The Guide of the Desert

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The word pampa belongs to the Quechua language, language of the Incas. It signifies flat country, savannah, or great plain.

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This name is given to the mongrels born of a white man and Indian woman, or vice versa.

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One good turn deserves another.

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The reis is a fictitious coin. This formidable sum is worth about 340 francs only, in French money.

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In Botocondo, tarou, sun, niom, to come – rising sun.

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knife.

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kind of tent made of branches.