40 



TABLE OF CASTES IN MEXICO. 



4. CASTES OF INDIAN RACE. 



PARENTS. 



CHILDREN. 



Indian father and 

 Indian " 

 Indian " 



Negro mother, Chino. 

 Mulatto " Chino-oscuro. 

 Mestiza " Mestizo-claro, often very beau- 



tiful. 



Indian 

 Indian 

 Indian 



a 



China " Chino-cholo. 

 Zamba " Zambo-claro. 

 China-cholo Indian, with short frizzily hair. 



Indian 



5. MULATTO CORRUPTION. 



PARENTS. 



CHILDREN. 



Mulatto father and Zamba mother, Zambo, ( a miserable race. ) 



Mulatto " China " Chino, ( rather dark. ) 



Besides these specified castes there are several others not dis- 

 tinguished by particular names ; such, for instance, as the produce 

 of unions between the Mexican Indians or Spaniards and the 

 people of the East Indian continent or Philipines, numbers of 

 whom came over during the old viceroyal government. The best 

 criterion for judging of the purity of blood, is the hair of the 

 women, which is much less deceiving than their complexion. The 

 short woolly hair, or coarse Indian locks, may always be detected 

 on the head or on the back of the neck. This tabular statement 

 exhibits at a glance the mongrel corruptions of the human race in 

 Mexico, and presents an interesting subject for students of physi- 

 ology and ethnology. 1 



1 See Tschudi's Peru — American Edition, p. 80, and Muhlenpfordt — Die Re- 

 publik Mejico, vol. 1 ; — Indians. 



Mulatto 



Mestiza 



Chino, ( rather clear race.) 



