Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-19
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WRITES NICELY OF
ALBUQUERQUE

Albuquerque, Acoma. Laguna and
all this section OF New Mexico re-
ceives flattering notice from Miss
Alice Williamson, one OF the most
prominent authors in the country, IN
a story in the February Country Life
in America. The story Is entitled
'From France TO Americas Sunset
Land" Miss Williamson lives on the
Riyicra in France and writes most in
tCrestlngly IN the magazine OF her
trip 10 the United states. The In
dian country Of New Mexico receives
the lions share OF the story and six
out Of ten handsome photographs
with which & is illustrated Miss
Williamson was here two yeers ago
gathering material for the story
which appears only this month In
her article she makes reference 90
kind and chivalrous guide. one OF
the most interesting men, surely. In
that great western country" Read
ers are allowed one guess as to who
the guide" Is. That part Of the arti-
Gle by Miss Williamson Of most in
herewith;
For instance. nowhere Ia the
world could one find Things more an
rient and wonderful than ! found by
hurting myself out on the limited at
Albuquerque. ~ NJ. and taking a
short aetour There was much that
was wen worth seeing al Albuquerque
itself; the charming. picturesque ho-
tel built like an old Spanish house,
and the wonderful Indian museum,
with Us rare rugs and pottery, and
the astounding opals and turquolses
tie magnificent Indian arms and cos
tunes and thousand other treas
urcs But the great thing (and | did
the great thing Is 10 go 20 I.aguna. j
went. I arrived on an azure night OF
stairs and / had adventures. but they
were splendid adventures. In the
morning the sun and ] got up to-
gether (unlesa ! was a little ahead OF
hlm), and carriage driven By an
Indian waited 10 take me across
eighteen miles OF desert 20 famous
Acoma. Going, We passed the old In
dian hill town OF Laguna, piled to-
rether in rocky mound like some
wild old hin town In Italy. built for
defense against Saracens Ana the
huddled houses themselves were eN-
actly like the houses OF Arab towns.
what n the relationship between
these Pueblo Indians and the eastern
peoples? They-the Indlans--tell an
cestral legends about "A sunken coun-
try between continents, the real At
lantls. and their own escape.
"'Not the Libyan desert Itself Is
more beautiful or more mysterious
than this golden deser, of monument
a. mosas thro ugh which my white
suvcred carriage took me. between
iaEuua and Acoma. Some of the
rocky mosas toy ring up oct of the
SOFA OF golden tard were like dark
forts of fighting riants, and the 'en-
chantod mesa with It's strange le-
gend. was beat g. all-lntil Aeoma
itself
"No one, who didn't know. would
have dreamed there was an Indian
town moro ancient than history on
top OF that round boNllko mountain
of rock: but ] found a. after being
guided up the old Indian trail, a Sc
crct way. far more exciting than the
ordinarily used road TO tho hidden
top II has its settlements, that m
dian trail, with its spider web bridges
across chaBms but 10 alone would
have been worth crossing the ocean
for. And then tho luncheon on TOP
In an Indian house. with two indian
chiefs, 20 say nothing OF my kind and
chivalrous guide, one OF the most in
torosting M en-. surely in that 3 real
western country. But u would be OF
no use FOR me 60 tell his name. II
Is not his profession 20 guide wander
ladies'. lie does u only out Of the
kindness OF his heart, n YOU come
20 him with just the right letter OF
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