A TYPICAL mountaineer's HUT 



Photd by Hiram Bingham 



SOUTHERN PERU 



It was sometimes necessary to camp very close to the Indians' huts, as there was so 

 little aSable flat land in many of the valleys. In such cases a family group was almost 

 ure to gather and satisfy their curiosity as to the ways of these visitmg explorers. 



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Photo by Hiram Bingham 

 GROUP OE MOUNTAIN INDIANS: SOUTHERN PERU 

 The Mountain Indians were always interested in our work and usually were content to 

 silently watch the passage of our caravans, or quietly speculate on the activities ot the topo- 

 graphical engineer. Once, however, the chief topographer was attacked by a dozen excitea 

 Indians who thought that he and his assistant were working some devilment with then 

 strange instruments. Fortunately by diplomatic means they were dissuaded from doin^ 

 any harm. Note the bare feet of the women at this great altitude, which is over 14,000 leet. 



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