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with questions regarding the Peni- 
tentes, when the merchant, after a 
look around the store and a cautious 
gesture, told me he would talk with 
me later on the subject. That eve- 
ning, in his home, he told me much 
about these strange people, and al- 
so warned me not to talk about the 
subject before the Mexicans, as they 
looked on the white faces as enemies 
to the brotherhood, that many of 
them had a partial understanding of 
English, and that it would be much 
safer for a man to be a gold pros- 
pector than a newspaper writer. 
The women do not take part in 
these savage rites, but it is told to 
me that they formerly did, but in 
place of the scorging they would 
wind their limbs with string and 
wire so tightly as to stop the blood’s 
circulation, and see how long they 
could endure the torture. 
These people who perform these 
strange religious usuages are no 
more barbarous in ordinary life than 
are any other Mexican, and in intel- 
ligence they are far above the peons 
and lower class Mexicans I found in 
old. Mexico. 
They. are Indian-like in feature 
and most hospitable and courteous 
to any white man who does not at- 
tempt to pry into their religion. 
They never come near you or join 
in the talk unless invited, but are 
apparently very friendly if you 
make the advanee. 
Many of the women are handsome, 
the pink underneath the olive skin, 
and their dark eyes, giving them a 
striking beauty. They are equally 
fanatics in the strange religion. 
Occasionally one will find a half- 
breed among these Mexicans, and 
usually he is a man of importance 
among them. These men are called 
““coyotes.’’ -Their American blood 
~ gives them the brains and shrewd- 
ness to take advantage of the com- 
mon Mexicans, and they usually own 
stores, and speculate in furs, relies, 
minerals, ete. These half breeds have 
the most peculiar way of handling 
the English language. While they 
speak the words plainly, they get 
“the cart before the horse’’ and it 
often keeps one guessing as to their 
meaning. 
Every Mexican house is filled with 
cheap religious prints and carvings, 
and all have the same subject—the 
crucifixion. Every wall of every 
*dobie is covered with reproductions 
of Christ on the cross. The cross is 
» everywhere. 
them, nailed to the trees. 
-In a later letter I will relate a 
personal, experience I had among 
these Penitenties—an experience of 
The woods are full of 
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