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ford unfairly discredited — Dewey at Manila — 

 "Lest we forget!" — Anti-imperialism — See 

 Mark Twain: "To a Person Sitting in Dark- 

 ness" — Democracy turned imperialist — Eu- 

 genic studies — Darwin on war selection — "The 

 Blood of the Nation" — "The Human Harvest" 



— "War and the Breed" — Mrs. Stanford and 

 world peace 



2. To the Southwest — Lummis and The Land of 

 Sunshine — ClifF-dwellings — Bound for the 

 Grand Canyon — Primeval place — Erosion two 

 miles deep — A tough job — Earth sculpture — 

 Hairbreadth escapes of John Hance — The 

 wrathful chub 



3. On to Acoma — Pueblo towns and people — 

 Communal defense — The Acoma mesa — Coro- 

 nado visits Acoma — Revolt and massacre — ■ 

 Wise concessions — The house a fortress — 

 Acoma trails — Pottery — Fine courtesy — 

 Camera magic — Dizzy ways — Supplicating the 

 gods — A gallo race — The white man's 

 incantation 



4. Enchanted Katzimo — Legend of Katzimo — 

 "Disenchanting" the mesa — Hodge's expedi- 

 tion — ^ Evidences of habitation — A furious 

 ride — Precarious hold — Trophies from the 

 top — Safely down — The prairie dog — Bur- 

 rowing owl — An astonished rattlesnake — 

 Strange customs — Home-loving aborigines 



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I. A long holiday — Siestas alternating with fiestas 



— The adored Presidente — View from Chapul- 

 tepec — An exquisite outlook — "Los Toros" 

 at Guadalajara — Abundant hospitality — 

 Great estates seized by the people — Striking 

 contrasts — Mount Orizaba — Exotic lands — 

 Alpine heights — A problem in Ichthyology — 

 The coralillo — Diaz the man — La planta 

 animal — My mother's death 



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