The morning call., 1891-06-21

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Royal Ensign. Don Augustine Flores Yer
CARA, his servant A. ID. 171O." The AFTER
noon being pleasant, as most afternoons
are in this ancient city, l visited most o.
the sights Of interest In company WIN
Mr.. Everhardt. Before starting on our
afternoon tour of the village ana us en-
yirons ventured out on the front balcony
of the magnificent Palace Hotel that over.
looks many of the prominent buildings Oh
the territory. and in the far western hoTl-
ION, in full view of the Santa re range Oh
the grand old Rockies, with their caps
bathed in perpetual snow $4,000 teet above
sea level, all were tinged with the golden
sunshine that has for ages lighted and
warmed this valley of many RACES. Inc sun
was high in the sky, where IL seemed ilh-
gerng as If 10 catch peep at the dawnins
of new era of peace aud prosperity thaS
shall reign a thousand years, or untll t!lo
final dissolution Of this grand old reDuOllc'
A drive out Palace avenue two or tnIee
miles brought US to the four reservoirs lhaI
supply the city with pure water from noun
tain streams having their headwaters De-
meath the melting SHOWS far up rugged can
yons. Just beyond the larger reservoir III
one of the smaller canyons to the lett are
the famous Aztec springs, whose cool,
delicious waters never fail to create new
vigor. life and energy in all who drink ana
drink plenteOuSly from its sparkling depths
From this point westward miles away over
cities and people Of doubtful orisin'
over valleys once populated, now des0late,
the graceful range OF the Glot'etas
and Guadalupe mountains SHUT out Tue
last descending rays of the king Oh
day. Snow capped peaks and eau
yOnS filled with the SHOWS or centuries
glisten like the silvery foam on Dlllowy
sea. Somewhere in the vista Of years there
were no human eyes to witness the sun
descending rays and the gathering tWlllsht
on these distant heights, but now each day
some one, happy in his dreams OF future
greatness, views this gorgeous landscape as
though the miles were years and mountains
but seconds on the great tmeplece Oh
eternity. Down the mountain sides rush
the cool waters, and | viewed their cryStal
rippleS and the restless fancies that stirred
me, and in the evenings twilight hour as
retired to my room to drink in the refresh
ing hOurs of sleep, and in the unOroken
evening silence have been lulled TO rest, not
as the broken waves of ShallOWy sea, out
by the sweet music that has sung Tor ages
and for ages unheard and unnoticed.
Again reaching the city after viewing ana
drinking in silence the Splend0r OF San
Miguel and other ancient buildings, we
drove to the Pcnitentiary, an institution
large aud well appointed for so young an
organized Territory Under the excellent
management of Colonel Chavez, the
Warden, the prison has prOSpered, not III
securing patrons, but in the diminishing OF
its inmates.
The Government Indian schools in this
city are well looked after, and the 800 or
400 Indian children, principally from the
Pueblo and the Apache Indian settlement.
show aptitude for acquiring knowledge SO
long neglected and rejected by their par
ents, the American Indian.
In the churches of Santa Fe / was par
tculary interested in the choir singing.
When the sound OF many voices broke the
Eli aha "a -
/ argued that the sound WAS praises of God.
In tie Eastern cities thought of the choirs
hired to sing praises to God for the love of
money. Here it is praiSing God in music,
the voice 81 ging the inmOst feeling of the
soul otherwise expressed in wOr0S.
Until within few years all the houses OF
Santa Fe were made of mud pressed and
sunbaked in form resembling our unburnt
brick, though far ess symmetrical.
Adobe is the name applied by natives to
this class of building material, and house
built OF this always has an appearance OF
great antiquity, and also Of impending dis
solution. To convince one of the great age
of civilization found here be has but to
glance at the natiVe-bullt houses, with their
accommodating outdoor bake-OVenS \ q one
but Pueblo Indian could have devised any
thing so determnedly ugly, and sometimes
one is tempt d TO believe that the old Aztec
deitieS must have assisted In their cOnstruc-
ton, Just to show how hideous a place man
could build and still call it home.
These houses have no entrance on the
ground and the terraces are reached by
ladders. Some of the houses were made
before the first Spanish conquest, as can be
seen by the rafters, which were hewn by
stone implements. Only less curious than
the relies of the mound builders aud more
valuable because more available, these
anc ent pueblOs poss SIS a wonderful interest
for the student and a weird attraction for
the tourist despite their peculiar style of
architecture.
The Historical Society of New Mexico.
through the constant and tireleSs efforts of
the Governor. l.. Bradford Price, has sue
ceeded in collecting and maintaining by pop
ular subscription relics that, in years to
come. will make New Mexico and the His
torical Society the Mecca for students of
science, ant and history in the New World.
Here IS to be found the best works of the
ancient inhabitants, the Toltec and the Az
tees, excavatpd from the buried ruins of
their most northern cities near Santa Fe.
Here are also found the remains of build
ings that were destroyed during the early
wars waged by Indians, Spanish and Next
can explorers