Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-04-03

nes, and his dogs and sheep constant compan-
onS. Accustomed to a wandering solitary life
ne knew little aud cared less for the eonyen.
tional forms of social life. His untutored mind
sympathized with and held an untultyated
communion with rugged nature, and his mo-
nents Of greatest happiness were enjoyed far
way from the haunts of men in the mountain
ylds III the pastoral care Of bis 0ocks.
And no greater tribute can be paid to the
AndIiness and goodness Of thSpoor Shepherds
Icart, than to announce, that he carried tie
,oung lam s in lis own bosom Daring his
astoral life it had frequently occurred, that
talr shepherds brought their loeks near by,
md then he and they would meet and pass
yAoe hours in pastoral colloquies Poetry
ias not dlsdained to touch the past jral theme
lOr song to strike the shepherds lay aud Da-
va lSrealS champion who giant Slew, go
,,ed III telling d shepherds tale how he wlea
shepherd boy had rescued lamb from tke
on's jaw. Aud III New Mexico the pastoral
to N times not far distant in the past hau
,ecu bcSet w.th perls from the treacAeIous
Indian savageS who from their mountain ia t
Iysss, would kOuAce down, murder the she
pherds and carry OF whole tockS in one lel.
swoop. Many a thrilling story Of the cruel
deeds and foul rapaclty Of these bold savage
dcpredators is told and these formed the the
mes ot discourse, when shepherds met each
other. In Sucn like dlScourSus had the sheph-
erd who is now following behind our cavalier
and 81, Fernandez, speut whole hours anti.
ills mllld Aud received Il certain lnse ol sup
rotllonS belief He firmly believed III the
story of the lame wolf, that haunted a flock
Of three thousand sheep that despite the she
nero caution anu tue WatchuosS yeldnce,
Jue by one each sheep deyoured uatl ae &C.
vourcd tie last wAen the lame wolf changed
h.mseif into Jlcarlla Apache, who Wit.
a,ndiSh JOY exnlted over the dread havoc he
mad made, and then suddenly dashed away to
rs wild mountain home. Nor could he dlycst
lmSelf Of the belief, but what the two men
Shom the Indian Pueblo Of Nambe had trleu,
condemned and shot for witchcrait, wer real.
Iy wizards and merited the punishment they
received. Possessing this superstt.ou tingc
of mind he followed on revolving the mysleri'
Gus history Of our Cavalier in bis Thoughts uu-
til he LegGn to regard him with an awe akin
to dread. About this time Sr. Fernandez
turned TO see if the sheperd was following ana
on seeing him, remarked All Jose, | see you
are along. When our Cavalier uho turned
to see who was the person addressed, and his
black piercing eyes fell full upon the shepherd,
think said he without withdrawing his eyes
from the shepherd, have seen you before,
but where cannot call to mind.
The shepherd looking gAast as if q thuu'
derboIt was about to dash him to pieces, gus.
ped out. Yes sir, it was iu the mountains
not far from the Mountain Lake, day before
yesterday.
All, true, now | remember you are the She
pherd, that took to be u phantom coljured
up by the enchantrcss of the Mountain Lake.
No, sir, am no phantom, said the sh pd-
erd crossing himself | am mortal man Of
flesh blood, and bone; born of flesh and
blood, and have no dealing, with the evil one.
Our Cavalier could not refrain from smiling
at the answer Of the shepherd, and turning to
, Sr. Fernandez he remarked believe this
simple hearted shepherd, views me with a su.
perstitious awe.
Very probably, replied the old man, for Jo-
Sc believes in the story of the lame wolf. And
what is that story enquired our Cayaler2 As
they walked along Sr. Fernandez related it
and by The time he finished, they reached their
destination and entered the hospitable man.
sion Of the kind hearted old gentleman
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