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time but were conquered & a church built in the midst of the village which was built on the top of the knoll like summit of the islet. During the Mexican revolution this islet again served as a refuge for descendants of the Indians & some of the Spaniards.

I was shown a number of caves dug back into the face of a cliff of soft loose rock near the water's edge where the people slept during the time of the revolution.

The hillside of the island facing the shore is covered with an enormous amount of obsidian chips & many caves are scattered about. In places the soil is half made up of these chips and flecks of this material are numerous on the island as well as on the adjacent shore.

On the shore is now located the village of San Juanita where live the descendants of the Indians with a number of the mixed race.

Many of the Indians are pure-blooded and still speak the tongue although they have lost or greatly