Diego Duran is cited as using the Nahuatl word "Nepantla" in his
Historia de las Indias, vol. II, to describe a state of in-betweeness
or interstitiality.  I can't find this reference to save my soul in
the Porrua edition.  Could you possibly tell me which chapter and page
it falls on, or, even better, fax it to me?

Hi wearyboffin,

It's in Volume I on page 237, in both the 1967 and 1984 editions.

"An additional problem of interpretation is recorded by Durán who
records the words of an Indian who says "todavía estamos nepantla
[...] que quiere decir ?estar en medio? [...] Me dijo que, como no
estaban aún arraigados en la fe, que no me espantase; de manera que
aún estamos neutros, que ni bien acudían a la una ley, ni a la otra, o
por mejor decir, que creían en Dios y que juntamente acudían a sus
costumbres antiguas y ritos del demonio, y esto quiso decir aquel en
su abominable excusa de que aún permanecían en medio y eran neutros"
(Durán, 1967:I:237)."
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/clacs/extranet/reid/disruptions-mex.htm

...?todavía estamos nepantla?, es decir, ?aún nos encontramos a la
mitad del camino? (Durán, 1984: 237).
http://www.razonypalabra.org.mx/anteriores/n39/abarranon.html

I was happy to find this for you. If you have any questions, or if
this isn't what you were looking for, please post a clarification
request before closing/rating my answer and I'll be happy to reply.

Thank you,
hummer

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Request for Answer Clarification by wearyboffin-ga on 07 Oct 2004 07:19 PDT

Thanks so much Hummer!  Could you please give me the complete
bibliographical details of thie edition?

Many, many thanks!

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Clarification of Answer by hummer-ga on 07 Oct 2004 09:31 PDT

Hi wearyboffin,

Thank you for your nice note. I'm sorry for the delay in getting back
to you, but I've been out. I think you'll find the information that
you require at the Biblioteca Nacional and OPAC.

Go to the Biblioteca Nacional:
http://www.bne.es/ingles/cat-fra.htm

Click on
Bibliographic Catalogue
Multi-field Search
Name: Duran
Title: Historia
You'll see six returns, the last three are copied below.

>>>>>>

Here is the 1967 edition:

Author/s:          Durán, Diego
Added Author/s:    Garibay K., Angel María (1892-1967)
Title:             Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas 
                   de la tierra firme / la prepara
                   ... Diego Durán ... Angel M. Garibay K.
Publication:       México : Porrúa, 1967  2 v. : il., col. ; 24 cm
Series:            Biblioteca "Porrúa" ; 36-37

>>>>>

I presume this to be the most recent edition:

Author/s:          Durán, Diego
Added Author/s:    González Vera, Francisco Doniz, Rafael
Title:             Historia de las Indias de Nueva España e islas de 
                   la tierra firme / Fray Diego Durán ; prólogo, 
                   José Rubén Romero Galván y Rosa Camelo ; 
                   transcripción, Francisco González Varela 
                   [i.e. Vera] ; revisión, Javier Portús , 
                   fotografías, Rafael Doniz
Edition: 	   [1ª ed.]
Publication:       [Madrid] : Banco Santander, 1990-1991 
                   2 v. : il. col. ; 35 cm

>>>>>>

I presume this to be the original edition (3 vols):

Author/s:         Durán, Diego
Title:            Historia de las Indias de Nueva España y [sic] 
                  Islas de Tierra Firme / por el Padre Fray 
                  ... Diego Durán ; la  publica con un atlas 
                  de estampas, notas é ilustraciones José F. Ramirez
Publication:      México : J. M. Andrade y F. Escalante, 1867-1880  
                  3 v. ; 30 cm

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OPAC:
http://www.copac.ac.uk/copac/

Enter COPAC
Author/Title Search: search all records
Author: Duran
Title: Historia

You can browse through a list of returns, or add "porrua" to the
publisher field and you'll see a list of 4 items.

Thanks again,
hummer

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