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brought from within the municipios or the near 
vicinity, sheep are sold to Indians who come from a 
somewhat greater distance in the same region. To 
the San Juan Ostuncalco market, for example, sheep 
come mainly from San Martin, Concepcion, Sigiila, 
and other neighboring municipios, as well as from 
the higher cantons of San Juan itself. They rarely 
are brought from as far as San Francisco el Alto, 
and almost as rarely are sold to Francisquefios. Most 
of them are brought by men from Quezaltenango and 
Olintepeque. Not over 30 or 40 are sold every 
Sunday. Usually only 2 to 4 sheep are either bought 
or sold by an individual. At Chiché, one of the most 
important livestock markets in the Highlands, about 
50 vendors with an average of 5 or 6 sheep each from 
the neighboring mountains, usually appear every 
Saturday. Occasionally sheep are brought to market 
from a considerable distance, as the few sometimes 
driven from Chiautla, at the edge of the Cuchuma- 
tanes, to San Francisco el Alto. 
Pigs——Most of the pigs sold in the Highlands are 
very young and small (about 18 or 20 in. long). 
They are brought by local Indians to certain markets, 
notably San Francisco el Alto and Chiché, which are 
major assembling points and redistribution centers. 
Here special pig merchants buy most of them, and 
drive them away in little herds of 20 to 30, each 
tied to a separate string, and the strings twisted into 
a loose, thick rope (pl. 13, c, insert). San Francisco 
la Union men (also a few from Cajola and Sigiila) 
handle the San Francisco el Alto pigs, many of 
which also are bought at the market, one or two at a 
time, by women of Quezaltenango, Totonicapan, and 
other parts of the region, about 50 per week. Some 
are resold by the women in their home markets. The 
squeals of pigs driven through the streets of San 
Francisco is one of the typical sounds to be heard 
there every Friday. The merchants drive their pigs 
to other markets: at San Juan Ostuncalco 5 er 6 
vendors sell about 200 animals to Indians of San 
Juan and all the municipios adjoining it. As many 
as 50 men (only a few of them San Francisco la 
Union merchants) sell little pigs, 5 or 6 each, from 
San Francisco in the Cantel market every Sunday. 
San Francisco la Unién men, 2 or 3 together, drive 
herds of 20 or 30 pigs into the Lowlands. About 
6 or 8 vendors go weekly to Colomba and Coate- 
peque ; and as many others to San Felipe, where they 
separate, some continuing to Retalhuleu, some to 
Cuyotenango; still others go to Mazatenango via 
Palmar. Little pigs are bought and raised in the 
Lowlands, where there are more roots, seeds, grains, 
and other foods (see p. 38). Half-grown pigs, 
hundreds a week, as well as smaller ones, are driven 
to the Quezaltenango market from villages in the 
Cuchumatanes Mountains, such as Jacaltenango and 
Soloma (see p. 39). Some little pigs come from 
Cotzal and Chajul as well (map 13). Huehuete- 
nango is a minor pig market (p. 79). 
Pigs from Chiché are herded to the Lake Atitlan 
area (pl. 13, c), to adjacent municipios north and 
east of it, and to the Lowlands south and southwest 
of the Lake. Usually over 500 little pigs and over 
100 large ones are sold in Chiché every Saturday, 
by about 100 vendors. Ladinos of Chinique, two at 
a time, regularly drive 50 or 60 small pigs to Santi- 
ago Atitlan every 2 weeks, crossing the lake in a 
motor launch. They sell them rapidly there, usually 
all in a day or slightly more. Quiché and Chinique 
pig merchants go also to Chichicastenango, Solola, 
Tecpan, and Patzum, in the Highlands, and Santo 
Tomas la Unidén, Chicacao, San Antonio Suchite- 
pequez, and the fincas, especially Chocola, in the 
Lowlands. Most pigs are sold to raise in the Low- 
lands here, just as they are farther west. Mature 
pigs may be slaughtered where they are raised or 
they may be driven back into the Highlands again. 
Solola butchers go to Santiago and buy large pigs, 
take them across the lake in dugout canoes, and 
drive them up the road to Solola for slaughtering. 
Cattle.—Cattle for Southwest Guatemala markets 
are bred chiefly in the dry eastern Departments, 
especially Santa Rosa (around San Martin Jilote- 
peque), Jalapa, Jutiapa, Chiquimula, and Guatemala 
(Sanarate and Palencia). Indians, mostly Atitecos, 
buy young cattle here and drive them to piedmont 
markets sometimes as far west as Santo Tomas la 
Union. Five or six men at a time herd about 10 
animals each. Santa Lucia Utatlan Indians usually 
sell cattle in Santo Tomas, brought from Santa Rosa 
in particular. The average number sold is about 30 
a week, about the same as at Chicacao. Xankatales 
come from nearby Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan to buy 
cattle and raise them. This is one of their chief oc- 
cupations (pl. 4, d). 
Chiché is probably the most important year-round 
cattle market. It was established recently (reportedly 
1930). Every Saturday about 100 animals, mainly 
young bulls, are sold by 40 or 50 vendors. Many 
of the cattle here are driven from the dry interior 
valleys of the Baja Vera Paz, particularly those 
