AT HUIXQUILUCAN (1897) Our serious work was to begin with one of the most conservative and reserved of Mexican indian populations.

If we could do what we planned to do with the Otomis, we were likely to have but little greater trouble with any tribe.

In ancient times the name of Otomi was synonymous with stupidity.

When an Aztec was particularly stupid or clumsy, his fellows in derision called him an Otomi.

They still are ignorant, suspicious, and unprogressive.
Huixquilucan, which we had chosen as our field for labor, is situated on a high ridge within sight of the National Railroad, at a distance of perhaps a mile and a half from the station of Dos Rios.