In the small Rio Verde we caught three kinds of fish: suckers, catfish, and Gila trout, which grow from one to three feet long, and, according to Tarahumare belief, change into otters when they are old.
The name of the village of Tosanachic is a Spanish corruption of the Tarahumare Rosanachic, which means "Where there is White," and alludes to a number of white rocks or cliffs of solidified volcanic ash, which rise to a height of some fifty feet and give to the little valley quite a striking appearance.

There are caves in these rocks, and three poor families of Pima Indians lived in some of them.
In the village we noticed the first Tarahumare plough, the share of which was made of a section of oak.

In its general appearance it is an imitation of the ordinary Mexican plough, in other words, is simply a tree stem with a branch as a handle.

But, however primitive in design and construction, the civilised man's implement always has an iron share.

Of course, such among the Tarahumares as can afford iron shares, never fail to get them; but in several parts of their country ploughs made entirely of wood, that is to say, ploughs with wooden shares, are seen.