Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1878-03-16
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TAOS.
Life in 4 New iirX:can Town.

III" xhNrT lTl'u'r say:
TmT people at Taos alr er"nnnicni
~ the HaV of house room ihcr" are
hut two dwellings, a. Taos. ard IN
those Two all the inhabitants reside.
rhry are NOT onnrd hv AMY "re or
TWO parties. sud the aparr".'ni> "l"I'
a. in some other places | could nrfI-
ton, where the huU-e- axe a. ih'Ck'v
i1hahilcu; bat a, best could learn
lhr people pl->r>s the houses III CO.
PARTNERSHIP. und all l;v" i:kr one hnp-
py family. a house p."pyr!! r"n-'i-
lu'r> a village One IL the hutt-
inyS at Taos c"vrr- ahout m acre IT
ground, and the e her about IN acre
and II qnarIrr. hey ave c"">lrur,cd,
H. j, generally knonn, presume.
Ike pyramidS. one story on another
unGi Ihrv rencl ti;,y or siN'N feet into
the air, each story being sci ia t om
the edge al the one below sufficiently
tar 10 bring the >lruc. urr aluu~l !" =
point by tie tinr five st"ric- are A.
tanned. The walls afe -. un"hr. aHd
Tie bottom ones are vriv thick. IT,
they must be 10 support tnr iHrr'r"-e
weight that they are c"hp"l!"d 10
h"l. up. There are innunorahl. par
,i,iuhs walls hjch STRIVE Ia support
the ruui, aud top walls a. well a. {"
separate the rooms The Inside wnil-
arr thus tie highest anal strongest.
Being thoroughly protected! from wtnt
slight ra,u'uli there - IN Iir country.
they stand tor ages. III" ENTRANCES
arr from Ite top, a~crui. aud ,ir-reul-
being made hy "cuB, oi !nda'r>. y
ladder l. about IL useful hing III Il
purbiu village A. IA iegi.prnCli - IN Il
nev, PAPER office These Ladders stand
ever, here, outside aud inside ri and
ali around a village They are Used
10 ci,ub ircp the ground - tue hrei
roe. from the first Ia the second. and
80 Oh 10 The top ant then lculu the
{ top 20 the frs iinnr from aprvc. ana
80 on back again Ia he bot ON / he
propie =" up aud down thcni with tie
! agility of munkcv-. Even iheir d.
/ uteeji, amin al climb lhrn wrh peg
/ t.rt ru-c. Au iEtiiau', dog l. the
u.Xt hing L. az Indian after his lif>t
cu,:~lu, aIi he animals riu-' ~ course
! br IA ,hc huu-e. Consequently. one
%; tie iir>I ,,>-pi,, "a i'urb!o ~ ruu~t
learn /, Ia c.inb ny aud d"nh these
} laa,ir'S. Rae tut,ken- also uiI"rl-
Stand The n."lu- o,rtaIdi, aad ihr
/ b .u-rn If. often Illus ha, a Who'll"
brnul p.ckln: cruu,b- from her i"nrih
t,or The huu-c~ are diNmtd nj"
commandments. The tu.nn, hcinr about
ten or twelve feet square. y ih"ilF
occupies one compartment, ahi Who
suever owns the ground Il '"r owns
aud occupies all above II. Ii uiav IN
seen that those h;.yihg their residence
in the ceuIre of i.r buildng have
much more cu,nnoi."u> unnsler> ihan
their ont iie nciulh,r>. u hen IN one
Of the Taos hives" II Iahily urcun.-
ing ceniral apartments has i've r""'">;
those upon whom are conferred front
corner rooms bave hut one tbry
have rules regulating the di-iri'u ton,
gpnaralv giving The most capari"u-
apartments IL their most hoDorrd ~
liens. These i,enp!e. when "al hone. y
are 80 .i!cctually separated lay The i"n-
men-e walls hr' wrrn item that They
are no more troubled by their nrI-b'
bars Than are The people who i've
along Fourteenth street IN Denver.
The family relations Are al well
preserved aud an, told that ZONES
: tic discurd docs not prevail here more
than among more civilized communi
ties. The lamb and the lion lie doNi
together. The m"'herIn-Iaw an,
-on-in-aw iii in opposite corner, anc
smoke the pipe of peace. There ar,
abou, 100 indians in this village, anC
+ they al inhabIt these TWO houses, con
srqurnllv they are about as 'hirk a. ;
new paper Of pins. There have beet
about seventy deaths fr"n snall-po!
in the place during the last few
months. and. fearing that the wall
might tie iroculated. did not 20 in
side
These Indians have lived at th;
place for over 300 wears. as Ne hav'
every reason IN believe from the oil
Spanish records still extaht; bow
much longer will prnbuhiv never h
known, as they have 10 knowledg
themselves. |; j.. however. believe'
, that they settled here about The iin
or soon after Corlrz attacked MeXic,