IN THE SIERRA MADRE RANGE. 247 
tie settlement, and if Mexicans, passing 
through the place, wished to obtain any¬ 
thing from the Indians, their method was 
to take it, placing whatever they consid¬ 
ered its equivalent in silver before the 
Indian, and leaving it for the latter to 
accept. If asked to sell any of their 
produce or set a price on it, the Indians 
stolidly refuse, even though the price may 
be two or three times greater than they 
could possibly obtain at the nearest Mexi¬ 
can mining town. They know nothing 
of the value of gold, and paper money 
they utterly refuse; silver is the only 
money they will take even in this reluctant 
fashion. 
Upon reaching Cusihuiriachic I found 
that my Winchester rifle had been 
left in the stage office in Chihuahua. 
I sent back word to forward it by next 
