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  SOUTH 
  AMERICAN 
  INDIANS 
  [B. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Bull. 
  143 
  

  

  or 
  for 
  chili 
  and 
  salt. 
  Such 
  transactions 
  are 
  still 
  carried 
  out, 
  including 
  

   silent 
  exchange, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  buyer 
  and 
  seller, 
  without 
  uttering 
  a 
  word, 
  

   place 
  the 
  articles 
  or 
  products 
  to 
  be 
  exchanged 
  side 
  by 
  side, 
  the 
  deal 
  

   being 
  definitely 
  concluded 
  when, 
  also 
  silently, 
  the 
  trade 
  goods 
  have 
  

   changed 
  hands; 
  or, 
  when 
  both 
  persons 
  withdraw 
  in 
  silence, 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   change 
  having 
  been 
  called 
  off. 
  Another 
  curious 
  custom 
  is 
  the 
  "tin- 
  

   kuchi," 
  wherein 
  it 
  is 
  mandatory 
  that 
  the 
  purchaser 
  of 
  one 
  object 
  also 
  

   take 
  another 
  as 
  a 
  sine 
  qua 
  non 
  for 
  consummating 
  the 
  transaction. 
  In 
  

   such 
  cases, 
  the 
  extra 
  article 
  is 
  something 
  in 
  little 
  demand, 
  which 
  is 
  

   acquired 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  this 
  maneuver. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  the 
  fixed 
  markets, 
  there 
  is 
  itinerant 
  or 
  house-to-house 
  

   selling 
  of 
  products 
  such 
  as 
  cheese, 
  milk, 
  cooked 
  maize, 
  and 
  others. 
  

   These 
  are 
  domestic 
  vendors, 
  i. 
  e., 
  by 
  customary 
  right 
  they 
  are 
  ha- 
  

   bitual 
  providers 
  of 
  certain 
  homes 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  and 
  even 
  in 
  the 
  city. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  vendors 
  who 
  set 
  up 
  their 
  stands 
  in 
  a 
  somewhat 
  nomadic 
  

   fashion 
  in 
  strategic 
  places. 
  These 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  Lima, 
  the 
  capital 
  of 
  

   Peru, 
  at 
  certain 
  corners 
  of 
  plazas 
  and 
  streets, 
  where 
  the 
  Indian 
  woman 
  

   offers 
  roasted 
  beans, 
  peanuts, 
  dried 
  fruits, 
  etc. 
  Less 
  typical 
  are 
  push- 
  

   cart 
  merchants, 
  whose 
  specialty 
  is 
  fruits 
  in 
  season, 
  sweets, 
  beans, 
  

   peanuts, 
  and 
  other 
  foods 
  and 
  delicacies. 
  In 
  Lima, 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

   these 
  are 
  boys 
  who 
  are 
  natives 
  of 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Oreo 
  tuna, 
  in 
  the 
  Man- 
  

   taro 
  Valley. 
  This 
  is 
  their 
  specialty. 
  They 
  have 
  formed 
  a 
  large 
  guild, 
  

   called 
  the 
  "Sons 
  of 
  Orcotuna," 
  and 
  have 
  definite 
  obligations, 
  such 
  as 
  

   that 
  of 
  traveling 
  to 
  their 
  town 
  by 
  express 
  train 
  to 
  celebrate 
  the 
  hol- 
  

   iday 
  of 
  their 
  patron 
  saint. 
  

  

  A 
  special 
  type 
  of 
  sale 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  medicines 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  pharmaco- 
  

   poeia, 
  which 
  are 
  much 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Mestizo 
  and 
  White 
  populations, 
  

   especially 
  herbs 
  with 
  recognized 
  curative 
  virtues. 
  The 
  Kollawallas 
  

   (see 
  Tschopik, 
  The 
  Aymara, 
  this 
  volume, 
  p. 
  538, 
  under 
  qolawayu) 
  

   or 
  Kamilis, 
  who 
  come 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  town 
  of 
  Bolivia, 
  have 
  specialized 
  

   both 
  as 
  doctors 
  and 
  as 
  vendors 
  of 
  native 
  drugs, 
  particularly 
  vegetable 
  

   ones, 
  in 
  a 
  truly 
  extraordinary 
  form 
  of 
  nomadism. 
  Today, 
  they 
  are 
  

   indisputably 
  the 
  greatest 
  wanderers 
  in 
  South 
  America, 
  for 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  

   seen 
  passing 
  through 
  towns 
  from 
  Ecuador 
  to 
  Chile 
  and 
  the 
  Kepublic 
  

   of 
  Argentina, 
  each 
  carrying 
  his 
  pharmacy 
  in 
  a 
  pack 
  on 
  his 
  shoulder. 
  

   They 
  offer 
  miscellaneous 
  articles 
  of 
  a 
  purely 
  magic 
  value, 
  such 
  as 
  fe- 
  

   tuses 
  of 
  the 
  vicuna, 
  puma 
  claws, 
  etc. 
  They 
  stop 
  at 
  fairs 
  and 
  markets, 
  

   have 
  street 
  stands, 
  and 
  go 
  into 
  homes 
  whose 
  owners 
  summon 
  them 
  

   with 
  great 
  faith 
  in 
  their 
  curative 
  knowledge. 
  The 
  Kamili, 
  a 
  doctor 
  

   and 
  magician, 
  is 
  awaited 
  in 
  villages 
  with 
  great 
  anticipation 
  in 
  order 
  

   that 
  people 
  may 
  provide 
  themselves 
  with 
  the 
  medicaments 
  he 
  carries, 
  

   and 
  that 
  he 
  may 
  consult 
  with 
  the 
  sick 
  and 
  with 
  persons 
  interested 
  in 
  

   divination 
  or 
  prognostication, 
  especially 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  theft 
  or 
  

   loss 
  of 
  bulls, 
  horses, 
  burros, 
  llamas, 
  or 
  sheep. 
  Coca 
  is 
  the 
  chief 
  

   medium 
  which 
  the 
  Kamilis 
  use 
  in 
  these 
  magic 
  acts. 
  

  

  