Arizona republican., 1922-04-26

the city. The Oaxacan band-the
same band which gives a daily con-
cert in one plaza at half past seven
o'clock in the morning and another
In the Zocalo at seven o'clock at
night-yisited the st. Louis exposi-
ton as sample of what Mexican
bands can be. IL an unframed ear
may presume to judge, there is no
better band today in all Mexico, and
Mexico is filled with bands.
Carranza Officer Breaks Faith
Then came revolutions and trou-
bles and most of the Gringoes went
away and Oaxaca settled down to
wait for return of peace 1t 6efied
Carranza and declared its independ-
ence. AS courtesy--for Oaxacan
men are courteous--Carranz was
permitted to send an officer and
forty men as an envoy to the new
republic. But the officer broke faith
one morning and captured the Oaxa-
can officials and members of the
legislature. That night General
Isaac Ybarra. pure bred Indian In
this state from which Benito Juarez,
the liberator, and Porfiro Diaz, the
dictator-both Indians in blood
came in their times. gathered an
army of Zapotec Indians
'Surrenderi" was Ybarra's word.
eor die"
They surrendered. Tomorrow /
ride with YbRrra up into the Sierra
Juarez to witness the Indians feast
the name day of Benito Juarez. To
them he is the worlds great man.
They know in the last detail what
Renito Juarez did for Mexico. 1t is
4 = 1.
it. Still, I may regret the cool and
unhuriied comfort OF this stone
walled hotel where my meals and
room and kindly. thoughtful, unspar-
ing attention costs but dollar and
half a day. American. 1t is pure
Spanish, this hotel, and tortillas and
frijoles are unknown. The dishes one
encounters in a lavish profuSion are
born Of Madrid cooks
No Tourist Trade Nowadays
This morning / bought a Virgin
painted on copper ] do not know
when-for / am no connoisseur--for
rs cents My latent talent as a
trader came to the surface. and /
battered down the. price of serapes
until for 10 pesos-which is SIS north
OF the line-I bought blankets which
would have cost me 80 pesos in the
City of Mexico and $50 in San An
tonic. The one defense is that could
not help it. The Indians who wove
them-on a, hand loom of the sort
that is common to every primitive
people from the ancient Egyptians to
the Navajos, placed in the cool
shadow of the rude patio of his adobe
hut. and who colored the threads
with dyes obtained from a snail that
lives a harried life in the hills--ob-
viously knew himself to be in the
wrong when he asked Is pesos for
each. After all, he can finish a
serape in week, or maybe two
weeks, unless it carries one of the
designs made for the tourist trade.
Nowadays there is no tourist trade.
In the market the Indians squat
for hours awaiting purchasers. One
can buy leather goods, crude but
strong, at absurd prices. A pair of
Indian formed. silver inlaid spurs cost
their cages. The water glistens in
the central fountain. in which the
Indian market men and women and
children wash themselves and their
vegetables and draw water for their
cooking pots. The dull gleam of
charcoal fires. heaped on the little
cooking places of stone. is seen
against the base of the walls. These
Zapotec Indians are of magnificent
physique The women, 1.-THE, slender
ankled, ull-bosomed, wear a low
chemise that sets off rather than con-
| ceals their charms. Their arms are
particularly fine. Many an old crone.
withered, spare, her gray hair falling
| in uncared- for locks about her face,
| possesses arms that any society
tr-c.,,.Y n xxrot1IA osfuo bor firpSf trim at
to own.
Died From Loss of Freedom
They walk for miles-20, 80, 40
miles--to bring their scanty mer-
chandise TO market. They sleep all
night in the public plaza, chat and
gossip and bargain all day, and walk
home empty handed and uncom-
planning the second night. A Iowa
BILE, kindly, warm hearted people
One is welcome to their jacalS and
their table. The stranger is always
given the post of honor and the bet
ter bite in the dish. Poverty strick-
en-, it is true, but sober, hardy and
self-respecting. Cortez and his
killed them. But one may see 1t was
not the work that killed them An
Indian who can carry a mule load
on his back for hours and miles
would hardly be killed by work. They
died of their degradation and the
| loss of freedom.
Three hours away are the ruins of
| Militia. They are world famed among
archaeologists. with their subterra-
! mean passages and their immensely
thick walls and huge pillars and un-
| read Inscriptions. One may wonder
J how a people that had no beasts OF