Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-04-25

WIZ" ohViV' AL ptIDHcu w uUaru anu
they alone Of all the crew were saved. AT.
ter their transports Of thankfulinss had sub.
SIDED for having reached shore they found
themselves alone III strange land III which
they could discover no traces 0i It's being III.
haDlted. The immense waters lay between
them aud tner home, and a vsst continent
spread out before them III ali. its valley, mo-
untan, AIT, forest grandeur Just as Al vanlc
IRON the hand OF Nature. TAty teit tue iull
impress ol tneir lonely conuitoa III the vast.
nes. o, Nature solitary works untouched aud
unmarried by the nand OF ual. 1t IS need
less to Trace their wanuerlngaOr account l0r
tle manner III winch tIlty procured ioOd as
they nad no sulue tU u.rtel their footsteps,
40, means oi suuslstlng except by lvug On
SalA animals as they found untii tAcy arrived
vi the Pueblo. The Luhaans reIated lhattney
lived ana dled among them leaving family
OF children. Tuat there religion was different
ltom Their own, and llolu ,laai tuel ltarhtG
tlau tue time SOuld arrive eaen the wH.te
people would come and teach them new ~.
lllsion.
( Il was froa thtse white strangers that they
we're taught A,c art Of agriculture, and how
10 spin, wave and sew that after their death
their chlureu intermarrlet wa their people,
aul taat the blood Ol the w4ilc strangers ran
III tie VEINS OF nost Of their people. Aud
tDCy Stale Il Was u curious iact, tlat Il Ire
quenlly occurs, that parents Vi Indian roi0I
often eve b.Itn to enid as wnte AS tht
strdussls Ntr, when they inst appeared Ii
Lner Iueb.o
Ilis tradition must Acknowledge, salt
Doctor nNht. is very ueautiul but uMsI
believe, that the whit, people among them are
alblnos.
Very probably, uspondec our CavaIiy
but have ony relAtod 1t as | received II
from the luh,aus.
Years ago, ioag be.ore tgs ~''i"-'' ''~'' u
oi New Mexico by the United States, tutr'
was story aiioat about tribe ol white la
diaaS living on Il nlouutalu sailey, near whlcl
" white man ntd ever Dtea permitted u
approach aud that tney mad been ulscoNent
Dy SOME traveller WHO concealed III the mo
uut.lllis had been fortunate enough to get ,
,im,,a u luen, but, SAT- Doc owtt, thl'
proved To Ue altogether nbuious.
In this ana SucA IKE dSrolrseS they wer,
elgagcd unti tuey began IL descend hit hIgl
lA.s tuat lead nto tne raylue that vuds II
tnv kOik Corral. " is at the loot OF thu
Ai.l, salu Jose the shepherd, that the reudsl
ru,k with water lii ,Lo tllS, STANDS anu ",
viii soon reach the spot.
Gentlemen, Salu our cavalier, l know yoI
tank | AIN Aborns under sune singular dc
IuSloli, and you have had the kindness to aC
company lit, not with any expectation that
viii find the non box, but with hope tina
my failure 10 hnd II will u,Slt nom my mlnt
those clouds ol fancy that overhang it
Really sir, repltu Doctor swift, you mus
be wltcn to guess our thought
Jose Oh hearing tav tlm VAC alpllel
tO Our cavalier, crossed htnls,li, anu hi
countenance Il, monstrAt'd that he Den, &c
all that he had lold Sr. fernandez and biz
wudowe erauu daughter before setting ou
Oh tns trip. When tney cane ~ Sont U
the rock they discovered man sitting u
gainSt tree aud Durro with h'S puck graz
my hear n.Ili. Jose immediately recognzcC
him as II brother shepherd, anu ne plole1 L
b. Tie identical one IRON whom ne nad So VI
ten neard the story o. the lame vol. IA
Carriage drove up aud halted III front Of thu
rock anu the party got ont
Near linS rock, unuer the identical tree,
believe, where that shylherd now ITS In 1881
almost Two centuries agO, Don Pablo Nuhez
anu myself buried the iron box containing
Our treasure.
Get up, from there. Pedro, exclaimed
jose, hlS eyes starting from their socket, ts
up IRON tnercl you don't knowwhat is undel
yous
Don't know what is under me, replied Pc
dro, there Is no snake under me reckon.
Jose ran to him aud whispered something
into his ear, and PEDRO got up and the tw,