OH, SHOOT! 



We are so rich it annoys us, and we travel for 

 pleasure. We do nothing but visit interesting 

 people. We have seen all the Indians in the 

 world except the San Bias, and now we have 

 come to make friends with them." 



Victor perspired some in putting this over. 

 Hyatt and the governor nodded ; I arched my 

 chest and undertook to look rich. Salisbury 

 continued: 



"We have heard that the San Bias are 

 honest people, that their men are strong, their 

 women beautiful, and their children good. 

 We have heard that they make the finest 

 canoes in the world and know how to sail 

 them, but we want to see. We like to hunt 

 and fish, and we will give all that we kill or 

 catch to the chief. Now then, we don't want 

 anything for nothing ; if the San Bias Indians 

 will be good to us, we will agree to take come 

 nice pictures of them and show the world what 

 superior people they really are." 



Victor managed this at the cost of many 

 strange and asthmatic sounds. 



"We make many presents." Salisbury 

 beamed benignantly; a careless prodigality 

 was in his gesture. "We distribute vast sums 

 of money wherever we go. For instance, we 



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