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National Geographic : 1909 Feb
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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE GOING TO MARKET: LA PAZ forgot the coming of the Spaniards, for the men and women whom I met on the road belonged to a time long past. Speak ing a tongue even more ancient than the Quichua of the Incas, these people were little changed from their ancestors who lived in Aymara-land. In those olden days, when the habitation in the canyon was known as Chuquiapu, just such way farers as these urged their llamas down the steep hill at dawn, hoping to be the first of the country folk to reach the vil lage market. Too soon came the day for our de- parture. Regretfully we rode up to the Alto, where we stood for a time bidding "farewell" to the canyon. Yet I find I have never lost sight of it. Up here in our progressive America, where we rush and strive from morning till night, where all of the cities are alike, and every man, woman, and child dresses like every other, I think happily of "Our Lady of the Peace." When the day is especially colorless I recall with delight that far-off canyon, where lies the quaint city of "high lights," kaleidoscopic La Paz. 134
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