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the ohurch here. I ms also told that similar offerings are made at a 
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small lake in the mountains above Villa Alta. There cooked turkeys 
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are hidden in the tall grass growing near the lake. The constant attend¬ 
ance of these same people at the church makes it evident that they in¬ 
tend to get something Severn, both sides if possible as they are taught 
that the gods they worship on the mountains are devils, 1 was told of 
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a number of oases in which the worshipers of the devils of the mountains 
had secured great riches but at the time of their death had suddenly 
vanished as their bodies had been claimed by the devil to whom they were 
bound. * 
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Jhe people of the Mxje tribe are very timid and firearms are ex¬ 
tremely scarce among them while none of them have any idea of hunting. 
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They seem to be almost entirely vegetable eating \dLth corn as the main 
article of food. 
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July 12ths In the early morning yesterday, my Indian servant from 
San Miguel was struck accidentally in the muscle of the right arm near 
the shoulder by a glancing pellet of no. 6 shot. It penetrated deeply 
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aim he complained that it hurt him considerably. After breakfast, he 
took a gourd water bottle and said he would bring some water. He left 
esmp and evidently at once started for hernia as he has not been seen 
since. This is the second desertion on this trip. He left oaring me 
about S dollars money advanced on his pay account. 
The people of the town still show their unfriendly disposition and 
have even stopped ringing the matin and vesper bells that were rung so 
regularly the first days of our presence, I told the people that I 
wished to engage two men to go with me to Totontepeo tomorrow whereupon 
the President© and Alcalde both came to seo me and when I stated my de- 
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sire they informed me that I would have to pay c2. for each man. As 
60 cents is large pay per day here, I objected to paying four times 
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