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Rh and greenery and pelted with bouquets. The traders went first to the central temple to lay an offering of their best before the idol. From thence they went to the great teepan, or council-house, to meet the chiefs who

had sent them out, and feast with them as honored guests and in token of fraternity. After these ceremonies they went each man to his own dwelling.

A Mexican home was unlike any known in Christian lands. In comparison with the clan to which a man belonged, the wife and the children held a low place. The