the greatest patience the torments which the whites were formerly and are still inclined to indulge against them. They oppose to these a cunning which they dexterously hide under a semblance of indifference and stupidity. Despite their long slavery; despite every effort which has been employed to rob them of their historical recollections, they have by no means forgotten their former greatness. They know right well that they were once sole lords of the land, and that those Creoles who are so fond of calling themselves Americans, are but the sons and heirs of their oppressors. I have myself frequently heard Indians, when their ordinary reserve has been overcome by spirituous liquors, declare that they were the true masters of the country, that all others were mere foreign intruders, and that if the Creoles could expel the Spaniards they had a far better right to expel the Creoles. May the latter be -taught by their own acuteness to grant the Indians, while it is yet time, the practical exercise of these civic rights theoretically conceded to them, for the revolt of the copper colored race would indeed present a fearful spectacle!"
INDIAN TRIBES OR RACES IN MEXICO
IN THE STATE OF YUCATAN.
1. Mayas.
IN THE STATES OF CHIAPAS AND TABASCO.
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2 Teochiapanécos, |
3 Zoques, |
4 Cendáles, |
N THE STATE OF OAJACA.
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6 Zapotécas, |
12 Chochos, |
18 Soltécos, |
IN THE STATES OF MEXICO, PUEBLA AND VERA CRUZ.
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24 Aztécos, |
27 Tlapanécos, |
29 Huastécos, |
IN THE STATE OF QUERETARO.
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31 Otomés, |
32 Chichimecas, and a few Aztécos. |
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IN THE STATE OF MICHOACAN.
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33 Tarrascos, |
34 Otomés. |
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IN THE STATE OF GUANAJUATO.
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35 Pamos, |
37 Samues, |
40 Guachichiles. |
