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Dec. 5. 
My people suffer from a scarcity of tillable land; they have no more 
than 10 x 20 meters in which to live. It is a miracle that these 
people live and withal remain humble, honorable and noble. 
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 sums of money. 
8 . 
Without doubt there have been some very generous Mexicans and Americans 
who help personally to the sufferers of the volcano. They were not 
ashamed to be among the indigenous people of Angahuan as well as San 
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Juan and Paricutin. My people give repeated thanks to these American 
and Mexican people. 
9. 
Three years ago, in the month of December the people of San Juan had 
sufficient harvest of corn and beans, as did the other towns of this 
region. Then they had their last harvest. The people of Angahuan, 
destined to be workers according to in a history of one 
of the friars, now begin to have harvests of corn, and in greater 
abundance, feiv cornfields but much seed. 
10. 
Notwithstanding that continous occasionally in activity, one can 
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. 
