Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1856-11-29
(WrHea for the Santa Fe Gasei'e.)
THE -IoUWTAIN-LAxE LEc.LNp,

Chap. s.
When our cavalier founl himself rl59c in
his room, his mind turned with thousand re-
fcaions on the Strange aul miraculous Incl
dents OF his life. Although he had convinced
ph Swift thss bis total Ignorance Of The w0.,d's
history and progress subst0utnt to tho yeas
liOO was owing to tho effects Of IL. psrOyism
upon lis hrain, vet he coall no. shut gu. the
"uIh IRON himself. Ha cgull not be mistaken
as TO his having arrived in SOnla Fc in the
yea7 1892. He opened hi, ,hirt bosom and n
aed upon Che scar Of an lalian arrow which
h' had received in hisL.eait in n hard fough!
battle which rescltcd in thr retapturo of San.
ia fe. THIS scar faid he, vas made by m ar.
row sped from tha strong how q That brave
Indan chief Tbo il 1892 ahcn tho les. strur.
&c .or Stb'a 70 was mlic, and it rao fnal,y
recaptugcd. When this noble chief sav ali
BIS braves sent to IL, cpirt land by spanisr
rrowesr, foamea and rayed in bis desperation
ill his meek veins swe'loi and his heart str,pcs
'rockci, and without having received wound
te'l dead upon his cherished natlre soil. This
scar and my vivid and distinct rccollections Of
that fierce aud bloody contest assure mo ,ba.
lived In those sventiu days. Through what
scenes must have passed while two centuries
have obviously rolled over me, leaving me tho
same identical being that | was when ,trct.
csea 'py wearird limbs ppon the borders Of ,ho
M1un'ain-Lake and slept, while all nv cOntcm.
porarled one by one have dropt into the tomb
ana 'he world has been processing in its on
ward career making history Of which | ami
profoundly ignorant How thl. lcnr lapse
OF year8ha7e stolen over me making so wide a
gap OF unconscious existence in my life, must
forever to me remain marvel Within me
rases burning desire to know how that long
gap has heen Lllal up, and as have been as
sucd that its history is recorded cannot re.
press my daep anxiety to enter upon it. study.
While thus soliloquil'ng, he east his eyes to.
ward small table upon which he discovered
a pamphlet, which taking up he found to be
entitled; 81 treatise on Railroads. in general,
and on The Great Atlantic and Poetic Rail
road IN parlirular" No greater treasure could
have fallen into his hands since the converse.
ton in the SdGcium had turned upon railroads
md ho had an engagement with DR.. Swift
to visit one that eycninc at O'Clock. So he
seated himself and commenced It's rerosa. The
Treatise contained graphic description Of tho
locomotive, with spleuhlly engraved cuts Of
the same, with full and clear explanations Of
its mOdus Oprcndi and OF every thing pertain
lhg tot. The power Of steam o. a motive
power, and The mode of applying it was also
fully Illustrated. The plan Of q railroad with
drawings of the same 80 accurately dalincatcd
that there Sas no dl,hcalty in comprehendlnc it,
Then followed shOrt account of the first rail.
road ever constructed, together with history
of railroads in general, giving their costs Of
construction, their length in miles and other in.
teres;lng details connected Herewith. llavipy
treated VI the above subjects the treatise closed
wththe following dissertation on the Great
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad! "lhis stupen.
dOus and master work ofthC world far surpas.
sing in utility md in ts beneficial results to
mankind all Others known either ia an.Iouty Or
modern times, requires from Us more e1tep.
ded and elaborate notice. HHt.t u
"The importance Of eonrec ing tho waters Of
the Atlantic with those Of the Pacific ocean hy
means OF Orailroad at u very early,perioa in
the history of railroads, attracted the attention
Of scientific and commercial men in the United
State" But the railroai fever WIS confined
for many years to ths construction Of them in
the States on the east ~ithe Rocky Mountains.
Abopt the years lSl5 and 1850, the subject of
constructing the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
bcgAn to be discussed in Congress, in the pu.
Bile press and am9pg The people. Large adl,-
tons Of territory were in the meantime made
to our possessions on the Pacific, which on ne
couut Of their teeming with gold drew such i'm.
meuse emigrations to them, that in less than
FIVE years We had one Stats and two organized
Territories wsst, Of .the Rocky mountains. 10