Evening star., 1901-04-20
TRAITS OF MEXICAN INDIANS.
About the Only Ones in That Country
of Pure Blood.

ABOUT tnc On1y oDPS In Ehat Country
of Pure Blood.
| From the Boston Herald.
It is a wonderful blend Of races that is
| to make the Mexican population of the fu-
ture; one sees Maya men of education with
| wives of the old blonde Gothic-Spanish
! type, Tarascans married with Spaniards,
and all degrees Of Aztec admixture, while
| in Oaxaca one notes the Zapotecan strain.
There is great hope for the Indian peoples
! of Mexico; they are, for the most part,
| clean Of blood. with nervous force which
| makes them, on being educated go far.
Many eminent men here are of mixed
blood, and it is worthy of note that the In
| dian blood gives gravity, mental pofse and
great will power. The Indian is loyal.
| good friend, tremendous enemy, and
sometimes none too enamored Of the ideas
| of the white race Down deep in his heart
| is something aboriginal, intense and sound.
have heard educated Indians, talking in
all confidence, express the hope that an
/ Indian Mexico may some day take the
| place Of the Spanish Mexico.
we have lost something in the United
states by holding the Indian at arms
length socially. Indian blood is good blood
and renovates the white race. You get good
! brains in the Indian, because they are not
| vitiated, and are not too far removed from
that strong old life that nature prefers and
| IN which she eliminates weaklings. Had
the German philosopher Netsche visited
MeXlco he would have found some types
| of his "over-man" his naturally sl1nerior
| being among the Indians Nature is a
roush nurse, but she makes men and wo-
men who delight in living, and who live
long. Our urban civilization and daintiness
and comforts destroy real manhood and
Womanhood, and so do flourish dentists,
! formers
Nothing but the sun and air, the free life
OF nature, produces the best in physioue
| ana IN character. The Indians grow up
sans coddlng, and their strength of BODY
| IS equaled by their vigor of mentality 1t
- great thing not to be nervous to
! ing blood o
one IS amazed at the power of appIica-
| tion OF Indians of culture; they get ia
ugueo only after intense work They have
stamina 1t Is goodly sight to see COM
| ing down into warm-country valleys from
the Slerras, the Indian women straight
clear-eyed, uncorseted. Madens with fine
ana eloquent eyes, walking as the Greek
goddesses did: their every motion graceful
and, If gowned in civilized manner fit to
adorn q drawing room. Some of the tribes
| nave many handsome women; you look al
.hern' ana all accepted civilized standards
faii away. You do not think Of what we
| call their poverty; they are simply gownad
ana their manner suggests no notion of
subserviency; they bring to one thoughts
OF the antique world when life was lived
broadly, fashions endured and the age Of
russ had not begun. Contrast the erect
ana serene Indian maidens on the country
roads of Mexico with the parlor darlings of
clViliZation. under the care Of specialists
teeth yellow with gold, with hundred arts
or the toilet, and nerves easily tired and
Jangled. One gives over thinking of wealth
when one sees the riches of simple health
these young women possess
1he1r eyes are wonderfully clear and
their type of beauty is Greek. in that there
IS no overfatness, no waddIine and never
emaciation. physician would delight In
such young women, fit models for a sculn-
tor Only the primitive nations. much in
the open air, the sun modelling their per-
fect forms, retain their sanity In our big
cities Of white men the people are spoiled
We get into grooves of EMPLOYMENT are
twisted intellectually and physically, lose
nerve polse and repose, and are packed fun
OF prejudices which we mistake for culture
have sat with Indians in the market
places of little towns. and enjoyed their
placid1ty of thought, their direct seeing Of
things and their inability even to envy us.
we must resemble, in their minds strange
economically possessed creatures They
SIMPLY cannot comprehend our restIessness
and our inability to be still an hour at q
time. Sometimes an Indian will tell Won
that the day will come when the land will
be theirs once more. and then note the
isht as OF some interior sun, that blazes
in his eyes! e'