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A GROUP OF IXDIAX ALCALDES: SOUTHERN PERU 



Near Checcacupe Station was a group of Indian Alcaldes bearinii their staffs of office 

 decorated with bands of silver. The Alcalde is the native Indian official who stands between 

 the local government magistrate and the natives of his village, or of his section of a city. 

 They do no manual labor, but frequently have anything but an easy time. 



i;l<l.\Gl.\G I.N TlIK SllEAXKS: CUZCO, I'KKU 



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Nearlv all of the manual labor in southern Peru is done by native Indians who speak 

 Quichua. the language of the Tncas. Here they are seen harvesting a barley crop, taking 

 the sheaves to the threshing floor, where cattle and horses are still used in treading out the 

 corn. 



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