He had his head wrapped up and was completely unnerved, and many people came to sympathise with him in his affliction.

When I told him that I liked the Tarahumares, he answered, "Well, take them with you, every one of them." All he cared for was their land, and he had already acquired a considerable portion of it.

His wife was the only person in the village who knew how to recite the prayers in the church.

This made the husband feel proud of her, and he evidently considered her piety great enough to suffice for the family.
On my return to Guachochic I discharged the Mexicans who had been with me since my travels through Sonora; they were here of little use to me, as they did not know the country.

I also disposed of the greater number of my mules, keeping only about half a dozen.
With the kind permission of Don Miguel I installed most of my baggage in one of his houses, and considered his ranch a kind of headquarters from which I made several long excursions in various directions.