1894 
Oaxaca 
(Oaxaca) 
dune 8th: Saw a fine archaeological collection with perfect data 
today* It belongs to a Dr* Sologuren who ha® been securing the pieces 
in this region for the past twelve year® and has sobs remarkably fine 
, things* Hero, as in other parts of southern Mexico, I an told that a 
majority of the eensum people are living together without the form of 
marriage* The priests are opposed to civil marriage and through ignor¬ 
ance and religious prejudice many local officials evade the performance 
of marriages as often as possible* Mr. L, C. Smith tells me that in 
many instances when he has tried to get a couple of Indians to get 
married who have lived together for years, they object by saying they 
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are ashamed to be married f 
The official papers of Oaxaca and City of Mexico as well as numer¬ 
ous large posters on trees and walls in town gave a glowing eulogy of 
General Martin Gonzales and of hi® enthusiastic reception by the people 
of Oaxaca* The rabble-like crowd of from loo to 200 people who met him 
at the same train which I arrived on certainly was no evidence of great 
popularity. The conservatives here speak very slightingly of the sorry 
show and the students of the State College come out in a card saying 
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that while not desiring to bo considered in opposition, necessarily, 
yet they wished to have it understood that the rather disreputable 
gathering at the depot on the sight of the arrival of Gen, Gonzales 
contained none of the representative students of the College, This was 
rather unfortunate for the official organs, since they all claimed'that 
the students had Welcomed him with great of fusion, 
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Soon after ay arrival here I went to see the Governor now in offiee, 
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He read my letter of reo«:©iendat ion from the Secretary of State and I 
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told him that I wished a letter to bho local officials in the state so 
that I could get reliable men through them. To this he at once made 
reply that I must pay for any men I got and after I finally satisfied 
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