Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1905-03-07

iOtner missionary educatOrS-brOugh
them across the Indian-infested des
erts of the arid west and fought witt
his own hands against the attacks o.
the savage hordes. Mr.. Montoya wa!
frequently interrupted by hearty ap
plause. He then related the story O
a Navajo Indian squaw's promise. Thi.
squaw was captured from her tribe by
! an uncle of Mr.. Montoya's and was
kept in the family to card and spin
wool. But she was always homesick
and continually turned her eyes to
ward the far-off cliffs where dwelt hel
people. Finally she ran away. She
was followed and captured but she
pleaded so earnestly to be allowed tC
go to her tribe that she was permitted
to continue on her way, after promis.
ing that in three moons she would re.
turn. They never expected to see her
again, but at about the expiration of
the time she returned, bringing with
| her her young son. Her mothers heart
would not allow her to remain away
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her captor impelled her to return with
her son to captivity.
A New Old Country.
Hon. Jacobo Chaves spoke Just a
i few words upon the life Of the late
Hon. j. Francisco Chaves, and he was
followed by Speaker Dalies, who also
gave brief eulogy upon that grand
old man. Mr. Dalies then continued
upon the conditions in New Mexico.
He called this new old country"
with small population in a large ter.
ritory. Considering that the popula.
tion is widely scattered and far from
schools it seems that the people here
are in much better condition than
those in many of the states were fifty
years ago. Out of meaner conditions
than here exist there arose Abraham
Lincoln This is progressive people
with splendid future before them.
In union there is strength, SO let the
people remain united, and when next
a congressional committee comes to
visit the Territory its people will be
pr .ud to throw back their shoulders
ard show the honorable members
New Mexico
Manuel Sabine Salazar made few
appropriate remarks in Spanish. and
was followed by Ex-Governor Prince in
few we'll chosen words concerning
the hold which the late j. Francisco
Chaves had upon the hearts of the peo.
pie.
Mr.. Reads Talk.
Owing to the ateness of the hour
the next speaker, Hon. Benjamin M
Read, did not give his address in full,
but what he said was interesting and
to the point. If tradition is to be be.
lieved New Mexico is older than
Mexico. In 1921, when Cortez con-
quered Mexico and the City of Mexico
had been depopulated, information
reached the conquerors that New Mex
leo was land to be coveted. There
is one man whose name Is the most
brilliant on the pages of New Mexico
history. He was a figure of promi-
nence under Mexican rule and under
the United States flag-a father, a |
priest-Jose Antonio Martinez of Taos. |
The first regular school under the first
school law was fostered by him in
1922 In 1S43, foreseeing the events
that were to happen, he printed a |
memorial asking that the Indians be
gathered together on a reservation to |
lessen the chances of an uprising. He |
also asked that law be enacted for
bidding the sale of liquors to the In.
dans and that for safety's sake the
grants which had been made to the |
United States on the border be re-
scinded. This memorial Mr.. Read has
in his possession and it was on exhibi.
ton at the meeting. Mr.. Read also
has in his possession the only mes
sage of Governor William Carr Lane |
to the legislature, dated December II,
1852. This message speaks of irriga.
ton and agriculture and mentions sew
eral artesian wells in New Mexico Mr..
Read closed his talk with plea that |
the history of New Mexico be taught
to the school children.
Restore the Old veranda.
The last speaker of the evening was
Colonel R. e. Twitchell. In 1866, he,
with his little brother, was playing on
the steps Of the old Southern Hotel in
City-the end of the historic
Santa Fe trail This evening he was
at the other end of this trail. Colonel
Twitchell was the first man to suggest
the marking of this trail and it will
ultimately be done along its entire
length. The young people OF today
should have every opportunity to
earn of all the old incidents and his.
toric points in the history of New
Mexico. He says he believes in the
sentiment of these things and that this
sentiment should be preserved. The
Did Palace veranda is part Elizabeth.
IN, part Queen Anne and part Mis-
sourian. 1t is an eye-sore and should
be torn down. Replace it with mis-.
'ion style of arcade and on the ar
cades place the names of the men who
rave been the history makers Of New
MaYirn Culfivato tho aontimAnt con.