Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1896 — Indian Walkers. [ARTICLE]

Indian Walkers.

All travelers iu South America are impressed by the wonderful endurance of the Indian couriers of Peru and Bolivia. A Frenchman declares that they filled him with admiration. The manner in which they journey over the Cordilleras on foot he pronounces astonishing. They climb and descend at the same pace. They speak rarely, scarcely ever complain, and never stop. If the traveler halts for a moment to light a cigar, they are at once some hundreds of feet in advance. The gait is slow, but without relaxation. That Is what makes Ahem such incomparable couriers. . j Often when a man haVrf“Journey of several days to make, he takes his wife along; she bears her baby upon her back, and the dog follows. The husband carries the provisions. And this is how they travel: The Indian chews coca and spins cotton. The wife sings to the baby, and spins also. They eat without halting, and make but the shortest stop ta drink. Toward night, “to comfort themselves,” they cuew some “roasted beans.’,’ I was escorted by an Indian and his family who traveled after this fashion. | Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon asked the Pope to annul her marriage with Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria on account of the latter consenting to the conversion of her son, Prince Boris, to the Greek Church. The Pope dissuaded the princess from taking this action.