Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-11-24
IN OLD SANTA FE.
Special Correspondence.

Special Correspondence.
Santa Fe. n. NJ, Nov i9.-Her quaint
crooked streets are made on the ol1
COW trail and Indian foot paths \
strangely mixed race Of Indians MeNi-
cans and spaniards, with a share OF the
Auglo.sax and other cowboys sheep
herders. professional and business men
and lots OF health seekers, known here
as "Lungers.' make up the population
OF Santa Fe The abandoned barracks
are "a source OF regret TO the business
men. who look with disfavor upon their
going to decay. The narrow, circultous
roads. bordered on either side by the
fat.r1ofed Mexican houses. look, many
OF them, as they did In the days OF the
Mexican war, when this place was tax
en- from the Mexlcans and made a gar
rison town
In the good old days when the wagon
train wended its way across the dre"ty
plains from Kansas city santa Fe was
"a place of note, ana many thinBs nave
been written about the adventures Of
such a trip Now things have changed
Two lines Of railroad now reach santa
lie ana the traveller for business or
pleasure takes his choice The cow
boys are mo- longer numerous body
the Quicter sheepherder having taken
carries his provisions ana camp outlt'
modern shepherd is less demOnstratiye
than the cowboy He drinks up his
earnings and goes back TO his dreary
q b.. al..ft IAnHanTTfa
plain. hin and desert accompanied by
his dogs ana the useful burro which
his place. Though often tough the
Many citizens who own property ana
reside In santa Fe seem To be max
ing progress, az the average Mexican
is non progressive II he had food ana
clothing be they ever so poor ana a
place 10 live in he seems content TO
exist, and his old adobe hut satisfies
him He argues that Il was good
enough for his fathers why not suita-
bic Tor him. In the same line, but
more so. is the Indian, who IS suspicious
Of every innovation. doubling the SIN
cerity OF everything suggested by me
white man He remains still pueblo
Indian The young men and women
have been put into schools, but as soon
as they are released they go back 10
their old nomadic ways They get
blanket around them over their civilian
suit. and are little worse and lazler
than their ignorant progenitors.
The methods of education practiced
on the Indian thus far seem to have
been a failure here and II is predicted
that 1t VIII Dee so long as the tribal re-
lation is allowed 10 exist
Some Of the best country near here
and that which Is capable OF the high
est development Is tied up by holdings
Of the Indian tribes who do not inn
prove, nor will they let others even so
much as make q canal across II 10 de-
velop the adjoining lands When meas
ures are taken TO change this condition
Santa Re and her surroundings may
begin TO change But the influx Of
progressive agriculturists and OF new
blood viii be necessary to put life into
its present lethargy
Santa Fe has some fine buildings, the
State House, the Federal building, and
many of her other public and private
edlfccs show that efforts are being
made 20 modernize the town, but Il
viii take much more time and effort 20
get the really desirable improvements.
There are two large schools for the In
dian children near the town, also sew
eral large churches and many quaint
and unique old ruins. In the ancient
palace building are many things Of in
terest and one can spend profitable
hour In the museum there looking at
the Indian relics and at Spanish i'm
plements OF ancient make.