When that territory was acquired from Mexico the population of those lands south of the Arkansas River was almost entirely a Spanishspeaking people. and in our State it is only four years since a person who only spoke and understood Spanish could be excluded from a jury and a trial had to a jury of people all of whom spoke and understood English. We have a large Spanishspeaking population. But they are not Mexican immigrants. It is to our State that people journey from all over this country to witness the ancient religious rites of the penitentes during Easter week. According to the last census the population of the counties of our State acquired from Mexico was 90.631. of which 79.802 were native white persons and 9.688 foreignborn whites.
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