New-York tribune., 1903-01-17

the weaker always be crushed before he % can De
assin,ilated by the new condition of things!
The Tonehpanes are more impressionabe and
,,,nulsiva than the Tarahumares, less unso-
phisticated and more sensitive to ridicule- 1heE
keep up their religious rites. pu' III secret anu
f,lrtively They live in log caolns with 'he ooi
ners notched together. They gro" corn III
plenty and keep it in storehouses' Dilhhiiis
mescal anu pulque is their only amusement d'
they have no games. Among the southern 1rloes
marriage customs are so strict that many young
people can hardly be induced to undergo them.
Imprisonment is sometimes meted out to young
people found talking together, and If love proves
TO have been their topic they may be whipped
and married out OF hand. In the town of La1as
the arrival of the priest is signal for arresting
all engaged persons and keeping them In jan
until he may perform the marriage ceremony
In contrast with this strange jurnhle or hatiVe
simplicity and imported distorted artificial reg
ulation, the Huichos, occupying an inacces-
sibe mountainous territory forty miles long anu
twenty-five wide, have maintained their prlin-
tive barbarism through the reign OF MonteZufna
and the Spanish conquest down to the present
day. They are cunning, not too honest hospl.a-
ble proud and not particularly inclined 10 hsh''
Unlike the Tarahumares, they have developed
fontness for money, and though religious, look
10 their local interests therein, showing very
little solidarity among the divisions OF the fIpes
In their arts they have a highly deVelopeo IN
-ssate sense Of the beautiful in conventlohai ue-
s;sp which Is always controlled by religious
symbolism As for their contact with the Wnlte
man. DR. Lumholtz thinks that so far as 1t mas
affected them it has not been greatly 10 'heiI
advantage.
The Tarascos. upright and courageous race
in themselves are quick to adopt the bad tralts
% They by nature more
cboler,c more quickly moved to anger, than the
other tribes Intelligent and industrious, they
have considerable commercial instinct ana are
apt to become small merchants carrying hedNS
packs on their shoulders long distances Aoi
modest gain Their dislike Of foreigners is IN
tense a. trait which occasioned the author no
little trouble in gaining their confidence In the
short time he was able to remain III 'iieii
country.
To gather trustworthy facts about prlmi-
five people, whose methods Of thought ana
spiritual sanctions always difhcult 1or
-oo-a advanced race to understand, no better
nrocess can easily be conceived than Withdraw
ing into their own environment quietly and
sympathetically and living among them, so lar
as they can be induced to allow IT. 1t Is $40"
work requiring patience and Devotion ana
thorough training and equipment Dlsappolhl-
rnent and a large measure of failure and onls-
sion are inevitable. But the results Oh SUCH d
studv as this of people that is fast disappear
ing before a transposed European race or being
slowly assimiIated into it, is an important con-
tribution to scientific information, and this pop
ular record is OF obvious value The advance or
| the newer arrivals makes year by year Slowly
but surely for an obliteration of the traces OF the
older civilization, and renders the recognition OF
| the automatic counter conquest more difhcui'.
| The Indians influence upon the Mexican ma
tion and its destiny has been and always wiz pe
| profound Mexico undoubtedly penenls ny Iite
inoculation of aboriginal strength ana thought
The Indian has impregnated the newcomers
with his religious fervor and mas maze thsIl
more devout Catholics than the Spanlaros are,
though he has also taught them many pagan
superstitions especially in regard TO sorceIS'
INTO the character of the people nave peei IL
fused a. certain honesty Of mind ana oeVotloi ~
duty The Indian mode of living ana cooklns
IS adhered to throughout the land, though llle
architect,Ire of the dwellings, where not lnolal'
| Is Moro -Iberian. To the literature or spanish
America the native mind has brought It's pecul-
lar originality and its inclination toward the
| unsophisticated fact. The Spanish language oL
| Mexico has been enriched by many words or
| Indian origin
| The abundant Illustrations in these volumes
embrace careful reproductions in color OF textile
and other decorated work. The photographs
and drawings from them take on an ADDED IN
forest when one reads how extremely dif1cult
tbe use of the camera made by the dread
| rumors that preceded 1t from pueblo to pueblo
and how the instrument was credited with the
power of bringing down the much desired rain