Excerpt from The Improvement Era, Vol. 29: October, 1926

Von Humboldt says: The introduction of the Romish relig ion had no other effect on the Mexicans than to substitute new cere monies and symbols for the rights of a sanguinary worship. I have seen them, masked and adorned With tinkling bells, perform savage dances around the altar, while a monk of St. Francis elevated the Host.

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