The governor had threatened to send engineers to make new surveys, and to bring land-titles into question.

The suspicion and distrust which we had met were doubtless, in large part, due to these measures, and the fear that we were government spies.

So great was the discontent, and so openly expressed, that it was said that on the Saturday preceding, in the Plaza of Tlaxcala itself, there was a riot, with cries of derision and contempt, and firing of guns upon the palace.

We were told that the nearest _haciendero_, who was friendly to the governor, was marked for assassination and would be killed within the next few days.
Leaving at ten next morning, we skirted Santa Ana, and, having passed through San Pablo, came out upon the banks of the Sawapa.

This pretty stream has reputed remedial power, and in May hundreds of people bathe in its waters, to protect themselves against small-pox.