Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-04-18

their gods were ncensed with them for thsirt
great sin in forgetting the gods of their fore q
fathers. They besought their incensed duties
to spare them, and offered up sacrifices to up.
pease them, but in vain, the foods ragged and
the waters rose higher aud higher. When
without single ray Of hope aud reduced to
alter despair, suddenly one Of their priests,
who had tasted and pleaded with their ineen.
sed deities not to utterly destroy the people
announced that be had prevailed with them,
and that nothing could oppose their wrath,
but the sacrifice Of two human beings, 0 male
under the age Of twelve aud female under
ten years Of age. That the,two victims were
to be chosen by lot out Of all tue children Of
the Pueblo That when thus selected they
were to be taken to the edge Of the rock aud
cast into the raging waters below. This 40.
Aouncement Of the will Of their inceused del.
ties from the mouth Of their most reverend
priest filled tue people with great sorrow, sud
the children with the utmost CONSERVATION
and alarm. But such was tho high character
Of the priest for piety that all considered the
auunciation Us direct revelation from their
deviue ties, and prepared to carry it iuta exc.
cutlon, All the children Of the Pueblo were .
assembled aud the lots were drawn and they
fell upon the only sou Of the GovgDw end
the only daughter Of the pous priest who
had announced the will Of their incensed gode
The boy was eleven years old end the girl
nine These children had been reared from
their cradle together aud joined in tboss
youthful sports and pastmes which had mo.
uIded their congenial little hearts into Que. .
They were . lovely pair, the pride Of their
parents bosoms and tue flower Vi oil the cbl-
dren Of the Zuhi tribe. Their innocent and
'rtlesS souls were bound together by a boud
of ,rir.loss oEa.,o .....,,
Like two beautiful roses budding on QUE stem
,uey d,ew their vitoIitv,,rom the Sam. .,,,n. ,
and alike blossomed an0 eo i MAR fria,..,a,,,.
a-ound. When it was proclaimed, tuat the
,ots Ind fallon On tboso 6, or;,o oh;,a.o. ~
ot,,o noonlo n,,.,,,,.a .aa l..,,..l.1 49,. H. 3
their own should be offered as ,ictjms n th,i,
,teod But the AIRED Govsrnor and MON.
ricst rebuked the rising tuluults by doeIs,.
ng that the will Of Their gods should prevail.
although it would deprive each of them Of him
only Child, and wegh down with sorrow theu.
cray hairs to the grave.
So these young and beautiful children, tho,
idols Of the tribe dicked ont IN ali ,bs orn,.
neuts of victims were taken and lpd 70 IN.
edge Of the oyerbapyiDp rock and cast into
the roriur surge below beneath which tbeu
,uk to rise M mora N#tt 1'ligs lhl
From that momsnt tbo vo,o,. hoa,,.u, J..
,ssuoge and dov hv dov rooodod rn.it su.,l..
,Iicy wholly djsaupeared And the zoblau,
,,serted aud believed that thesa. loovel, cb;l.
rou were convert.d rto ,wo ril, nil,o ., % .,on.
which ara NOT for ,;stont ,,o,n I'LL ,ta
oDo, ooch otbor from tho n,a;d ia ,,sa,,oh
,bov vonor.toa -, .oa.as ~, "A az; III.
.ooL G, ponona. G !. ~. a. T., "a, o.l IA Z s 5 ~,
mon which th,v said the aolnr. drova ,ha,, s,
and at the time iuscribad INV mama usn uno0 \,
sow tho two n;llore In tba diotanoa
Ihave myself, said DR.. Swift. heard OF