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In Indian Mexico (1908)

CHAPTER XX
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The next day was spent in town, waiting for our other baggage, and for the _jefe_ to arrange our orders and lay out our journey.

My day of fever was on, and I spent it mostly in bed.

There were many indians in the market, most of whom were Aztecs, though a few were Otomis.

The men wore dark brown or black _cotones_; the _enaguas_ of the women were wool and were dark blue or black.

Many carried on their shoulders carry-pouches, consisting of two rectangular frames of sticks, corded together along the lower side, and kept from opening too widely, above, by a net of cords at the ends.


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