Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1890-11-21
THE HISTORIC ADOBE PALACE.

The sound of the hammer, the saw
and the trowel makes a merry echo
song in and about the historic adobe
palace to-day. The national govern
ment has supplied the funds and
Secretary Thomas has let the CON
tract for SO, goo worth of improvements,
or more properly speaking, repairs on
this ancient official edihce, so full of
interest to all tourists and sightseers
who visit Santa Fe. The workmen
took possession Of the building yester-
day, and in sixty days will have com
pleted their task.
The governors palace is inmuch the
same condition as last year, that the
additional lapse Of time has made the
need Of repairs more pressing. The
secretary Of the territory, who is it's
custodian, has obtained an appropria-
tion Of $4,000 from congress for this
purpose, and while this sum is con-
siderably less than that which he
estimated to be necessary, yet it will
do much to preserve this interesting
historic ediGce in fair condition.
Without disparaglng the Importance
of any Of the cherished historical
localities Of the east, it may be truth
fully said that this ancient palace
surpasses in historic interest and value
any other place or object in the United
States. 1t antedates the settlement
Of jamestown by nine years, and that
Of Plymouth by twenty-five, and has
stood during the 292 years since its
erection, not as a cold rock or mOnu-
ment with NO claim upon the interest
OF humanity except the bare fact Of
its continued existence, but the living
center Of everything Of historical inn
portance in the southwest. Through
al that long period, whether under
Spanish, Pueblo, Mexican or American
control, it has been the seat of power
and authority. Whether the ruler
was called yiceroy, captain-general,
political chief, department comman-
der CT governor, and whether he pre-
sided over a kingdom, a province, a
department or territory, this has
been his Official residence.
In his recent annual report to the
secretary of the interior, Gov. Prince
takes occasion to present some highly
Interesting data relative to this struc
ture. He states that from here Olata
started in 1899 on his adventurous ex-
petition to the eastern plains; here,
seven years later, 800 Indians came
FROM far off QuNira to ask aid in their
war with the AXtaOs; from here in 1913
Vicente de Saldiyar set forth to the
M0qui country only 20 be turned back
by rumors Of the giants to be encoun-
tered; from here peu0loSa and his
brilliant troop started on the 9th OF
March, 1862, on their marvellous eX-
pedition to the Missouri; in one of It's
strong rooms the comlnissary general
OF the lnQuisition was imprisoned a
Few years later by the same Penaiosa;
within It's walls, fortified as for a
siege, the brayesI Of the Spaniards
were massed in their revolution of 1880;
here on the 10th Of August Of that
year, was given the order to execute
f0rty-seyen Pueblo prisoners in the
plaza which faces the building; here,
but Il day later, was the sad war cCun-
ell held which determined on the
evacuation of the city; here was the
scene OF triumph of the Pueblo chief
rains as they ordered The destruction
OF the Spanish archives and the church
ornaments in one grand conhagration;
here DE Vargas on Sept. II, 1882, after
the eleven hours combat Of the pre-
ceding day, gave thanks TO the Virgin
Mary to whose aid he attributed his
triumphant capture Of the city; here
more than a century later, on March
3, 1907, Lieut.. Pike was brought before
Gov. Alencaster as an invader of
Spanish soil; here in 1922 the Mexican
standard with its eagle and cactus was
raised in token that New Mexico was
no longer a dependency of Spain; from
here, on the 9th Of August, 1887, Gov.
Perez started to subdue the insurrec-
tion in the north, only to return two
days lateI and to meet his death, on
the 9uh, near Aqua Fria; here on the
succeeding day, Jose Gonzales, a pue-
bio Indian Of Taos, was installed as
governor Of New Mexico, soon after
to be executed by order OF Armijo;
here in the principal reception room,
Aug -, 1876, Capt. Cooke, the American
envoy, was received by Gov. Armijo
and sent back with a message of de-
tlanee: and here five days later, Gen.
Kearney formally took possession of
the city, and slept after his long and
weary march, on the carpeted earthen
floor OF the Palace.
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