H E R E A N D T H E R E IN M E X IC O $ 7 7 61 . DE AN HAR R IS “ A uthor of Pioneers of T he C ross By Path and " r n m E a S sm a d De ono o E tc . tc . Tr il pi iti l gy, . She E . a Pri n in and Pubishin li onae t g l g . th m. ari Cha a O nt o. lo M y L ife- lon F ie g r nd, - R evcrend Allisto n . O fall that extensive E m pire wh ich one. acknowledged the authority of Spain in the N ew im World , no portion , for interest and M o—a nd portance , can be compared with exic th is equally wheth er we compare the variety ofits soi l and c limate ; th e inexhaustible stores of its m ineral wealth ; its scenery , grand and picturesque beyond example ; th e character of its ancient inhab itan ts , not only far surpassing in intel ligence that of the N orth American races , but remind ing us , by their monumen ts , o f the primitive c iv i lizations of E gypt an d H industan ; or, lastly , the pecul ia r circu m oi t stances the Con quest , adven urous and romantic as “any legend dev ised by N orman or I ta lian bard of ch ivalry . — Conquest ofMexico P reacoll . C O N T E N T S . T HE VALLE Y A N D C IT Y O F M EXI CO — O n the way to Mexico City The Anc ien t — Causeway Si lence an d Desolation H il l o f — - the Bath s Ske leton s from a lava b uried v i l — — — lage Th e Leper H ospital Mexico City [ ts “ — i ts Climate m ixed popu la tion , publ ic bu ild M — C athed ings , the Alemeda , Plaza ayor the e— ral , its solidity and magn i ficenc Aztec Tem — “ ple ofSacri fice Baya rd Taylor . CH I LAP A — An anc ien t city O n th e way to the c it y The E arth quake—Th e Fugitives—Great De — — vastation E n tr v of th e R u rales R uins of bui ldings — Premonitions—The Sh oc k— The ’ — Merchan t s Fam ily Th e Cal le del Pr adito — — The C athedral i ts a ppearance The Seismic zone . R E V ANGE O F A B AN D IT ’ S M I ST R E S S ' ’ ‘ ‘ — Mexico s Mi l l mtt i l l n lit c O rigin of the — — R i trales Porfirio Diaz and the Bandi ts Ap —~ O l i z pea l to the Ban d its Pahlo campo , the m — — ( lit ch ie f Th e C li ihnahua n ese M ur i le r of her — — ch i ld H er revenge Flight of Benita L agari la I the R l er G i ft to urale Ca pta in , CO RT E S AN D T HE VALLE Y O F M E XICO — The Span ish Ch ief crossing the range The hill that Smokes—The Wh ite W oman— First f — Sight o Aztec Ca pita l H an iba l and the A lps — — The Imperia l Park Ancien t C i l : i u ms a nd ’ “ u~ o i — l r .tc ticr Anahttac The Wh ite " — — ( hul T hc Wanderin g Tribe Sign of the M — exi ca n Patri arch E agle , Snake an d N opal — h il n ~ — C ae i ts . T enoc t la thc V t , Sca ffold illage . CO RT E S AN D T HE AZ T EC CITY Road of the leopa rd The Deputation of — N ob les Meeting of Montezuma and the — Span ish Ch ie f March of the Span iard s Cortes and his men enter th e Aztec C ity T HE FAI R GO D — Surv i val of a tradition VVaiti ng for the com ing of Q ueatz elcoatle- Bernadine de Sah a gun - His relation of the bel ie f of the Mexi — cans The a ppearance and persona lity of the — — Fai r God \Vhat he taugh t O pin ion of Saha gun—Sacram enta ls of the M ayas— R ecapi tula — — . tion of Bishop Landa of Y uca tan 1 573 St. Thomas , th e Apostle , an d th e belief of th e friars . T HE MAY A S AN D CH R I ST I AN RI TE S Statemen t of B rasseur de Bourbourg The wh ite di v in ities— Foundations of a new — — rel igion B el ie f of Herrara Diego de Lan da — H is statem en ts — Baptism — Con fession R —O V osious i tes and Ceremon ies pin ion of . T HE OP AL CI TY The quai n t ci ty of Queretaro—The Plaza and Market— B i rt h of the City—E arly Con — - spi rac i es Miguel Dominguez The Patriot — — M r Priest The Prison axim il ian , E m pe or of — — M exico Defeat of h is army Hi s Ar r est Treachery— T rial and death of th e E mperor Ch urch of La Cruz wh ere Maxi m i l ian was im prisoned—Monu men t to h is Memory - Th e — O pal W orkers Thei r ski ll and deftness . OP ALS AN D P R ECIOU S ST ON E S The opal—W here found—Th e Pearl fish eries— Diaz and h is b lack pearl— Superstition s about precious stones—The Amethyst— E ffect on th ose who wea r it—Symbolism of the Sapphire— Properties of the Diamond—Pre va i ling Superstitions about preciou s and sem i precious stones—Th e Agate—The Charmed Turquoise— Probab le origin of superstitions about stones . T HE LO ST M I N E S O F M EXI CO M i neral weal th of Mexico—Last to — surrender si lver standard A great coal and oi l bearing cou n try - As a prod ucer of Copper— T he Ta rasca M ine in Son era—The “ Flying Fish ” —The U barbo—Lord H epburn —olo —M T pa, the lost m ine exican W oman and — — O pate Ch ie f The R eina Mercede s Th Taio a p , Feli pe and the Yaquis . A W ON DE RFU L CAV E IN M EXI CO — O n the way to I xtla Travel l i ng a his — — toric h ighway The O ll a Arrive at C aeahu a — — M ilpafi E n tcr i n g the cave I ts vastness A — Mi rac le of N ature Cav es and deposits - Sta — lactites and Stalagm ites A vast and wo nd — “ fu l chamber The P an th mn of the Dead The O ratory—The “ Room of the Souls E ternal Loneliness . JE M E SOU VI E N S President Wilson and President H uert a — Augustin Y turhide E xten t of Mexican terri ' — —~ — tory Flight ofYturbide H is deat h B irth of — two great po liti cal parties Treaty of Gauda — lu p e H idalgo A great terri tory ceded to U n —~ i ted States Juarez becomes Presi den t — French in t erv en tion M aximilian proclaimed — — — E mperor H i s death Coming of Dia l H i s é — long reign as P r esident Flight of Diaz An — a rchy prevai ls R eflection s . E RT H 'S D E ST G TH A OL LI VI N I NG. — The Sain tes O ak The Tree of N oell e — Trieste The great trees of the Ma ripo sa — grove T he greatest of the con i fers - T he — — grea t Banyan T he C it y of O axaca Its sub — u rbs and Gardens T he oldest l i ving th ing “ — - Tree of Tula Von H u mboldt Size of tree . Tula V i llage—The Ch urch—Age of Tree — E xisted when A dam was al ive In the days of — o Tubal Cain R efl ecti n s. H E A T S AN D DE SE R T F E T C C U LI . — The Maguey Plan t Its C ultivat ion - Pulque — How produced— E conomi c value of the plan t—Mescal— A dynam ic drink— I ts effects on the drinker— Drin k of savages— Vegetation — of the desert Strange properties of dese rt plan t— An imal s of the desert— The ir hab its — H idden l i fe of the dese rt E ffect of wate r on — ' — seeds The Per uv i an desert Animal L ife w ithou t water . PR E FATO R Y N O T E . The Lette rs embodied i n th i s book were x wri tten when I was travel ling th rough Me ico . i s studyi ng i ts tradition s and t hi story , vi si ti ng th ou t of e way places , enjoy ing its superb cl i mate and magni ficent scenery and , above all , trying to get i n touch wi th the i n ti mate , every day li fe of i ts cou rteous and friendly people .