Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-07-14
RESTORED THIS KINGDOM

Go his majesty. reports of which facts l
 nave so lar duly transmitted. I gave d -tatemeut of the families under my
 -harge who came from Galicia and Vis
 ;aya with the soldiers of the garrison oi l santa Fe. TEere were with me at the
 sme time seventeen priests. inriU ilns ne Rev. Father Salvador de Antonio,
 where the people Of lhana had a ely santa Fe, we'll fortified ID 1892, the Gat, | was happy enough to c .uquer the
 -ame. The town was inclOsed by bress'
 works and trenches. with four towers.
 two on the south and two on the north,
 with but one entrance. Some Of tue houses were three and four stories high There were estufas m the plaza
 On the 30tO of December, 1892, the arm,
 with me, about l,j00, entered the tow
 and took possession Of it." This IS D. ego de Vargas description of Santa F,
 ID 1892. The fact that three and fou
 story houses existed then and thrr, show the place to have been of great an-
 -iquity in 1892.
 The Spanish population of New Mex ico in 1898 was 76). IL was somewhat
 reduced by casualties tn Indian wars. and ln 100 there were l,uJ6 souls On tho official registers. Diego de Vargas die,
 at Bernaliles in l7j4, while Orgaaizlni an expedition against the Apaehes. IT.
 lsO3 the population was 35,0O0. one
 ihlrd of whom were Pueblo Indians
 All m all, the records show forty-eigh captalns general from 1880 to lSi6. Al. of them resided and held court m the old governors palace at Santa Fe
 Manuel ArmijO was the last Mexican governor On the 18th of August. 1916. Gen. kearuey took possession of Santa
 Fe and the territory of New Mexico for the United States.
 Santa Fe IS the most peculiar city ID the United States. The civilization of three hundred years ago jOgs the civil iz4tion of the 18th century. The Pueb- To Indian, the Mexican, the Spaniard, the American, the German. the English man. the Italian, the Frenchman, are all here, both of full and of mixed blood. Gas-lamps and telegraph wires are ID close proximity to the governors palace, over 2jO years old. Modern frame houses and water-plpes are found with | ID few feet of San Miguel church, Bi l least 300 years old, and contrast after contrast is met with at every corner The city occupies grounds on both side | of the Rio. Santa Fe has an elevation | of TOY het above sea level, and 'hs mighty rocky ribs Of tue main I.Ocky | mountains look down upon It. Baldy, | the highest peak in it's vicinity and dI-- tant about lS miles, IS nearly l3tM feel uigh The population Is $500. ot whom three-fourths are MeTicans, many of whom speak no English. It IS the pollt ical, military, and ecclesiastlal
 HEADQUARTERS OF THE TERRITORY, and retains much of its ancient cOnmer ciai prestige. It has the finest climate O, any place in the terr1t' ", aud Is a most delightful city for summer residence. According to Spanish custom, Santa Fe Is built around purlic square or plaza. A long On--stOry building occupies the north side of the plaza. It IS called the 1 old governors palace. Its walls are Cf adobe, and vary m thickness from three l to seven feet. T. has dirt roof, and it's | valls are about II feet high. Its his l tory x the history of Santa Fe, 1 as much as the history of Santa l Fe is the history of New MeucO- OHaty | found It Co be quite q building in l5s3, | and occupied It as his official reside rec. IL sheltered the Span sh garrison dur ing many an IndiaL attack and saved them in f690 ana l696 from aanIhiiatiOn. In one Of the rooms. still in state of fair repair. Diego Vdrgus. in bis Ofic1al as captain gen-ral, with a staff of office in hand and clad in his official robes, pronounced sentence Of death up- Dn three Pueblo chiefs Diego. Of the Pueblo Of NamOe, Luis C1nigo. of the Pueblo of JemAs. and AlonzO, the gov srnOr Of the Pueblo of Santa DOmin- 90, for participation in the r-bel- non of 1890 against "our sovereign lord. he king, whom may God preserve" The old journal of Diego says, And