Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-08-15

terest as is also the Cathedral museum,
The territorial library contains the
Spanish and Mexican archives from 1921
to 1916.
The old plaza abounds in interesting
features. Here Onate camped and set
up his flag. Penalosa gathered his
troops here in 1862, and on this historic
spot the Pueblo chiefs made a bonfire
1880.
DE Vargas camped on the plaza in
1902, and General Kcarny here gave
the nag of the United States to the
breeze in 1876. There is Il monument
in the plaza to the soldiers who fell at
Valverde and Apache canon.
The federal building. a handsome and
c~ou,modiOuS structure, contains offices
Of the u. 5. land courl, surveyor gen
eral, U. ). collector OF internal revenue,
L. 5. marshal, L. 5. land Office, etc.
The " Indian schools are points of
interest to the average visitor, and Of
special Importance to thosA interested in
the education OF the sav2Kes OF the west.
st. Michael's college, the Academy Of
Our Lady Of Light, the Presbyterian mis-
sion house and school, the city high
school, st. Vincont's orphan home. st.
Vincents hospital aud ssnitarium. the
court house, the territorial deal and dumb
asylum, the Mexican fligree iewelry
factory, aud many curiosity shops filled
with Pueblo, Spanish, Mexican, Navajo,
and Apache curiosities, are all worth a
a visit from the stranger who will be
sure to find many objects of study and
interest.
CIIFF DWELLINGS EASILY REACHED.
After %exhausting the sights Of the city,
the tourist, II on pleasure bent. may
visit the ciin dwellings, easily reached
by rail or other conveyance, and in the
fortresses of these ancient people find a
most attractive subject for investiga-
ton. Or he may visit the puebIos where
the Indians now dwell. These towns,
in many cases antedate the discovery of
America, and were probably occupied
contemporaneonSIy with the cliff dwell
ers, by people Of the same race. TO the
student desiring to make a careful in
vestigatiOn Of this most fascinating sub
ject, Santa Fe offers many advantages,
o to be found elsewhere in the terri
tory. He would have access to several
large public libraries, and could easily
reach the scene of his studies by rail or
other conveyance.
There are many other than aboriginal
monuments to be- found contiguous to
Santa Fe.
In the remains Of mission houses and
churches, eloquent testimony is borne to
those devoted servants Of the cross, who
sacrificed all the comforts of home and
the retnements Of civilization. in their
zeal to carry the light into the dark and
unknown quarters OF the world
San Miguel church mentioned above is
= monument of this kind. II combines
all the essential elements Of church.
fort and monument. On it's walls are
arrow pierced paintings. Leveled to
the ground by ruthless war, it rose
again at the bidding of the pious Mar
quis de Ia Penuela, a record of whose
care for the old edifice is carved in
quaint letters on a beam spanning its
western end. This portion Of the build
ing survived the dissertation of the
siege. But this is only one Of many.
There are several uId churches in
Santa Fe, possessing a quaint interest
all their own. They must be seen to be
appreciated. The city abounds in novel
sights to the. stranger. The narrow,
tortuous streets, the old adobe buildings,
the Mexican inhabitants with their soft
musical speech and picturesque dress,
all these enve'op the ancient capital in a
romantic charm, that is testified to by
all who have felt its magic spell. Side by
side with all this, n finds the restless
Americans Of the period, rafting the
dry bones of mediaevalism, and injecting
the energetic spirit Of the present into
the easy slow going civilization of the
sast.