The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-03
IN NEW MEXICO.
rAE pEoe.E AND rAE oovNrRY.
rAsa,x'ean Ropulltl0n-A Yer, L,1y cl...-Ll,.
IpE In Houses ornad-Ths Poor Food Thsy
ta'-Hou the ludIans RIlst-rhs Oldest
CAuIeh ia the Uaitsd statss.
Special Correspondence 0ne 1aai0enor.
LAS VEGAS, NEW Mexico.

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LAS VEGAS, NEW Mexico. 1
November 25.
The meaning Of the name Of this place In
English is "the meadows" so called be
cause It is a wide expanse Of level land
shut in by tho foot hills Of the Spanish
range Of the Rocky Mountains. When you
ascend one oithe spurs Of this range you
get a sigh. worth seeing. Its q beautiful
heath, covered with verdure during the
rainy season Of the summer and for some
weeks aiterward, but at this season quite
dead in its appearance, yet nevertheless
very attractive. The grass does not die or
loee It's nutritive qualities in this country
when II becomes sere in appearance. All
tho winter through the cattle and sheep
Craze upon 1t and are retustained solely by 1t.
They are never fed grain or hay during the
winter in this latitude. Although these
meadows" are about G.000 feet above the
sea level yet they are rarely covered with
snow for more than day, and It Is not often
that snow falls for two hours together.
Stock OF all kinds are Obliged. as the saying
is, to "rustle" for their food-that Is, get It
solely by their own exertions. And the
fact that so small per cent Of them die
snrcessinllv. Thia h one reason why the
live etock bnainess IA 40 profitabIe and
temn,;no @ In tbis conntrvr Another reason
Il that tSe land IL literally "a CHEAP az dirt
~ ' those envaoed in the bnsinees. As a
rn,a the. ,bsv ID net own n Thev forage nnon
= o soa. ~ ;,ss, @ Gfot'l land ia enclnssd II il
free s ~ eavhoay f,r or ding nnrnoses. and
,he s,sh; ri q iancs anvvbere In New
Msxico avev from the towns or puebIos
=. nIsca,a. 90 tLsv ara varionsly called Ia
" a - p pr;,v ;n3eeJ ~
" i - 49,. ,,sx,.o
Ah" EN- aAAi1o. 11p
New Mexico Is an immense country and
also a very peculiar country. Its largest
,or, r., v.oas and Il ia a nlace of q mn
''"n % va se.., -. . - =. -,
peopie-so tne e'sA9ns Say as ieass.auu ..aai
you know how prone people are 10 tell the
trp,h about the s;zs OF their towns. The
late Thomas CARLYLE once said that England
ia country OF 2S 0Co. 900 OF people, "mostly
fools." New n. xica is country Of ia COO
square milea, and 5000 people, mostly
Mexlcant. heIe tne MeA'SahS Afe IL ah
their ancient p1iminvenesss aes.tu ana LOO gooaior- 10.
,b;lda S,.1.s 81 ,hs nannlstion There % ara nossj.
blv 10000 white people in the territory.
Mexicans are notspoken Of as white people,
iof the very sooa teason tmaS .hes sre nos
tcs % and @ @.ssmetimes az white as ouadroons.
Thosa Il Indian mixture-thst is, recent
mixture-haye straight Indian hair. Those
Of me- more pronounced Spanish type have
dark curly hair. And yet with dark COM
plex;ong. dark eyes and dark hair, you
rarely sees really handsome man or woman.
They live poor and look poor. People gen.
eralIy look the way they live.
Tbe Mexican masses live in adobe
houses-called dolby houses out here-that
IL. bouses built out Of brown mud. They
mix this mud with few small stones some.
timcs, but not often. Il quite often mud
bricks. about three times the size OF our
bricks dried in the sun and laid in the
wall Two feet thick. Nearly all Of them
are one.story houses. Many Of them are
built Ike a fort, several families living in
their different compartments, and having O
common courtyard or placeta.
HOW a,, rhi ,sDlsGsn,Is, ,soir h.m1s,. 0,s,,os
ine inuisns = .a. .Asn sa,, = .sa;,s a,sos.os r
while .ne m.n..as .,o aus. s =, ,ba;r honsss srd
iney 1--WE vn 'as nDo,u ",,s y, 10, a;nn,s aSohsn
tne hoofs iSe 'ne "a,' a ~. ~. "hara a ,on MI S;,
or eai'n. w .,.,.a ~ aug a,s | .hs aomsn non and NJ"
you nearly always nnu Ae "Jsn Jnaaa "Ae
children aquatting on tue H9or. suppose
that the large morty Q, sronnd sieeR sn5