ever-parched

Updated: August 24, 2026

As we passed the occasional little hacienda, set in its grove of cocoanut palms or orange-trees, dusky and wrinkled women came forth from the doors, bearing upon their heads huge jars, from which we filled our ever-parched canteens with cool, sweet water. They also brought us mangoes and other native fruits, and queer cigars of most abominable flavor.

Karl Stephen Herrman - From Yauco to Las Marias : A recent campaign in Puerto Rico by the Independent Regular Brigade under the command of Brig. General Schwan