Show I P I I J MEXICO l r t 1 f. f t l J r S XVI INDIAN INDIAN RACES RACER J By F Frederic io J. J Haskin I S I Ther o.-Ther ri-i ri o. o There Thre T I urn are o languages language and dinI din dia- I J spoken i in iii 11 fifty two wo woof of them belonging to the iho races of the tho country Tho linguistic characteristics of oC theo these brent tongues tongue vary as 8 widely as RJ Chinese and English as French and R Russian jan So too do the tha races Q differ in their habits habits hab hab- its its manners m 4 toms and appear S ances Hero i iS in io i S ono one may lay soo le the h best t examples of the cleanly In Indians S 'S who are aro fl well weB dressed ell and attractive e while in Mexico ity one beholds as I filthy and ana rl a alot 10 lot l of natives as tS human ima imagination im im- a can eRn pic plc- I ture Tho The Zap tec Indians are amon among the most interesting of all An tho the tribes in Mexico The They have havo to the country celia coun try some omo of its best leaders Bonito Benito Juarez called b by some some- tho the Abraham Lincoln of Mexico was vas wasn a full Cult blooded President Diaz Dma is closely related related re roo re- re to the his mother having hav in lag ing been ben the tho child of a. a Spanish father anti and a pure p Indian mother The Thc Mix tees belon belong to the same annie genera general gen gen- era eral fan family ly and live in the same sarno torn terri tor tory Tho city cit of Tehuantepec peopled almost entirely by Indians is isono isone is isone ono one of tho the most most- remarkable and anel pic picture ur esuo esquo communities in the entire republic re rc re- re public Every elJ traveler is surprised at atthe atthe th the beauty of the women who form tho the bulk of tho population Some estimate estimate esti esti- mate that tho the proportion of women to tomen tomen men is IS five to one because of oC tho the wars that have taken place pIneo in tho time pa past t and the time number of men inca who wore killed Tho The women transact the time business of tho the community and the cit city market is ig always al at- ways a blaze of oC color during market hours Tho The upper part of oC their costume is isan isan an nn oriental lookin looking jacket cut very low at the neck and with short sleeves It is is usually made of polka dot goods with the dots lots as lar largo large o as an American quarter Tho Tue skirt is a replica of the tho Malay Iala sarong and consists of a n loop of oC cloth several yards lon long bordered at tho the hem brought snugly around the hips limps and tucked in at tho the waist line lino They Thoy wear bright ht red of yellow silk handkerchiefs efa wound coquettishly around tho the hea head 1 Sonic Some of oC time the older women wear a head hoad dress called the a white whito linen affair which u is sometimes worn as an exaggerated Elizabethan ruff At t other times its is worn in such a R way that it gives tho the wearer the appearance of being arrayed in the bonnet honnet and plume otan of ot an American Indian chief Tho The time to see seo tho the Tehuantepec women wo woo men at their best is upon a feast lay day At such times they ther to tog themselves in fineries of such striking hues as to shame a Mexican rainbow Their favorito favorito fa fa- fa jewelry i is a chain of five or ten en dollar gold old pieces and the possession of one of these chains ds s sufficient evi dence of thriftiness to pass them into the best society of tho time city Ever Every p American writer who visits Mexico co endeavors endeavors en en- deavors to go to Last year ear tho the government entertained a abod body bod of American newspaper men here A special party was waS' given ghon in their honor and some somo of the ladies ladics of the tho town danced with sober minded writers from tou New York and other cities The Time principal trait of the men of Tehuantepec Tehuantepec Te Te- Te is their determination no noto not notto notto to bo be seen at work They Thero go out into the country grow row their little patch of corn and then theu gather it It then devolves de dc vol cs upon the women to market the produce and to manage 6 the tho finances of the tho home In this quaint old Indian In In- dian ilian n cit city there lives liveR a venerable Canadian Canahan Cana Cana- han dian by th the name of Woolrich who has been here for three fifty years ears He is the time oldest American resident in southern south south- ern era Mexico and one ono of tho the characters of the country He Ho tells man nian- many interesting inter inter- esting stories illustrative of tho the habits and manners of these people and says tho the advent ent of oC the time railroad has haR served t to take away much of tho the of oC the city elty Upon one occasion ho he wished to have has some soldering soldering solder solder- in ing done and asked the silversmith ol of 01 tho the community to execute tho work for him Th Time The artisan said ho lie would do the work but hut would be unable to carr carry tho the package home as at his nei neighbors neighbors neigh neigh- h. h bors bor talk about it if jf tho they saw him thus demeaning anin aning So Mr ir r. r Woolrich carried bundle for him Among Mr Ir 8 friends of early carl days in was Porfirio Diaz then jef politico of tho the city In later years Jears differences arose between the tho two men which still divide them but hut Woolrich declares Diaz Dia to be be bea a just and honest man Of or the tho total population of oC Mexico 38 per pr ler cent arc aro full blooded Indians anti and 43 per cent are arc half It is said there are aro moro more races and ton tongue uc in this sin single le republic than in all tho the thorest thorest rest of the western hemisphere together together to to- gether and that the tho Indian population of Mexico today is iN ton ten m times time a as great re t i as 38 was to bo be found in in the tho United States State at an any time tinie in in its history All Ile degrees r cl of culture from the tho abject Ceris of Sonora Sonora Sonora-as as hopelessly benighted as tho the to to t the tho o- o s and the tho Mayas ayas are arc represented Tho The principal tribes of tho the iro ro the tho inn ant with 1 17 the with tho with tho ho Mayans with ald the time with Of these O Othe the he Mayans r ont have the tho Lt best t title to io o being the tho descendant of oC tho tim most IriSt important of oC tho timo primitive ra races raees of or Mexico Jt It is if said paid that the civilization tion of Yucatan surpassed that that- of oC an any other COI in time the new world worl prior prioro to o the th time of nf I. ot t only nl a are arc archo c. c ho tho ruins of oC Yucatan p their work ork but al also alo o thO those 1 of f Pal nC 1 His Ilis Historians say pay that at nt tho time time ot 01 tho the conquest con on quest the they numbered nUlI and that tl ti-tey were not far behind the time foremost orlI o t I nations ons of cub world worM in the great pro pro- ion of races from rom savagery a fry tow enlightenment Tho Mayans IR of today nr are very eT erv poor poor as mis n a race rice itt hut many of or their numbered among the kings of or Yucatan Their cities ate are antoni limo Iho cleanest and uel bri brightest ht t of or tho time world A number of or reco recognized u descendants of oC time the Aztec rulers ruler aro are today Ih living uJ ir in ill Mexico and tho the countries of oC Europe Some Somo of oC them arc nrc given i cn pensions by 11 bythe bythe the government Most ost of oC tho Indians round around t the tho he City it of oC Mexico are aro descendants descendants descend descend- ants of or those who resist resisted cd tho the invasion in of ortez There aro arc man many man peculiar races raees i in the tho northern part of of the tho re re- re c public Tho The Indians us rC residing residing l In ing in Chihuahua aro are said s. to bo ho time the finest finst runners in tho the world and n a healthy member of this thi race raco will easily run miles mites without stopping A man has bc been beon n known to cover rr GOO COO miles in ina in ina a single five day period While Whilo TUU Tun- ning they live c on a native nati dish made marlo of or corn and water a n sort of mush Whore Where th they are aro employed h by the Mexicans cans they are often set to the thc running wild into the corral It may n tako take two or three days lint hut mt thoy they will hrin bring them in in time tho hO horses thorough thoroughly uh I ly exhausted tho timo men comparatively fresh In tho the same sam way th they wilt will follow aler n a ler d for days layl through snow or rain rain until it is ill cornered and it UK hoofs aro arc ready to drop off Tho The w women mn ar are as goo good runners as ns the men When hen tho timo Tarn lara visit a riv civilized homo bomi the tue Y usually ask permission to go through throng the house and hunt for mice miro mice these being boing be bo in ing ono one of th the favorite delicacies o otheir of their table Courtin Courting is done by hy the women and not by h tho the men When a n girl sirl falls fall in Jove 10 with ith a boy hoy she dances before hill hin and sings singa a 1 song which is translated beautiful as man manto mane to be ho sure She Sue throws pebbles a at him and if he tosses them hack back she sho knows he has accepted her as his bis suitor and in a few da days s tho details of ot marriage mar mar- riago o ate aie arranged el and tho wedding day dav comes apace Tho The I Indians lians are arc another peculiar peculiar pe pc pe- pe culiar race They havo have their own worship wore wor ship and aro arc skeptical about Chris Chris- One of them asked a visitor why h it was that if the Christians ns could pray to mado by carpenters th they should bo ho denied tho the privilege of praY pray- in lag ing to the time sun mado marlo by a mi mightier lian They believe in a superior hein being but arc little HUle inclined to adopt the modern ways was of civilization Courting among the these people is a very interesting pro pro- Tho The young oung man who falls in inlove In inlove love with a girl irl waits for her by hO the tho spring where she goes oes to get et a jug iu of C water Ho lie cat catches lien her hand after she has filled her ju jug and Mills her until she sho accepts his at of marriage or shows that she sue is angry at him hini When she says yes es he ho takes his bin cane and smashes th the ju jug ug of oC water on her shoulder shoulder der rIer giving ivin her the time baptism of love 10 Sonic Some of oC her girl irl friends aro always n near ar arand and bring brine her lien dry Tho The young oung man carries carriC's her wet garments to her father Cather and receives the thc parental blessing bless bless- in ing ing from front him bim After that tho the details of tho the marria marriage o arc arran arranged erI Another interesting tribe of Indians is is the tho They are arc a n fru frugal al people even l' in thc irr-thc the use uso of water the theman theman theman man bathing once a year re r and the woman on once 0 a H week A favorite sport of the Indians is bull ridin riding After ACter the tho animal has been lassoed and mcl thrown a strap or lariat is tied around its body beds and the tho rider riller gets ets astride its back and ana clings s to this his strap The Time hull bull attempts to o gore goro ore him and throw him off but hut he heIs i is Is usually able ahde to swing swint on until ho Ito has hail completely conquered the animal President Diaz 8 as 1 his lineage e. e is is a great rent friend of the tho Indian To one of the who recently trav trav- traveled clod through h Mexico o ho said Raid The liThe Indiana In In- diana aro are good p people if ono one explains thin things 8 to them but they the have hac b been en o so 0 cheated and imposed upon pon that the they havo become distrustful pf of ev everybody r. bod rhe They have always ahm's been strong supporters support support- ers era of the tho government co anti and Mexico owes ow-cs much to them He has hns always y been willing to do whatever cr he could toward helping them but of pf course courM ho lie i is not riot more powerful in this thi direction than tho the president of the United States is ill in uplifting up up- lifting the tho unfortunate poor poor- t ninny many manyan an American community The Indians in spite of tb the work being be he ing lone done to Christianize them adhere to their old traditions They TIley accept the time Catholic reli religion ion a all as a rule hut but make it fit tit their own history and beliefs On the tue slopes of they tho still sacrifice sac sac- their thc children to the rain god od in time timo of drouth With ill all their i igno igno- no TaulO ranee and superstition the work with wHit witha a n that is astonishing Jf to nit nil who ho Sen it it Whether it ho in tho the execution of exquisite drawn work ork the making of oC brilliant t pottery the time weaving in of splendid Rolen did s or the time tanking making of oC filigree and amid feather work one oaf discovers that tho time Indian without tools can ran accomplish that put to shame shamp man of or tho the best hest creations of enlightened American I workmen |