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pack train and sharing in the good food 
supplied them by the owner. Indeed it 
is really a treat to them. Among the 
Indian drivers were two or three who 
had never seen a railway, nor had they 
ever visited a city as large as Chihuahua, 
and they were looking forward with 
feverish anxiety to this great event of 
their lives. They had heard of the won¬ 
derful Mexican Central Railway and the 
great trains of cars that moved so fast, 
but their minds seemed filled with unbe¬ 
lief until they could really take it in for 
themselves. The semi-civilized or civi¬ 
lized Tarahumari Indians are the best 
natured people imaginable, and there is 
nothing they are not willing or anxious 
to do for you if in your employ. They 
possess the same docile obedience and 
fondness that a dog exhibits for his 
