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le across. The river runs with great rapidity, and is from three 

 to four feet deep. 



Our camp was soon surrounded by Indians. They brought us 



musk melons, corn, and pumpkins. Their women have a curious 



, habit of stuffing their leggings with wool or cotton. This makes 



their ancles look very large. We saw large flocks of geese and 



.blue cranes; also some teal. 



October 11. — This morning we started up the river for the 

 village of Santo Domingo. After a short march we reached 

 " Cobero," and were most hospitably received by Sefior Don Jose 

 ^'f-ntejo, who seems to be the proprietor of- the whole place. 

 Although he had finished his breakfast, yet he insisted on having 

 another prepared for us. He gave us " los entraiios de carnero" 

 and tripe chopped up; also an abundance of '' tortillas" and milk 

 that had been salted and boiled. The milk is prepared thus in 

 order to keep it during warm weather from turning sour. One big 

 goblet of water was set in the middle of the table. From this we 

 were all to drink. 



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I tried to bargain with our host for a mule, but he did not like 

 to take gold m payment, saying '« Deme plata blanca." 



We now set out for Santo Domingo, passing through unfenced 

 fields of corn and musk melons; we again crossed the river and en- 

 tered the Puelplo The houses of this town are built in blocks two 

 stories high. The upper story is narrower than the one below, so 

 that there is a platform or landing along the whole length of the 

 building. To enter, you ascend to this platform by the means of 

 Tailders that could be easily removed, and, as there is a parapet 

 T^all extending along this platform, these houses could be converted 

 into formidable forts. The front of the upper story is covered 

 with strings of red peppers and long spiral curls of dried melons 

 and pumpkins. 



We visited the chapel, and here saw a large wax figure of Santo 

 Domingo The walls around were covered with oil paintings, some 

 of them the work of excellent artists. Here, too, was a pafnting of 

 St. Jago, with a longinscription beneath. We noticed on the 

 pannels of the doors singular armorial bearings: one the cro-^s of 

 feanto Domingo, surmounted by a crown; the other a plain cross 

 standing on a globe, two human arms, and these also surmounted 



4/^ "rS'.i. fi "u"^'^"," "^i": "^"^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^'^ ^^ through what 

 they called the old chapel. These people, as well as those of St. 



us one din- 



ner. _ As his son came in while we were there, I went to him! and, ■ 



tt'Ti^cls'Je^e mXTs i^' 'T \l ^VV^^ "^^^ S°-' o^ 

 tne pieces were marked o D and others Jive dollars. The first he 



consented to receive after I had told him the 5 stood for " c nco'' 

 and that D. was for dollars-the American for "pesos '' THp .Tw 

 he seemed to suspect, for he would not take one of them Fortu- 

 nately I had enough that were marked 5 D -tortu- 

 Old Montejo offered to sell me a Navaio' sn,ii^ «rT 1, j 

 t. pass as we were bargaining f„, .he ^T; tU'eTht te^'a 



