ur first essays
at bust-making. After returning to Mexico, we went by rail, on the
Guadalajara branch of the Mexican Central, to Negrete. From there, by
coach (there being then no railroad) to Zamora. Thence, we struck, on
horseback, through the Tarascan territory, across to Patzcuaro. On the
way, we secured our full series of Tarascan busts, at the Once Pueblos.
By rail, we went from Patzcuaro to Dos Rios, to secure our lacking busts
of Otomis at Huixquilucan. In the second field expedition, January to
March 1899, we worked entirely in the state of Oaxaca. At first a trip
was made, by horse, from Oaxaca into the Mixteca Alta, where Mixtecs and
Triquis were studied. Again starting from Oaxaca, we traveled over our
old trails of 1896, through the mountains to Tehuantepec, returning
by the high-road in common use. Zapotecs were studied at Mitla and
Tehuantepec, and the Mixes, Juaves, and Chontals in various towns and
villages. The season's work closed by our study, at and near Cuicatlan,
of the Cuicatecs. At this town, too, we began to work upon Chinantecs.
In the third field expedition, during the early months of 1900, we
visited seven populations, making our regular study upon six of them. To
fill a week that would otherwise have been lost, we made a pedestrian
trip through the interesting indian towns on the slopes of Malintzi.
Then, from Cuicatlan as a center, we made two journeys--one to San Juan
Zautla and San Pedro Soochiapan, to examine Chinantecs; the other to
Coixtlahuaca, for seeing Chochos. From Cuicatlan, we struck north by
rail to San Antonio, and, by coach to Teotitlan del Camino and by horse
beyond, penetrated to the great Mazatec town of Huauhtla. Chinantecs,
Chochos, and Mazatecs are tribes of Oaxaca. Leaving that state, we
traveled by rail to Tulancingo. From there, by coach and on horseback,
we visited Otomi, Aztec, Tepehua and Totonac towns in the states of
Puebla and Hidalgo. With the field season of 1901, our work in Indian
Mexico ended. It was pursued in three separated areas. From the City of
Mexico, we went by rail to Tampico. From that point, a journey by canoe
and horse enabled us to see the Huaxtecs of the state of Vera Cruz.
Returning to Tampico, a trip by steamer across the gulf brought us to
Yucatan. Progreso and Merida were visited, and our work was done upon
the Mayas living near the town of Tekax. A second trip on the gulf
brought us to Coatzacoalcos, whence the railroad was used to Tehuan