Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-23

peck OF corn measured the whole u,n.
Wy, as grass was scarce ana a in.
way OH we determined to rest our 49,
mas iced them what we could ga,
ana start out for Tehuantlpec. a. II
O'Clock we were on the road. The n,gb.
was darh and the road unknown Wa
arranged that each man should drive
10y more than two packs. and that The
"uole party should Keep close together
so mat by frequent calls no one conI6
GET lost. All worked well. In snite ~
the long day the animals Travelled wen
ana seemed TO partake Of the lnspira
tloh or the occasion A few drops M
ram during the night freshencd tbs
ar, the necessity Of Keeping good
watch Of our animals. kept us awake
ana iully an hour before we bad ON.
pecled we arrived at the suburbs n,
the city Some Of the people We're AL
ready awake, though ID was onlv
O'Clock. Some were already celebrating
the sabbath and were happy ana
drunk. We were fortunate In finding
soDCr man who had corn fodder lar
sale and with whom we made ar.
rangements for camping. aud before
daylight, our horses were fed ana we
We're rolled up IN our cots and asleep.
SEPARATE TWO AMERICAS.
Tehuantepec is situated on both
banks Of the river and Is about twelve
miles from the coast, on the Gull OF To.
huantepec. IL is on the lsthmus which.
ca from Central RmSrica III n c6 "'.I,,,
perhaps eight thousand inhabitants,
mostly ihulahs on me Iapotec tribe but
some MeAicans ana Americans on tae
Wnole' IL Is q nice little valley Some Of
me houses are iarge ana roomy The
market Us better Tor the size Of the
town than many tn the larger cities.
We were disappointed In not finding
much fruit, bur were surprised at the
abundance Of beautiful rare flowers,
our rarest at home are common here,
and yell nc very low prices. The river
divides the town The people on the
right bank are mostly Indians, VIII
The white people and Mexicans live on
the left bank. When the town was first
settled rs feyond the knowledge Of the
present generation. To our question
some reply that IT has always been
settled. The name Is indian. but By
nounce1 Iehuaniepena. There are no
manufacturing establishments TO SPEAK
or though there Is n soap factory or
two. but me town depends mostly on
agriculture. Y course no" the railway
helps out much anl makes II more im-
p0rtant than IL otherwise would be,
THE CTTy,s pATJ TIP
To the stranger the river which at
present Is easily iorded, forms one VI
the most interesting features OF the
Town, ana II becomes dou0ly interesting
when one sees how much II ls used by
the people. some Of US went down
about seven O'Clock. ana rs far as we
could see both up and down the stream
IL was alive with people Of both sexes
ana all ages, some bathing, others
washing clothes some watering horses
or mules, Later We went down 10
bathe. but The crowd had Increased II
anything. There must have been eight
hundred people either in the river or
on It's hanks. Ana all DAY long. men,
women and children IN promscuous
confusion enjoyed a bath In It's waters.
This morning as we came on our way
we still saw a large crowd though not
SO many by half as there was yester-
day The stream Is The great bath tub
OF the town, II is the wash tub also,
and keeps the clothes clean. II Is the
trough for the animals.horses,
cattle, dogs and pigs, It also furnishes