The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-03-16
Az AZTEC LEGEND.

From The piazza in II l'aso. rexa. can he
SEA ! dark ,lp4nn ,ne side of the organ
mountains. tidcy m.tr. distant Tae spgl j.
an excavation. ertunac.. tile work at human
aind, il Nas ,l,re tire centuries ago waen
Tie >ptiHIryis atrz; caa,r, and they were a,
ruzh.ri tlien q, W. are to.d,.,. % compTe-
hanl ta obie,, Vi t,~ excavation .faey
make frequent men:ian or il ia their records.
\ i'w yt.r, a-,o nunaeF 81 gentleman re-
>iding At Z l'.,o de.ermiaci 10 soye. III.
m%>irry i;'itwer su.va'I ,andemp ogrdm.n
10 cleu Tar tuuuei ol thgrG ,ais!i mhich ti,l-
"a il Il j n-ar5y 10 tl,e mouth Tie lioig he
in.c ,hui - fi.i IN a.amatur w,- oone,eafed
af i,c cart. anu stone, that chnkr,l IN.
mau;f e;,'cuiiy washed in i,y ra;p> AMI
.l..a,i-wacn 10 TIE s,ianl,llmrnt nt al i
~, discovered tis.t th- rAcayaii"n ha, I.',.a
;iAc,i vii r,f's,r hrsaIh, from some dt>-
t,he,' Il tlfc eSpn.c of 4rcat iat,or. After
>cv.rd weeks Of hard fahor the worSia,n
aa,i >dc eJ.,; IN penetrating hui fiity ,r >ix-
Is i'-ci into Jfr mountain. and the tas6 was
.aadonsl During thc time tie work; was
progressing. she wr.t-r observed that an o.d
Pre5io oInli Ian. The cd-igpe Of the Yslrta
trihe wtos- town is fifteen miles dstant
from the excavation -w,.> always pres
s,J While the nofImen ,srre cn1,i"ytti,
arithing lie proceedings With tmaniiesta.
ton d. interest unusual n enc ui' hi, race.
70 TsgfIFsT S5-1y'tJUils WIKI WIict' he wasJ'l-
81 th- progress ii or work eliminated when
At T depth or forty Ter; from the surface W.
rNcayased stone cu;,- ninc inches ia hj.h;h
having hiesoIiiphic character, on i've If Il,
,il,rs; these the Old man cxaHllnrd VERY earn.
esilg ! Sc stoi,c was lalA aside for future
examination an the N"r& ci,ntnuc,l;a SHIRT
time utirrwar.l, j, w,sl slno;,crd that the In
dian had .nne When t!.c hour arrived ia
step wora for the day. one ni the woramen
was told {" carry t.r stone down the noun
lain to where our horses ecre aWaiting ~;
ful tttf ~lfiiit A+tS Hft u tFS i'Atlit AZ Ms
quite evident t..at TIE ln,,.aa pad c,rriea il
IL immediately rode a puf>ui; q: tn
supposed t.rt. aai overlook llm npsu hi,
yitib5e Jogging along ~ II;;S pony. We were
a!i acuua ut lnce,. qad did uat hesitate. t.
al once demand tie RETURN # tie ;red-aFe
y, hal anelrihed, h. Replied t'lat he did not
understand Ana That hAA4M a4tiiia u, tiitz.
Stone mention !, has, never seen nor h,r.rl
Of il before. W lru to..i him that | had 5 -su
him cxrnmin. Il he cool tpicd that h.j
brcn jr.auine We wnra now in sight Ill
th- vl.it-r, ani the o.A man insisted tia.
shonii pc,nm!mas I'm 10 iiis home aud
jnin him in 4 cup 81 w.nr, welcome invita-,
tation aich lid not hesitate 70 atet II.
was no stranger to the i'nnliy Of t'e c.itt-
gnc. AMI Was not uapre.mrs'l iar III warm
aud trieudiy sf-a;iu wta Wamh | wt. fe
crivt,, hut MS snf RS i HTa stariIe,i u
the sutj,a change in tiIeit nanuer towards
.nt vixen thu url nan mu,fered faw words
in thg Puab,p tlialeEt the i.aport oi whirh
did not understand 4 Singular express %
nf comain.sl terror .aaE.plloi appear a 'tisn1
their copatAtac..s. N'tich caa1g 4 io smile,
WHEN my hiss >pa<. 8 ttw mora words IA
the Pacific toagae TIE fcm..a- d tHe
iioc>ehoid au.icl themselves in Preparing
faoi Of winch ve were ,onn Invited 10 par
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