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Show 4G2 Ex. Doc. No. 41. Walle across. The river runs with great rapidity, and 1s from three to four feet drc·p . Our eamp was soon snrroun<l~<l by, ~ncl.i~ns. They brougb~ UR m u :-k m c I o n c;, c o r n , an d p u m p k 1 n s . I h c 1 r w om<' n have a c u rt o us habit of stu!Tin~ their leggings ·with wool or cotton. This makes their anclcs look very large. We saw large flocks of geese and blur cranes; al~o some teal. . October 11 -This morning· we started up the r1vcr for the villngc of ~anlo Domingo. After a short march we rca chcct " Co bero " and we rr m o~ t hos pi tab I y recC' i vcd by Scii.or Don J os<; Montt-jo,' who SPCIUS to b~ the r:oprictor of_ th_c whole pla_ce. Although he had finishecl hts breakfast, yet he tnststed on havtn~ ilnothn prt•par<•cl for us. He gave us ''los rntr~ii.os <1<' carnero" and tripe chopped up; also an_abundance o~ ".tortillas" and mi~k that had bet·n salted and boded. The m tl k IS prepared t h u 111 order to kt'<'p it during warm Wt'ather from turning sour. One big goblet of watn was set in the midc.lle of the table. From this we were all to dt ink. 1 tried tu bargain with our host for a mule, but he ,]ill not like to take gold in payment, saying " D6me plata blanca." W c now SPl out for Santo Domingo, pass-ing through unfcn cc <l fields of rorn and musk melons; we again crossed thC' river and <'ntered the Pueblo. The houses of this town ar<• built in blocks two stories high. Th<> upper story is narrower than the one below, so that tlH·re is a platfonn or lan!ling along thr wholr length of the buildin g. To enter, you asrend to this platform "Ly the means of }a,. 'rrs that conlcl b(~ easily removed, a~cl, as thrrc is a paraprt wall extend in~ along this platform, tlte c hou ·cs could be con' ertcd into formidable forts. The front oi the upper story is covrrcd with strinhs of red peppers anll long spiral curls of dried melons all cl p ll m p k i IHl. \V l' '"i~i ted the chapel, and here saw a large wax figure of an to Dcdn l'' ~ o. The wa .11 s a rouncl wer.c c ovrrrcl with oil paintings, so m c of tb em the :vork ol <.xc~llen_t a.rttsts. Here, too, wn · a painting of St. Jago, \\tth a long Inscnptlon beneath. We noticed on the pnnnt•ls of _the doors ~ingular armorial bearings: one the c roc:s of ~ant o. Do m 1 n go , . u r m o u n ted L y a crown ; the o t h c r a p l a i n c r o ~ s standtng on a globe, two human arms, and these also ~omrmounted by a crown. The ln d ians who wen l with us led u .~ through what they cnlle<l the old chap(•1. These people, as well as those of St. Philippe, :uc call<'cll(cr<.•s or Queres . . R c t u rt1 in g, we s 1 o p p C. d a t ~ c ii o r M on t t' j o s, w h o gave u s on e dinncr .. As l11s son canH' m wlule we were there, I went to him, and, showlllg my ~old, per:-·uadetl him to ~ell me the mule. Some of the pieces Wl'rC u:arked.5 D., and olhcts five dollars. The first he consented to rccctvt>, alter I had told him the [j stood for " cinco" and that D. was for dollars- the Amcriean for "peso~." The otbrr he seem ·cl to su~pcrt, for he would not tak one of them. FortunatPly l had enough that wrre marked 5 D. Old Montcjo otrcrcd to_ s~ ll me a Navajo squaw, who happened to pass as we were bargammg for the mule; and he then related. a "0 -: ..,.. -....., .... -- .;:. ;r, .... /. - n I. - ... /, :; -_, |