--- indexer.py.orig	2004-12-05 20:15:53.555985025 -0700
+++ indexer.py	2004-12-05 20:17:44.531804353 -0700
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@
         if hasattr(currnode, '_XML'):   # maybe present literal XML of object
             text = currnode._XML.encode('UTF-8')
             self.add_nodetext(text, xpath_suffix)
-        else:
+        elif not isinstance(currnode, unicode):
             for membname in currnode.__dict__.keys():
-                if membname == "__parent__":
+                if membname in ["__parent__", "_seq"]:
                    continue             # ExpatFactory uses bookeeping attribute
                 member = getattr(currnode, membname)
                 if type(member) is InstanceType: