The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-14
AN HISTORIC ADOBE.
Elise Ancient Mud Palsoc or Santa
&c, Now Mexico.
ssstcps've Repairs Being Made the
Queer q u Omclai Structure by
tho National Govcrninons
va to Preserve &c.

10 GfeScTvo
Tho sound of tho hammer, tho SAW,
\ hnd the trowcl makes n merry echo song
I'm and about tho historic adobe palace,
anys Tho Santa Fe Now Mexican. Tho
National Government has supplied tho
! annds. nnl Secretary Thomas has lot
Y aso contract for $1,000 worth Of i'm
provcmcnts. or moro properly speaking.
4 repairs, of this anciont Official odiflcc. SO
D enl1 of intorost to all tourists and sight
\ sccrs who visit Santa Fo.
& The Governors palace is in much tho
e3mc condition rs last year, except tina:
che additional lapse OF timo has u,ado
tho nocd OF repairs moro pressing. Tho
Bccretary Of tho Territory. who Is its
custodian, has obtained an aprropria-
4 aion OF So. 900 from Congress for tho pur-
/ pose. and while this sum is considcra-
Oily less than that which no estimated
20 DO necessary, yot it will do much to
preserve this interesting historic cdifico
< 10 fair condition.
Without disparaging tho Importance
I ef any OF tho cherished historical local
sSlrs OF tho East, it may DO truthfully
& Naid that this ancient palace surpasseS
IN historic interest and valuo any other
place or object in tho United States 10
2ntcda.cs tho settlement OF Jamestown
by nino years, and that of Plymouth by
ewenty-two. and has stood during tho
&wo hundred and nincty-two years since
2ss erection. not rs cold rock or monu-
mcpt with no claim upon tho interest Of
humanity except tho bare fact OF it's
HonLinucd existence, but as tho living
+ center Of every thing OF historical i'm
\ portanco in the Southwest. Through
NIL that long period. whether under
Spanish, Pueblo, Mexican or American
control, it has boon tho scat of power
and authority. Whether tho ruior was
called viocroy, captain-gencral. political
ehicf. department commander or gov
Frnor. and whether no presided ovor o
Kingdom, province, department or O
sorfitory. this has been his official rcsi-,
Aacncc.
In his recent annual report to tho
Secretary OF tho interior Governor
Prince took occasion to present somo
highly iDtcrcslin. data relative to this
structure. He states that from hero
Onatc started in 1900 on his adventure
GUS cxpcd ton to tho eastern plains;
hero. seven years lator, eight hundred
INDIANS cano from far-oT Quivira to ask
mid in their war with Axiaos: from hero.
tn 1918. Niccntc dc Saldiva set forth to
sho MoQui country only To be turned
6ucl; 10y reports Of tho giants to BIZ en-
Countcrtd; from hero Pcnclosu and his
brilliant troop started March s, lOG., Oh
fbcir marvellous expedition to the Mis-
Eonri: in ono Of it's strong rooEs tho
omrli5sioncr-Gcncral Of tho InQuisition
ra,s i,npr.soHod q few years latcrby tho
sarno Icnclosa; within its walls, forth
lied as for n siege, tho bravCst Of tho
Spaniarde wcro masscd in their rcvolu-
zion OF 1850; hcrc, on tho 10th OF August
Df that year, WAS given tho order TO OK
ecuto forty Pueblo prisoners in
eho plaza which faces tho building;
hcrc. "a day later, was tho sad war
council held which determined
On the evacuation OF tho city:
hero wns tho sccnc Of triumph OF tho
Pueblo chicflains as they ordered tho
destruction CT the Spanish archives and
nho church ornaments in one grand con-
paGration; here Dc Vargas, So. tcmb,r
~. 1909. a ter tho eleven hour combat
ef tho preceding day. Eavo thanks to
abe Virgin Mary, to whose aid lic attrib-
utcd his triumphant capture Of tho city;
nero, Incre than century later. March
3. 1871. Lieutenant Pike was brought
before Governor Alencastcr as an in
vaficr OF Spanish soil; here. in 1922, tho
Mcxican standard, with its caglo and
CACTUS. was raised IN token that New
MtSico was no longer dependence OF
Spain; from here, tho 9th OF August,
1881. Governor Perez started to subduo
Che insure ction in tho North, only to
return tllreo days later to meet his
death. the 9th, near Aqua Fria; hero,
aho succeeding day, Joso Gonzales, q
Pueblo Indian Of Taos. was installed as
Governor of New Mexico. soon after TO
BIO executed by order Of Armijo; here,
In tho principal rcccption-room. August
II. iSd0. Captain Cooke, tho American
envoy. las received by Governor Arrlilo
End. sent back with message Of def
arcc; and here, five days later General
Hcarncy formally took possession Of tho
city. AID slept after his long and weary
march CD tho carpctcd carthcn floor Of
f clio palace.
y MarveIou, Iric.t.
n now Illusion is reported from tho
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