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Title: Scribner's magazine
Year: 1887 (1880s)
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Publisher: New York : C. Scribner's Sons
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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ead, hide, and entrails ; and the Indianw^as perfectly satisfied. Another Mex-ican did better still. He paid for hissheep with these same delicacies, and spoke so well that the Indian wascontent to remain in his debt as thefinal result of the transaction. Therichest Indian in the whole Sierrawas induced to sell eleven oxen to aMexican who had devoted a week ofhis persuasive powers to consummatingthe trade. At last it was agreed thathe should pay two cows for each ox ; ashe had no cows with him he took theoxen, leaving his horse and saddle assecurity. The Indian is stiU waiting.When I expressed my surprise to theIndian at the ease with which he hadbeen thus cheated, the reply was thatthe Mexican spoke so well. Thereare so few Mexicans who speak the lan-guage well that the Indian, in his pleas-ure, loses all caution. The Indian is but a child in thehands of the more wily Mexican.Sometimes, but not often, by plyinghim with mezcal, the brandy made fromthe maguey, the Mexican does anything
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Heathen of the Highland near Barranca de Tuaripa. he wants with the Indian, although itmay take days of talk. But if imposedupon, the Indian never forgets ; and agood lenguaraz for my purposes is onewith whom the Indian has no scoresto settle. With such a companion thetraveller finds his path cleared. This isa hard man to find. If the lenguarazhas made friends with the Indians, heand everyone whom he brings withhim will be courteously received. Thelenguaraz upon whom 1 depend is aman who enters almost as one of thetribe into the Tarahumari ceremonies.He dances with them and mournswith them. A good one will weep withthe weepers and rejoice with the joyful.Vol. XVI.—34 Living and trading all their liveswith the Indians, the lenguaraz is aptto acquire some of the Indian char-acteristics, as, for instance, an aversionto describing much that the travellerwishes to learn concerning the Indians ;he is also apt to lack patience. Eventhe best of them have assured me thatthe practice of talki

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