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TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" jag...

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 507 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" See also:jaguar-See also: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 . (1904, estimated) fo,000 . It is a typical, straggling See also:Indian town, occupying the slope of a See also: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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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 . 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-See also:fish (See also:Purpura patula) found on the neighbouring See also:coast . 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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