The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1876-06-01
NEW MExlco.

!, - oVAVlt 1Ilnnns
the following extract from I 49,
nication q that paper ffc~ r
Robe1t ~ Zug, who has 49,
Travelled in New Mexico, "a
be regarded as authority.
As / have this Winter tr....,
about q thousand miles thrpnss IA.
that Territory, spending ~.
weeks among its people, ana "a.
ping at most OF the importaat -
and cities, I thought / uoeS ~
you q few facts in addition s. ~
you have already stated. r.. y,
ulation Of the Territory, Mer;es.
Indians, halfbreeds, aereass,.
whites, and all, is less thsn ~ I
habitant to the square mia 0..
sixth Of the population are Ind;.sse
many Of whom are hosfiIe ~
where these are found, it i ~.
for whites. Although they ~
seem peaceable they are Haa -.
GUS and ready to raise the xn,vs..s
and Ratchet at any tina mn
on the Rio Grand River, witlia r.
miles Of Santa Fe, We cama 49,
band OF Apaches, who, % Il 0rs..
ances, were friendly, but MI =.
provocation whatever made I -
on the nearest white settlenent ~
killed several Americans tve ~.
after we left them. Then thss -
the Pueblo Indians, nomhea;.s
about ten thousand, who, althossS
friendly to the whites, are q 81 "A.
whatever either to themaeaves =
others. They live By themsely,a :
mud villages, in allathe llth -
degradation imaginable. They IL
by fishing, hunting, and rsia|nr !
little corn, bat, as : class, thev -
less although they bag mon. IN
the Mexicans do. OF the Meriea,s
themselves, / can cay nothinr 4
their praise, except that thev. IS
very hospitable. As . raee I'm
are low, filthy, and treaehe1oaa ~
seem to have no Wish q deeis :
improve their condition. The 80.
| ish language is used altoesfip
Even when they understand EoeIia.
it is almost impossible % TT ~
! to converse in that LANGUAGE O.,
side the large towns Englinh isaheak
unknown. There are few schoeh
and nothing to elevate the poepli
| to higher standard. Thege an
flew missionaries who are tsyiue :
raise the people from th6f daSlt
dalton, but the policy of thS JesuiI
i leaders seems to be- to kedp ~
masses in ignorance and a1pee,k
! ton. They cultivate q little arounl,
using a branch or q trunk q q ~
for a pillow, and the little gfsih III
raise is thrashed BY allowing enlts
Ito walk over it and tho yisd y
carry the straw and chan aVay. q
shawl for q girl and . lhiEtf Il i
boy are considered sufIiciont -
ing until they are ten yeaEs efaR
/ A vtrtu0us woman or q tFustWugtaI
man is unknOwH. IB6vef oxpoetl
to see such q race in America; IN
J hardly deserve the name ofha1(k
Of course there are exoepti0n -
here and there an ine1
!. wealthy man is found, 1T tn
, always have all their ~ htn1
under them as serfs, ID . ce1litn
bordering upon slavery. HI =
very superstitious and complol
under the control Of the -
priests, who, / know, ara 49, r.
good, having met many of1heal =
business. The American pol1lAli1l
is small. / have been ~ ~
there are not more than 1lffnon ~
dred Americans In the 1e1leo5
With the exception Of the ~ ~
cattle men, the large propo "A I
the whites are outcasts finn y
) East, the scum Of our larRe cilil1
The resources Of tho TeuitogJ =!
few. There 10 some very fne Ble.l
country, and along the Bio 6las6I
there are good farming lands -
are no mines Of any value, "A !
: hopes of finding any, nnle1e f =
. northwestern portion Of - Isl!l
! tory, where the Indians noW M
sway. There is not . single Nh Z
iErailroad in the Territory, - =
much prospect Of any, ~ sle
!, nothing to draw them. Robbefa
! and murders are of everyday -.
renee, and q mans life = 49,
safe. During ell the time - ~,
, there we were always fully an11
But once did any OF our pattg
! unarmed, and then he paid eo0l
/ hyr - = IT.