Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-08-29
HISTORICAL SKETCHES OF NEW MEXICO
Francisco Sanchez ChamuscadO and the
Franciscan Missionaries. Fray Fran
cisco Lopez, Fray Juan de San
TIA Maria and Fray Agustin
Rodriguez, 1851.

III anu ASdstih
Rodriguez, 1851.
Continued from August 22)
The journey of the monks to the Tanos
of Gallsteo, or even the mere sending OF
one of their namber to another tribe was,
under such conditions. a very imprudent
action. 1t increased the suspicious of the
natives, and confirmed them in any sim
lister thought or plan which they might
have conceived. The Indian is like a
child, if he has formed all attachment for
somebody he hates to see that individual
leave him and 20 to a stranger. 1t APP
pears to him like treason. He fears
betrayal, and that dread increases, the
greater his fondness for the party is or
has been. The missionaries therefor
lost much of their original hold on the
good will of the Tiguas by coming to the
Tanos or sending one Of their number to
the pueblos OF the latter. If, in addition,
the least unusual and unfavorable occur
renee or natural phenomenon took place,
then the missionaries were looked upon
as the orglnators of it, and therefore ire
trievably lost.
Which Of these causes was the leading
agent in the murder of the Franclscans at
under any circumstances it became in
evtable as soon as Chamuscado had left.
1t is likely also that the missionaries felt
and foresaw it themselves. The more
must we admire the courage. of these men,
staying at their self-chosen post, with a
cruel death staring in their faces, and yet
calmly remaining ready to die for what
they regard as their sacreded duty.
The expedition of Chamuscado brought
about that of Espejo in 1882, and bestowed
upon New Mexico the name which it
bears to-day. 1t increased our knowledge
of the distribution of aboriginal tribes, by
adding to the list of those seen by Coro-
nado the pueblos of the Salines and by
tracing the extreme southern limit of
pueblo-culture as line passing through
San Marcal. The death of the missionaries
only increased the desire of the Fran
ciscans to occupy field which had been
irrigated with the blood of martyrs from
their own order. 1t may be SAID that the
journey of 1881 and its tragic termination
have had a much greater effect upon the
future colonization of New Mexico than
the more pretentious enterprise of Coro-
nado forty years previous. The latter was
mostly for gotten for time, the former
doomed up Conspicuously. Between the
death of the monks and the year 1893, when
Onate finally settled New Mexico in
permanent manner, not less than three
attempts were made to penetrate the
north. The one following Immediately upon
Chamuscado' S tour was Antonio lie Es-
peio, about which many fables have been
disseminated and believed. | shall in
my next, present the facts relative to
Espejo's remarkable reconnaissance, not
according to the corrupt version efhls jour
ney found in Hackluyt's Voyages" but
after Espejo's authentic journal and other
contemporary documents.
AID. f. BANDELIER.
Proposals for Insane Asylum Bonds of
the Territory of New Mexico.
OFFICE OF THE TERRITORIAL TREAsURER,l
Santa Fe, N NJ, Aug. rs, 1891.
Bids for the purchase of twenty-five
one thousand dollar bonds of the territory
of New Mexico, at not less than par, will
be received at the office of the territorial
treasurer, up to II o'clock m. of October
|, 1891, at which time such bids will be
opened in the presence of the officers
These bonds are issued for the purpose o,
erecting a territorial insane asylum at Las
Vegas, under law passed February Is,
1891, are dated October |, 1891, bear in
terest at six per cent, payable seminar
nually, January and July |, principal and
interest payable at the National Bank OF
Commerce in New York. Can be paid
twenty years after date and are absolutely
payable in thirty years from date. Any
additional particulars concerning these
bonds will be furnished on application by
the undersigned. r. j. PALEN,
Territorial Treasurer
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