Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-07-10
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wv diuaTy travel. without chang
w INK the Gag and r,ol With
cut changing cars. wp may
Go our scenery aud our people almost
Jo our passing d. Tres We may sub.
s',ute coast Tor prairie mountains
f0f plains wilderness for o.ty desert
for valley palm for pines. summer
Tor winter. cloud land for sea level
virtually 90 the ahlm OF the nom no
Aud TO- what a range % typo from
the ghetlos of Nru York and Chicago
20 the French or iouls.aua tho Nra
leans Of the southwest the noun
taiuoors Of Tennessee. The negroes OF
Georgia. the Dutch Of Pennsylvania.
tho Chinese OF the coast. tho indiana
of the reservation
Illfreclinlng along the ruined wall
surrounding the ancient pueblo Of
Taos. n NJ. | thought upon these
things while befor, mo wcdyed tn
busy daily life Of this strange people
q nfe. unaltered Ike thrig mystical
speech through the centuries ludr.
pendent. careless OF the recently &C
duired statehood in which cas- litlleng
they we're enYlcd 10 take pride they
pursued their kven, picturesque ways.
writes T. I. labiu 90 the Los IN
selos Times
For this pueblo ~ Taos is the rival.
ia 10 clannishness. Of The flr famed
IunI aud In It's upe b. NOR" perfect
than Xuhi IT, twa,- oasas graudes
az great houses. the dHmicilos of the
500 people. rise H. Sis and five ter
races or stories. respectively. and are
the best examples Intact OF the curl
Gus p,umidh construction virtually
az described by the spanish Of Coro.
nados expedition In 1910 tho iiaba
OF the natives. the NalIudulld Of
Captain Alyarado. the Taos Of mod
cru date. stand these two casag
grand,s. and their DARK kluued 'old
tread The same routine Tho pueblo
was old M Captain Alyaudos t.ur
aud Is bull, beside the ruins Of stu,
n previous pueblo What plar. iu Eu.
rupp can show a life of longer dun.
ton and unchanged
Decidedly Moorish.
In common With other pu,hlos and
there ar. many OF th,W Throughout
NsV Mexico aud Arizona 'hD Taos
buildings are entered from 'hc ground
by mean. of ladders. which lead lu the
nrst terraces Formcrl, the ground
floor " the pyramids presented uulF
blank wallis. windoWless and doorlrss.
and the ladders and entrance through
the ceilings constituted the sole means
Of Incoming and iorthgoIng. Nui ia
these peaceful DAYS Their" are doors
and windows aud the ladders instead
OF being drawn up ior the night re-
main Boz place night and day The
tiniest tots. and even The dogs are cN
pert In ascending aud descending their
rounds
From terrace TO terrace are other
ladders and In places are merely
crooked houghs they and the adobe
threshold worn smooth and deep b.
generations Of moccasiued feet
There is something decided, Moor
ish IN these t.rraced c;lstellltcd walls
Joined hy ladders the wsldoWs pane
less and narrow and thick o' case
ment. me figures passing up and
down squatting Tn the sun or carry
inr buckets ~ water upon thcii
heads. and shroudod in many huec
shaWls and tebou,ed
For this Is the pueblo garb Shasls
black red. gray for the women and
blankets shawllike for thc men =,
that one must look "a The feet q
designate the sexes Th' men veal
the moccasin and the legEius bu' N
women wear a soft bootee eNtendin.
above the knee. OF the whites' ines
doessin
There Is something Moorish and DO
oidediy foreign. In the gentle chatt'
murmur OF the Taos tongue as men
women and children move hither ans
thliher This II the Official languag'
OF the pueblo the Taos dialect leal
ousl' guarded coniided so rarely u
strangers. far separated Rut Taos 4
somewhat polyglot. II speaks Indian
~ speaks Spanish. and e speaks. 10
degree. English Many Of the bow
are sent 10 the school AZ Santa 70
where they learn English and whcr'
they don coats and trousers How