What is "cahuillas"

Usage examples of "cahuillas".

Once, when they would have entered the house, they were stopped by Cahuillas who rose like ghosts from the dunes, bows bent and rifles ready.

The Cahuillas had followed them for several miles, making them aware their presence was not wanted.

Reading became easier, so I welcomed the strange books, but I was careful not to mention the exchanges of books to the Cahuillas, who might not have understood.

The Cahuillas used to go there to drink the water before they went hunting.

It was merely a sort of dwelling where the owner kept a few supplies which he sold to the Cahuillas or to passersby.

The next morning, when we went outside, Francisco was there, and five Cahuillas were with him.

The Cahuillas had chosen to sleep in the shed, so I walked along the path that led into the sandhills.

The Cahuillas we had were all riders, but Francisco was the best of the lot.

Coordination was a gift, and my physical strength, which was considerable, had been not only a birthright but also developed during those years of living with and among the Cahuillas, climbing mountains, running in the desert, and wrestling.

Francisco and his Cahuillas had taken their cattle and the rest of their payment and returned to their own country, far away on the desert’s edge.

It was more important for me to become a good human being, and to learn, for there was so much to learn, from the Cahuillas, from the desert and mountains, from books, and from the people around me.

There were springs and water holes in the desert if one knew where to find them, and I had learned from my friends the Cahuillas where they were likely to be.

If I could reach those mountains I could travel south to join my friends the Cahuillas with less trouble.

All this mountain country had been his for a time, and he had learned to live as the Cahuillas did.