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sionary would have among these people 
and how he could best reach them. 
Where the patient priest or Jesuit fails to 
penetrate with all the assistance he can 
derive from those of his own faith who 
are kinsmen of the people to be ap¬ 
proached, it would seem indeed a difficult 
task for those of other beliefs. 
I was told that these people, the semi- 
civilized Tarahumaris, are particularly 
fond of colored prints, and any brightly 
colored picture is to them an object of 
veneration. Often old copies of Pitck 
or Judge drift down here, passing from 
the hands of miners to Mexicans and 
thence to the Indians. These they pre¬ 
serve and worship as saints, and to them 
they offer up their simple prayers. 
Early the next morning we were to 
climb to the top of the steep cliffs be- 
