Show INDIANS A village of mexicans la the state ot morelos is the euphonious name of I 1 a village of one thousand inhabitants in the district of morelos state of morelos which has preserved the customs and the language of its founders who settled there in the remote past the inhabitants says the mexican herald are all indians of the purest mexican or aztec blood they scorn the idea of intermixture or with any other race their boast is that they are pure mexicans they all speak the native language a few understand spanish but the great majority do not know one word of it the men wear their hair longani lon gand plaited in a tail like a chinaman they wear short pants like those used by bathers made of deer skin or of cotton woven by their women the shirt or body dress is made of cotton cloth also woven at biome the women dress entirely in homespun material and never comb their hair which they wear rolled up in a ball on the top of the head and over it they put a made from a common gourd they live upon corn and fruits and the flesh of animals and birds trapped in the forest and hills they consume nothing whatever that is imported and they support themselves entirely by their native productions gov azarcon AI arcon of the state of morelos told a herald representative that robberies are totally unknown in the village |