cauchero

Presently the owner of the craft, a wealthy Peruvian cauchero, put his head over the side and, without forgetting the inborn etiquette of his race, he called out:

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

But no sooner had we started than I was attacked by one of the greatest enemies of the cauchero, the fever.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

That its bite is deadly poisonous I know, for I was once present when a cauchero died from it.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

Seeing another rifle and a trade-gun hanging in the shack, I took possession of them also, and, leaving the cauchero thanking his lucky stars that he had escaped the penalty that was his due, I turned to join Jack at the water's edge.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

Andrade was an Ecuadorian cauchero, who had established himself with an important post in a well-chosen spot.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

The latter are deliberately taught the advantages of steel axes and machetes over stone not, be it said, by reason of the philanthropic instinct of the cauchero, but nevertheless with gain to both sides.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

Starting like any other cauchero, he had organized his business until it grew to enormous dimensions.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923

(I once had the story of how that bell reached Andoas from a cauchero I met during my wanderings.

Head Hunters of the Amazon: Seven Years of Exploration and Adventure 1923