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The Pue bio Indians.

The Pueblo Indians.
diary OF the experience of the little party of
these Indians now among us, since they entered
the States, would be very interesting. They are
q docile. sensible set Of men, and very reflective
and observant.
After a journey of sixty or seventy days from
Santa Fe, toward Missouri, the excellent Cover
nor Calhoun, (who had providently caused his
coffin to be brought along y died. The grief and
lamentations of these poor follows knew no limit,
for they had learned to love the venerable old
man intensely. On seeing the white men OF their
party fixing some pieces of Grape upon their hats,
they eagerly inquired its use; and on being told
it was the white mans mode of indicating his
sorrow and showing respect for the dead, they
earnestly begged for some of the strips, and at
once bound them round their hats and arms.
The first settlement they beheld in Missouri
thew believed to be "The States" for it was the
policy of their conductors to let them make their
own discoveries On being then told that they only
saw the beginning of the States and that
couple of thousand miles lay between them and
the densely populated portions of the country,
they were exceedingly amazed.
1t was necessary to apprize them of the char
acter of steamboat before they came too near
it. While waiting on the banks of the river for
the approach of that they were first to board
Captain Love heard its loud puffs, and pointed
to it. They watched its every movement in pro-
found silence, and saw it, apparently without hui
man agency, going whithersoever it chose, re-
CARELESS of wind or current. At last it was near
them, and stopped at the beach without apparent
check or restraint, when one of them looked
earnestly at Captain Love and said " Men did
not make that. tits Gods acork -
They were greatly pleased with the railroad
cars they first entered, and smiled when they
were put in motion but when the speed was
increased to its utmost one Of them obviously
asked: els this the speed of your horses in the
States ~ They had been told when in Missouri
not to be dispirited at the long journey still be-
fore them, as the progress would be astonishingly
fast to which they replied Have we not
come fast over the prairies 7"
Bennett, the skilful and popular daguerreoty-
pist, took their portraits yesterday. They were
highly gratifed, and, when told that each of them
should have copy Of his own likeness, their
pleasure knew no bounds. The old man Of the
party Jagged sixty-four) looked at his image for
awhile, and then said: "When l am dead, and
gone to heaven, shall still live in this"
1t was difficult to make them understand the
electric telegraph; but yesterday, Mt the Smith
sonian Institution, with other vsiters they formed
q chain to receive the shock of the electric APP
paratus. Captain Love embraced the opportunity
to remind them of the telegraph; and on per-
ceiying that the shock was instantaneous through
out the whole chan one Of them smiled tri-
umphantly, and said al now know how you
make them understand you SO far off"
In New York they felt great disposition to
"wait until the throng should pass by" but
they found it like the river man is said to have
sat down by that he might cross to the other
side when it should be out of his why!
Captain Love has many jokes with them, but
is careful not to let them be deceived in the least
particular The other day, however, one of them
said to him, GOOD has been partial and has ia
vored your people; why is that?" Captain L.
replied, laughingly, at must be because you
Pueblos are such bad, rascally set Of fellows"
The Indian looked serious for n few moments,
and then replied, as to himself, "That must be
sol"
The Pueblo Indians, though good, industrious,
sprightly, and worthy people, are not voters in
New Mexico, and cannot be while they preserve
the Emporium in imperio; and there is little like
lihood Of their soon changing it. We do not
know how many pueblos, or towns, there are of
them: but they are very distinct from each
other. and they do not encourage or permit
the intermixture of different communities.
Half-breeds, whenever they appear, are obliged
to take their places among the Spanish Mex
leans The Pueblos are variously estimated at
from ten to fifteen thousand. They are Ro-
man Catholic people, and pay much respect to
the rites Of that church yet not without retain
ing q leaven Of the superstitious notions their
fathers taught them. The priests are very po-
tential among them; and we believe the only
revenues they we're ever willing to pay when I'M
der Mexican rule was to the priests They much
prefer their present rulers, and ask nothing from
them but protection from the oppression and
rascality of the savage tribes and others. Though
quiet, peaceful people, they possess true cour-
age, and are feared in battle by all opponents.
The Hon. Mr.. Weightman, Of New Mexico,
has done everything in his power to render
pleasant and profitable to them the visit Of the
little party now here. Mr. Weightman had his
family with him in their country at the time Of
his election, and they have been greatly rejocec
to see his most estimable lady and children here