See also:TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" See also:jaguar-See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill ")
, the See also:town which gives its name to the See also:isthmus, gulf and railway, stands on the See also:Tehuantepec See also:river about 15 M. from its mouth and 13 M. by See also:rail from See also:Salina Cruz
.
Pop
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(1904, estimated) fo,000
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It is a typical, straggling See also:Indian town, occupying the slope of a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on the Pacific See also:side of the See also:divide, with a beautiful view of the river valley and the distant sierras to the N
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The streets are little more than crooked paths up the hillside, and the habitations are for the most See also:part thatched, mud-walled huts
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The See also:population of the town and of the surrounding See also:district is composed almost wholly of See also:Indians of the See also:great Zapoteca See also:family
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The Tehuanas of Tehuantepec are noted for the beauty and graceful See also:carriage of their See also:women, who are reputed to be the finest-looking among the native races of See also:Mexico
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The women are the traders in Tehuantepec and do little See also:menial See also:work—a result, apparently, of the See also:influence of beauty
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The See also:local See also:industries include the making of " See also:cana," acane spirit, and the See also:weaving of See also:cotton fabrics,- dyed with the juice of a marine See also:- SHELL
- SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)
shell-See also:fish (See also:Purpura patula) found on the neighbouring See also:coast
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See also:Indigo was formerly grown in. the vicinity and See also:cochineal gathered for export, but both of these industries have declined
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