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Thalcave

           Paganel’sadmirationincreasedwitheverystep,andhehadnearlyexhaustedhisvocabularyofadjectivesbyhisloudexclamations,totheastonishmentofthePatagonian,towhomthebirds,andtheswans,andtheprairieswereeverydaythings.Thelearnedgeographerwassolostindelight,thatheseemedhardlytohavestartedbeforetheycameinsightoftheIndiancamp,orTOLDERIA,situatedintheheartofavalley.

           AboutthirtynomadicIndianswerelivingthereinrudecabinsmadeofbranches,pasturingimmenseherdsofmilchcows,sheep,oxen,andhorses.Theywentfromoneprairietoanother,alwaysfindingawell-spreadtablefortheirfour-footedguests.

           ThesenomadswereahybridtypeofAraucans,Pehu-enches,andAucas.TheywereAndo-Peruvians,ofanolivetint,ofmediumstatureandmassiveform,withalowforehead,almostcircularface,thinlips,highcheekbones,effeminatefeatures,andcoldexpression.Asawhole,theyareabouttheleastinterestingoftheIndians.However,itwastheirherdsGlenarvanwanted,notthemselves.Aslongashecouldgetbeefandhorses,hecaredfornothingelse.

           Thalcavedidthebargaining.Itdidnottakelong.InexchangeforsevenreadysaddledhorsesoftheArgentinebreed,100poundsofCHARQUI,ordriedmeat,severalmeasuresofrice,andleatherbottlesforwater,theIndiansagreedtotaketwentyouncesofgoldastheycouldnotgetwineorrum,whichtheywouldhavepreferred,thoughtheywereperfectlyacquaintedwiththevalueofgold

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