6 - My village desires to know the authorities of the American govern- 
ment who have arranged and have made a gift of the new pipe which has 
been installed in our new village of San Juan, for we owe thanks to all 
the United States for the generous aid that they gave us. 
7 - It is well that we acknowledge not only this gift of the American 
government but also a generous cooperation in certain suras of money. 
8 - Without doubt there have been some very generous Mexicans and 
Americans who personally help the sufferers of the volcano. They vrere 
not ashamed to be among the indigenous people of Angahuan, San Juan and 
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Paricutin. My people give repeated thanks to these American and 
Mexican people, 
S - Three years ago, in the month of December, the people of San Juan 
and the other toms of this region had sufficient harvests of corn and 
beans. Then they had their last harvest. The people of Angahuan now 
begin to have harvests of corn, and in greater abundance, f ew cornfields 
but much seed. 
10 - Although our volcano continues in activity from time to time, one 
can now get an idea of the ash that has already fallen. At six to seven 
kilometers from the volcano, it does not now damage the plants of the 
sowing; only towards the west will it be farther, for in this part the 
layer of ash is thicker. 
11 - The volcano returns to activity, with heavy explosions in the crater 
forming a new and very white column of vapor which rises with some force, 
drifting toward the northeast and depositing some fine ash. The explo- 
sions are heaviest at midday. In the night considerable incandescent 
scoria covers the cupola of the crater; it is a beautiful night, as 
marvelous as in the beginning. 
