The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-08-04

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ed, and early in the afternoon
pulled up at Galistea, a pleasant
little town. located on plaza, and |
on the edge of a stream or rivulet.
Galisteo is as aged as its neigh
Dor, Santa Fe, but not SO preten-
tious. Its population is chiefly ma
tive. Mr.. Davis, who keeps the
hotel there, rendered our stay of
two or three hours very agreeable.
Sunday night we biyouacked in
the woods, slept on buffalo robes,
and under blankets. We don't rel
ish such accommodations. The
room seems too spacious, especially
on awakening, and the music Of
prairie dogs mouths, and Antelope
feet are not calculated to sooth us
to slumber
AT nearly the hour of 12 M, we
rolled into Santa Fe. On the trip
thither apprehension possessed us
that we would experience difficulty
in securing sleeping accommodation
but before we had time to vacate our
seat in the wagon a bedroom was
placed at our disposal by friend
whom we opportunely met, and be-
fore night set in dozen invitations
of like character were extended US.
Indeed we never met a more hos
pitable people than those of Santa
Fe, and had we been SO disposed,
we could have come back with the
identical nickel we took away with
us, but we became reckless and
spent it.
Well, now, as to Santa Fe, the
English translation of which is
"Holy Faith" 1t is small for its
age. The city IS 333 years old, and
contains but 5000 bodies-how ma
ny souls we know not. There ap-
peared to us to be a great many
there who had hard struggling to
keep souls and bodies together and
so plentiful were the untutored, the
vile and the vicious, that we sus-
pected that i'll many cases soul and
body had been divorced. Upon
the one hand we found a high de-
gree Of culture, and on the other
those who couldn't tell who made
them. Bat the city. the modern
portion of it, is pretty, save that
the streets are too narrow. The
buildings are substantial, and the
air Of the 10Th century marks and
characterizes them all. AS we said,
the citizens. the educated Mexi
cans and Americans, are hospitable,
open-handed and open-hearted. -
= We will not soon forget the courte
t sizes extended us by representative;
of both civilizations.
But we must hasten, and get back
, home. After spending week anC
e a day at Santa Fe, we turned oul
e face homeward. In prehistoric
i days it was said that call roads
z lead TO Rome" Coming ont o
e Santa Fe all roads lead everywhere
/ each taking tangent, thus battling
J the most expert navigator of hors
Is es and mules. Ozane tried severa
j Of them. but finally, without mucl
It loss Of time, struck the right one
/ Will. Stone, with his carriage
), Joined our caravan at Santa Fe
e thus enhancing the pleasure of ou
IS party, and augmentlng its respects
Il bility.
r, The first night, (Tuesday,) W
q camped about a mile this side {
n Galisteo, and in the early mornin
= set out, with Antelope Springs a
II our objective point. We arrive
= there in a rain storm, and frien
/ McAfee took us in out of the wei
u and provided us with grateful she
/ ter. For the benefit and entertain
g ment of our lady readers we wi
< here interpolate the fact that No
B has three daughters married
I three brothers named Dow, whic
20 is an uncommon incident. Iu al
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