The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-20
CRUCIFIxIoN IN COLORADO.

IT 10 hardly credible that this country and in this
age religious anatcism would could carry any body
Of nomnally Christian so far as to cruelty another
and leave him exposed 10 the elements ana the Wild
animals and birds OF the TO waste his life away.
And yet such fact is vouchcd tor by a missionary
correspondent OF the Church journal church.
ydn having taken place recently in Western Colo
RADIO. There is not IN that region milo of railroad
river navigation the OF tho law is weak there;
the oil tho country renders the pursuit Of farm
ing, manufacturing grazing next inpos-
sible; ana yet there Is magnet In those
hills ard streams which is drawing and
will thousands OF good bad and indif.
icrent persons 10 that ptrt oil tho state
Travel is therefore, almost II not altogether on foot
or on horseback. The missionary writes asking
money 70 buy horse and hight wagon with whcha
10 reach his appointments, one oil which is at Del
N0rtc, another at Saguacbe thirty 6vc mics dstan
a third at Rock CHI (,hirtcen mics farther on and
Others ~ Silveron and uyray, and IN other directions
the people are camorons Tor his presence. Oi the
generate descendants oil tho Pizars's tue ordly span
iards and the proud native princes oil Mexico who
habit that part OF Colorado and whose Catholic training
he says has only enabled them to cling TO Tue DRY husk
OF their religion hp. writes:--'0ut IN the country
We have the Mexican pentent,s,' whose nominal
Christianity has only served determine the time
manner oil their pcnanccs. Last week, returning iron
saguacDc (''a wzlfd tried short cut, and, riding
over little hili cime suddenly upon baud OF Iour.
Naked except tor pair OF drawers, they were walk
ine barcootcd through tho snow, chanting some
melancholy strain, IaSning ,ler bare bodies with
whips OF sonpwccd leaves II IS TO pocicai cNnegera
ton but the literal tac, that the blood was lowing
rapidly down them. Their bodies looked iike
steaks, the heavy OF the Iasbes told OF the
reailty of the lagclIAons. Some lttc distance rom
the q, stood "a lar e wooden cross, which, was told
had been carried PROCESSION by last year. is
weight must have nearly broken has back Upon II
they cruciic one OF their number last spring binding
fast by ropes and leaving HIM iong that
died.
my narrow limits forbid to more. II any
wishes iuJer Information the slujcct VIII d.
most happy 10 write him with a minuteness winch is
here impossible. VIII only say 10 any VINO may
think Oi xVug out missionaries You " III nnd
ncid more tban usually PROMISING KIND people TO wei
come you, and saiuDr.ous climate, where many OF
the Ms OF lie consumption, bronchitis, asthma and
Kindred dscascs--arc almost literally unknowiL' No
wonder that the missionary asks tho prayers % tho
church Tor sucn benghtcd region Of our country,
and where needed, he at least score OF ably
ncd men who can nghi atheism, dcsa, sceptcism ana
Woo unuor ali It's shapes where money - wanted 10 build
churches, TO establish missions, TO buy Bibles aud
books to scatter Church and sunday school papers
among people too poor 10 get hem otherwise, 10
tam "a hviDg connection between this 'utranontan
mission ana the Mother Church.