Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) A Record of Five Years' Exploration Among the Tribes of the Western Sierra Madre; In the Tierra Caliente of Tepic and Jalisco; and Among the Tarascos of Michoacan

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Pueblo Viejo--Three Languages Spoken Here--The Aztecs--The Musical Bow--Theories of Its Origin--Dancing Mitote--Fasting and Abstinence--Helping President Diaz--The Importance of Tribal Restrictions--Principles of Monogamy--Disposition of the Dead, Pages 471-483