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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 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 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
- 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. See also:Indigo was formerly grown in. the vicinity and See also:cochineal gathered for export, but both of these industries have declined.
End of Article: TEHUANTEPEC (from tecuani-tepec—" jaguar-hill ")
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