Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, Vol. 2 of 2 A Historical, Geographical, Political, Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time.

CHAPTER II.--Division of

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population--Whites--Indians--Africans--Leperos--Rancheros--Characteristics, Indifference, Procrastination--Females--Better Classes--Their social habits--Entertainments--Leperos--Their habits--Evangelistas--Thieving--The Ranchero--His character and habits--The Indian race--Agriculturists--Traditionary habits adhered to--Improvidence--Superstition--Drunkenness--Indian women--Servile condition--Local adhesiveness--Peonage--Whipping--Planter-life--Its solitude and results--Mülenpfordt's character of the Indians--Indian tribes and races in Mexico--Table of castes in Mexico, 22