Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1904-12-24
THE EARLY HISTORY
OF NEW MEXICO
II AbOundS In Curious Ira
ditiOnS and ShadOWy lie.
eendS Which Are Very
interesting.
DISCOVERED BY CABfzA De vACA

am ostcopath OF that town As it b
very interesting from historical
standpoint % d. produced lUr tIe benz.
600 ui ihe local and territorial rpadora
. OF Tho Citizen
The paper reads
This is topic uf peculiar Interest
to all New MpKcaus and 0I sufuciou
magnitude tO warrant moro skIlm|
duIlnDatiun than De- Incorporated u
ibH paper The early history uf NIr
Mexico ahuunds Iu curious tradition.
aud aHaduHl legends Tho terri.
centuries ego. was tho raf.Nay
through which passed the ahor mes
supposed Goo have entered America hr
way OF Alaska GA their wat l tho
south aud those passing nu.u from
Central America and the Republic OF
MtJcU.
Discovery Of New Mexico.
Most historians agree HIt The fret
European to sot foot on hat ls now
Now Mexico soil WIS spanish noble.
mnu ulmCl Aiyar MuHz Cabe2a DO
. tuca DO was troa Hr uf Che ex.
noiiUOn organized .I pamphllo ds
NuYaraZ which sr ul boo 1872 to
conquer and color the mainland oi
ur.da To pKr zion consisted ut
. tive vessels and mon Two ypaseIs
were lUst ihrU FL. hurricanes ON me
cn1sI of cuba web 600 ON board. Ca.
hngl 1o Vac "Ua commander off ono
1l thn ilIn. vessels hut hauuDnrf
iD be un shore Hl the time off tho
storm T ho was spared t0 bn.
Guclth Or Sow Mexico one uf inc most
lnterosiH chapters OF her history
Amer ing on what ls now known
HH T0mI Florida Nayarcz with 300
0the. among whom was Cubola de
Vac' began the Journey by land with
thU" of the ships saved to fellow
a'"r. the coast Ee land expedition
HH1 lost their companions of tho yes.
e and after suffering untold hard.
t.lps decided Go build boats and put
D eca hoping to reach Mexico. Ry this
slime many had persisted from hunger
and exposure. When the five small
boats were finished che SO survivors
put tu sea and succeeded In roachIng
Hle mouth of the Mississippi The
oarsmnn could make mo- Roadway /
against the current and the command. |
sr Navarro. selsNted thC strongest row I
sra and abandoned the other to their /
fato. Hls boat with two others was I.
earrIet into the sea and destrOyol |
ON one cold November morning on 1
la2S The boat oft Caheza do VaCa was /
washed ashore and his little band /
half dead from exhaustion and star.
walton. wish one ur two exceptions. /
were The sole survivors of the onthu I
sinFiIo expedition of COO members /
which set SAIL from Spain with much /
pomp and glory % little over year ]
before
Posed as a Healer.
CaDoAa de- NaCa and his few follow
ere were made slaves by the indIans.
Aftor six years OF captivity be- ana
a few ot his companions escaped ami .
traV0led iu a westerly course as uI
~ the Western part uf This territory
silence south 90 tbe City of Me2lcu. /
Daring his journey through New Mex
loo be- was famous as a healer. Ills
method was u iaiJh cure, something I
akin to our present day Christian /
science hu WAS remarkably success.
fui. hCwnvgr and me simple minded \
natives believed him 90 be- endowed ]
with supernatural powers. lle was a
remarkable parsonage and hiB ondur
Hneo nXcitos the admiration OF an
who have read of his wandering For /
days AZ "a time hC would iubai6t uu al.
most nothing or a handful OF pr.cMoy
pears.
The Seven Cities
The next European 90 penetrate 30.
90 New Mexico was Friar Marcus d'
MIRA. in 1888 Sc was accompanied /
hy = negro named stephens who had
entered Now Mexico before with Ca
beEA de NacH aud "a small party Hr I
probably entered tho territory from
thU south near lhe Arizona line. Per-
sistout rumors kept coming from che
north. ui ihr existence uf seven cities /
famous for their gold. silver and tur
lu sD riches trar Marcus sent inc
negro stephen and R few companions
on ahead To negro reached the
smallest of thg seven Ciilgs but his
of appropriaiIng tO himself
TOO many women ami treasures OIL
Inc native incurred their oumity AMI
he wHa there klIlud This Was prob.
aDlJ ut tho Iuii pueblo.
Capital Transferred 20 Santa Fo,
laon began e. series ul lncurslUua
into tho territory which gave Che ua
rirnH apmrfnIuF elise to think uf De-
8.ags tuoIr tribal wars They received
HT invaders peacefully, however. and
ono one occasion BOO 1850, when thDy
brought before the troops af C0rl.
1ado. q largo quantity OF valuable
skins tD he blessed and returned as
JaDofa dv NHcH was wont lo do we're
la.ouIahyd aud rhngrinud when The
soldiers began lighting among them.
selves for their possession
The FIRST concerted attempt at colo.
1iEltUu Was made hy Juan d0 Ouato
100 1853, and was partially successful
AZ iu 1905 the capital of the colony
aas transferred from the banks OF
the Chama to thp city uf Santa Fo.
Az tHIg time Spain claimed aIl ul the
territory of Now Mexico nn of Colo
RADIO south 0f the Arkansas river. Ar-
coma, a part of California and what i8
now tho Republic ut Mexico.
Territory Under Mexican Rule.
lu 1880 The natives. driven to dCH
peratilu Dog spanish tyranny. rose iu
anna and drove their upprcsura from
hr territory burned the churches
uICi up tl0 mines AMI destroyed
many valuable records OF historical
Importance
Diego de Vargas in 1904 rcclp,urel
'he territory which remained under
spanish control until tho MoNlta0
revolution in 1874 whom if passed tO
Ihn jurisdiction of tho Republic of
MoKIco. The Mexican republic was
created Iu 1929. aud 1887 New MoN
Ice was made e. department and Abb
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