Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-03

hA Ntlph Emerson TWitChcll has Just
come from the Torch Press aud will
bc distributed 60 subscribers In Sew
Mexico ana throughout the country
within the next ten days or two
weeks The first volume OF this mon
umcutal work attracted the attention
oi scholars and historians throughout
the nation and brought 60 Colonel
Twitchcll a flood of commentator
aud consolidation by letter and re-
Wow which placed him In the 'front.'
rank of American historians.
Interesting as was the first volume.
with .ts vast wealth of detail and its
thorough treatment Of the history Of
the state from the very beginning up
Co the organization Of New Mexico as
territory under tho republic OF Mex
Eco, with its mass OF facts which had
never before been assembled. IT'S maps
and Illustrations and its priceless doc
uments, tho second volume promises
az first glance to be even more abb
sorhing This second volume. writ
ten with al the care and infinite at
tcution To- detail which characterized
the first brings GUY history right down
TO 1912.
There can be- no bottor outline Of
the objects Ia the authors mind. OBJ
iocts which have been thoroughly at
tanned. than is given in his own Very
modest PREDATORY note 10 the second
volume Tho note follows In part.
The object, primarily, In the pub
liCation OF these volumes, has been
the supplying OF Information 10 the
people of Ncw Mexico relative 20 the
events occurring since the coming OF
q IA HIM r
the pre- spanish period as has been
made possible through the researches
and Investigations of archaeologists Ina
that field. In accomplishing this pur-
pose every available source book and
manuscript has been used. and the in
formation therein contained apprO-
priatcd wherever necessary 10 the con-
crete chronological arrangement OF
the leading facts OF southwestern his
tory Necessarily. the result ~ com.
pilation and the work has been that
OF an editor. No claim TO authorship.
in the strict sense OF the word. has
ever been asserted or maintained. Oc-
casiouuliy tho reader win find q few
reflections ana conclusions differing
from those who have heretofore writ
ten respecting tha history OF this por-
ton of the United states. and these
may bee attributed solely 10 the writer
The first acquaintance of the writer
with the Journey OF AlNnr Nunez and
his com panIons came from reading the
spanish Conquest OF New Mexico,
by ~ W. H Davis. al one time Unit
,d states attorney for the territory.
Later the writer read "Autores rs
panclcs. Historiadorcs Primiuvos de
las lndtus,' hy Enrique dc Ncdia,
Madrid. 1852. Ia this work are found
the Commentaries" ANA "Nautraeios
OF Alyar Nuuez. DR. de Nedia. la his
"Apuntcs." in the same volume, gives
the biography % the distinguished
Adcmntsdo. n may safely be said
that NO writer in English. since tho
publication of "Historiadorcs PRINT
tivus. has contributed anything 10 the
sum total OF knowledge as 20 Aly1r
Nanog as rocitod IN the "Apuntos' OF
Dr de Nodla. The story OF Coronado 5
Journey BIS taken from the "iIclacion'
an Casiancda and the monographs of
General !. II. simpson aud George
Parker Winship. both OF which we're
published by the United states gov
ctumcnt Much information, as has
been stated. was compiled from the
elaborate works of A r. Bandclicr
and Hubert Howe Bancroft
In an this work the writer believes
that the principal duties OF the his
torian have been faithfully performed.
"Ne quid ialsi diccru audunt. ne quid
Nrri non nuucht" The reader Nill
soon ascertain that few prctenHiOns as
tu what may be- termed the philosophy
Of history have been advanced. the
novelist aud writer OF later day ne
tiun alone enjoy the privilege of az
Intimate acquaintance with the secret
motives uf those whose conduct or
character iB dclincatpd The historian,
10 ne writes truthtully knows uu more
than the authorities disclose ur the
facts suggest. Iie ls not permitted 20
Indulge Ia flights of the imagination.
in 30 doing he is likely 10 impose
oven upon himself Much research
gives us the right Co opinions. hut the
philosophical historian Is quite often
q porvrTtcr of truth. Ia his Cugorncas
"a establish a theory, or, perhaps. "a
reputation Tor some lavorito, he often
oVerluoks the weight of some trouble
some authority or fact,
When the extent of this work is
considered. comprising as Il does the
transactions IN New Mexican history
during nearly four centuries. the writ
or Wnhlu iuuctu lttl llhlltifu li Hhll'
critic found no error in the entire
narrative or failure Go credit some
translator or writer whose Information
came from sources Identical With
those used IN this work, only those
Who are familiar with historical COM
position are aware how difficult II u
I'm an work of this nature 60 guard
AGAINST mistakes of omission ana COM
mission ~ times We are mislcd 10y
the very prcjudicos of the authorities
consulted,
Tho documentary history OF New
Mexico. prior 90 the American Occu-
patton. is yery limited. During the
Mexican period no books % any CON
sequence relative to events In New
Mexico were published. The santa
iee Archives are quite Volumnous hut
fan Co give much liEht ON the events
of the period subsequent 90 the
American Occupation We find much
material in the Reports of government
officials In the war interior and In
dian departments. The reports ol
Governor calhoun. while Indian agent
found In california ana New Mexico