Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1877-03-31
TERRA Amarillo Route.

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The town of. TERRA Amarrilla-the
point at which the narrow gague will ter
inmate from Fl. Garland-is a Mexican
plaza of about $500 people. and enter
tains four stores and Quitting houses.
It lies $50 miles south of the Animas
Valley. and is located in the heart of one
of the most picturesque Mesas to be found
in New Mexico. Fandangoes are of
nightly occurrence, and the beauty and
of New Mexico are found cOngle-
gated at these places of amusement. Here
an americana will find himself at home,
and will be introduced into the arcana of
Spanish dances and Spanish society with
an ease and nonehalent freedom, By the
olive complicated denizens. rarely to be
met with outside of Spanish hacinda.
The society of ''ios buenos AmericanOs" is
everywhe courted, particularly by the
SenOritas de Ia plaza v los moraines des
Sierras, as n superior being. and the
associations of which, with those lovely
maidens. soon become q portion of the
legends of social intercourse around the
home fireplace.
From this point through to the Pagosa
Springs. is beautiful prairie land, COW
cred with tine grass and open timber. The
timber is mostly of white and red pine,
free from limbs and very straight and
symetrical The grass is abundant, pro-
dncing pasturagc tor thousands of head of
sheep and goata These vast herds of
sheep are found occupying the country
from Conejos to the Rio Pinos. and to the
mouth of the San Juan river. The Pagosa
Springs are on the South side of the Rio
San Juan, and about 800 yards above the
main crossing of the river, only about 100
yards from the river bank. The largest
spring Is about fifty feet wide, and the
water is scalding hot. The steam and
vapor arising from the spring can be seen
like a white cloud for some distance down
the valley. Those springs are produced
from an old volcanic assure. and contain
sulphur, maenesia, calcium. iron and
soda-pleasant to the taste and considered
valuable as a therapeutical agent. IN
some cases of chronic diseases Those
springs are held sacred by the Ute, Nave
JOS and Ute Apache Indians, and when
any of the tribes happen to meet upon the
sacred grounds. their implements of war
are stacked and left at camp, away from
the Springs. The Ute Indians hold that
they have never coded the Sacred Springs
to the whites, nor ever will: that the
waters are for the healing of the sick of
all people the whites as well as the reds,
and consequently not transferable. They
hold that the springs were transmitted
from the Great Spirit to their fathers for
tine healing of tie nations. and from their
fathers down IN succession to each sue
ceedIng generation, as an inaiienaole pos
session to the Utes and their children ;
that these waters should continue to
retain their inherent virtues as long as a
Ute Indian was upon earth. to represent
the great tribe of the ancient Astec.
This spring has passed into the hands of
the white man. who has bull. cabin
upon the ground, and set up claim by
virtue OF the presumption laws OF the
United States. The Utes' idea of the pre-
emption law is somewhat unique. He
says the great father at Washington
heap tax um land' The natural products
Of this great scope of country lying from
the TERRA Amarillo TO the San Juan