AMONG THE CLIFF DWELLERS. 3 8 5 
of Mexico, placing them in the hands of 
the Aztec Emperor Montezuma. Cortes 
afterward found that the Aztec, Tlascalan, 
and other armies of that portion of the 
country always moved at a run when on 
the march, thus trebling and quadrupling 
the military marches of the present day. 
This was the first intimation to Europe¬ 
ans of the endurance and swift-footedness 
of the natives of the great Mexican 
plateau, and a similar characteristic was 
found to be almost universal among the 
Indians of the plateau. But it was after¬ 
ward discovered that the people most 
prominent in this respect was one in the 
far north of New Spain, hidden away in 
the fastnesses of the Sierra Madres, 
whose very name, as given by other 
tribes, Tarahumari, meaning foot run¬ 
ners, indicated their special excellence. 
THE END. 
