The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1846-10-30
Correspondence OF the Ga!ena Gazelte1
INTERESTING LETTER FROM SANTA Fl
SANTA FE. Aug. %, lS4G.

r. SANTA FE, Aug. %. 1916.
{ Dear Sir; Here | am at last, after long and
F fatigung m arch of nine hundred miles on horse
back none the worse for the wear, an Unsuitable
{ appetite, black as Indian, hearty a bear land
E as ragged as need be- and so fat that cannot but
ton theragged and greasy semblance OF pair of
breaches, which, in fact, forms one of the most
important parts OF my wardrobe but, as am
now in a country whore rags seem to be the pre-
vailing fashion, | am at no loss to find sundry
companions i'll arms, who follow my example, not
from choice, but from dire necessity. But stilk
we make quite an appearance, with our sabres
and big whiskers, for not one in the whole COM
mand has thought it proper to bring with him that
essential thing, raZor.-But am mistaken
The other day | saw an Irish cannon driver grin
ming most horribly at little piece of looking
glass, and trying with most AUDIBLE industry to
cut eff what he called beard, but what would
call, collection of brass wires from their color
and appearance. He, however, succeeded, with
the aid OF an old pair OF scissors, which happened
to be in the camp. Thus you may form idea
of the present appearance OF your most worthy
friend, who has not had a razor to his face since
the 18th of last June, and who, if he be spared
will neither cut his hair nor trim his beard unfit
he returns TO ehome he left behind him, so that
after that length of time he will be, in fact, a
presentabl- object to the fair portion Of St. Louis
society. .
This celebrated city Of Santa Fe, Of which you
surely must have heard so much, is a great place
of IFS kind. It's, in TACT, nothing more nor less
than collection of mud houses, and the only way
to give you conception of the place is to say,
that il you were to build one hundred and fifty or
two hundred brick kilns, without doors or win
dows, and place them along Miller's Branch
about where g" Old Town stood, in my days, and
fill each OF the aforesaid kilns with dirty women
Obi 4 o,1. Io-f fh
an innumerable quantity of vermin, you NAV
have some idea oft. The scenery around, how
ever, rePays me for the disappointment, for it IS
really one of the finest prospects Imaginable.
You see, away off in the back ground, the bold
and bare peaks oil the Rocky Mountains, while
stretching off to the South is wide and beautiful
plain, in the midst Of which rises one Of the most
singular groups OF high mountains, called the
Places These last mountains are noted for their
gold mines, which, however, have been worked
only to small extent. This group is very sim
guar from the fact that it is entirely dsconnect-
ed from all other POI tons of the Rocky Noun
talns, being in the midst OF large basin formed
by two chains running around them. The coun-
try Is one OF the most singular in the world and
ii l may be permitted to make an assertion, it is
about as productive as the great Zahara desert of
Africa, and will never afford subsistence even to
Yankee ingenuity.
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the same time, the most lazy set in the world -
They live on nothing but goat and asses milk
and tOrtfHoS "a kind OF bread made from wheat.
mashed with stones, as mills are unknown in the
country) They have all of them enormous
droVes OF sheep, goats, and innumerable quanti-
ties oil little jackasses and ennies, about the size
OF large three months old calf They pack all
their wood on them from the mountains, and ride
on the poor little fellows besides. These in fact
are the only animals that subsist 10 this coun-
try, although am told, that in the south we can
ind grass enough to subsst our horses. This we
hope is true, for they all look most terribly redu.
ced alter their long journey on nothing but grass
nave got me fine mule, and the way / look
military on her is a caution to all volunteers.
ehave conquered the country without firing
single shot; but, if the people had been dispos-
ed to oppose us, we would have been put to our
trumps TO have got foothoid, as we had to pass
through places where one hundred men, without
any thing but iandspikes could have REFUSED
our whole force. But, what resistance could Won
expect from people who are too cowardly 10
protect themselves from the Indians, and who
(, Permit them TO come into their houses and take
tnelr wives and daughters from them, providing
they are handsome-ior it seems to me- that the
wild man OF theplains has also a fancy. to female
beauty, as well as his more fair brother of the
|. States
Aheso poor people are all at war with the Utes
or more properly speaking, Eutaws, who, it seems.
they injured most ,outrageously. AS near az
can understand the story, in 1913 or IA. par,y
oil nine Eutaws came to Santa Fe for the purpose
oil entering into treaty Of peace with the Mexi-
cans, but from some quarrel which arose, the
MeXicans shot down all the Indians and kicked
Ihelr heads about the public square OF Santa Fe.
he tribe thereupon swore vengeance against
mem, and they still declare, that there is not
blood enough in New Mexico to wash out the
INJURY The consequence Of this act oil perfidv
mas peen, IN. two years, the loss Of about nine
hundred men killed, great many women, about
100000 head Of horses, mules and sheen. From,
TINS state OF things we may attribute the success
oil our march, The Mexican Government could
not protect them against the Indians, but still. al
ways made them pay heavy tax.
Correspondents Of the Baltimore Patriot.
~, ~ WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
That the people are every where getting in
censed against the present administrator l.; .