Bundles weighing from forty to seventy-five pounds were placed on the backs of the Indians and the Mexicans; even the guide took a small pack, though it would have been beneath the dignity of the gobernador to take a load upon himself.

But his company was valuable on account of his great influence with his people.
It was an exceedingly interesting excursion of several days' duration.

Owing to the presence of the gobernador the Indians received us well.

Nobody ran away, though all were extremely shy and bashful, and the women turned their backs towards us.

But after a while they would offer us beans from a pot cooking over the fire.