the jefe’s house, as thus no time would be lost.  Upon arriving at the house of the jefe, we found that a wedding was about to be celebrated in the church.  The jefe received us with magnificent promises; we should room at the palace, arrangements should be made for boarding at a private house, beds and other proper furniture should be brought immediately, and the following day we should journey on horseback through all the indian towns of the vicinity.  This was all very fine, but we told him that meantime we were hungry—­we had eaten nothing since the night before and then had fared badly—­and that we must unload our animals, which we had left with the rest of our company, standing in front of the palace.  The unloading was done at once and we were given the schoolhouse for our quarters, at the rear of the patio of the palace.  At this moment, however, everything else was neglected for the wedding.  This we all attended, and it was, indeed, an occasion.  The bride in white, with veil and orange-blossoms, was accompanied by her mother, god-mother, and other female friends.  She was really a pretty and wholesome indian girl, and the groom was a decent young mestizo, with gray wool sombrero, and linen jacket, cloth trousers, etc.  He and his god-father were bustling about attending to all sorts of preliminaries.  In the solemn procession which took place to the church, the company of ladies preceded; the jefe and myself led the line of male friends, and, when we filed into the church, the building was fairly filled.  The special friends, including our party, moved in procession to the high altar, where the ceremony was performed.  The bridal company knelt with candles in their hands.  Other candles, some of enormous size, were burning in various parts of the church.  The priest, with much ceremony, gave the sacrament of the communion to the couple, and then fastened two golden chains, crossing, about both their necks.  A scarf of satin was placed upon them so as to cover both, passing over the head of the woman, and the shoulders of the man.  From the church, our procession, dwindled to the particular friends and guests of honor, walked through the village to the justice-court, where the civil ceremony was performed.  The matter having been accomplished with full respect to the requirements of the law, we thought again of dinner.  The jefe told us that to-morrow we should go to our boarding-place, but that to-day we were to dine together in state.  Time passed, hour after hour lagged by, until the mozo and arriero struck for money, with which to buy themselves something to eat.  Meantime, we waited.  Finally, at three o’clock in the afternoon, we were summoned, and the jefe, myself, and our companions, started down the hot, dusty, main street.  On and on we walked, until, at last, the jefe himself impatiently demanded of our guide how far we had to go.  At last, we heard the strains of music, and, shortly,