendered by Garces thus: " Esta, antes que yo subiera, le dixo al Yabipai que me avisara para que no entrarse ni tampoco mis trastes, que subiese solo los suyos." 4 Olote is the Spanish form of Nahuatl olotl, cornstalk. 8 Con el ente in our copy. But this is a slip of the scribe's pen for con el lente, with the lens, sc, burning- glass. Both the Beaumont MS. and the pub. Doc. read lente. |