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they copy in their departure from estab¬ 
lished habits. It is no wonder, therefore, 
that little has been said about them more 
than to mention occasionally where they 
once lived in a country now held by a 
higher civilization. 
Even the word “Chihuahua” itself is a 
Tarahumari word, and was applied to 
the site of the present city of Chihuahua ; 
its meaning is “ the place where our best 
wares were made.” The territory lying 
between the line of the Mexican Central 
