Stevenson
falls into the mistake of giving to the children of a negro father and
a white mother, the name of Zambos; whilst to the offspring of a white
father and a black mother, he gives the name of Mulattos. By a similar
error, he terms the children of a white man and a Cuarterona, Quinteros;
and to those of a Cuarteron and a white woman, he gives the designation
Cuarterones. It is, however, an established rule, that the children bear
the designation, denoting the same degree of mixed blood, whatever may
respectively be the colors of the parents. Accordingly, the child of a
negro and a white woman is, properly speaking, a Mulatto; just the same
as though the relations of race on the part of the parents were
transposed. When a man of mixed blood marries a woman darker than
himself, and his children thereby become further removed from the white
tint, it is said to be _un paso atras_ (a step backwards).

In Europe it is very common to attach to the term _Creole_, the idea of
a particular complexion. This is a mistake. The designation Creole
properly belongs to all the natives of America born of parents who have
emigrated from the Old World, be those parents Europeans or Africans.
There are, therefore, white as well as black Creoles.[26]

The subjoined list shows the parentage of the different varieties of
half-casts, and also the proper designations of the latter:--

PARENTS. CHILDREN.

White Father and Negro Mother Mulatto.
White Father and Indian Mother Mestizo.
Indian Father and Negro Mother Chino.
White Father and Mulatta Mother Cuarteron.
White Father and Mestiza Mother Creole (only distinguished from
the White, by a pale-brownish
complexion).
White Father and China Mother Chino-Blanco.
White Father and Cuarterona Mother Quintero.
White Father and Quintera Mother White.
Negro Father and Mulatta Mother Zambo-Negro.
Negro Father and Mestiza Mother Mulatto-Oscuro.
Negro Father and China Mother Zambo-Chino.
Negro Father and Zamba Mother Zambo-Negro (perfectly bl'k).
Negro Father and Cuarterona or
Quintera Mother Mulatto (rather dark).
Indian Father and Mulatta Mother Chino-Oscuro.
Indian Father and Mestiza Mother Mestizo-Claro (frequently very
beautif