New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-28
p.rty in Motor Car Find
wonderful Vista Near
Grand Canyon.
WILDERNESS OF RUINS
HOUSED DEAD RACES
s,rta Fe Trail Leads to Greatest
Scenic Region of the Country.
Auto Historian Says.

D lanes 4. Harris. Jr. Nhite Company.
stransest Of all Indian peoples, living
...aIIv the same as their tribal an
r-,ors lived before the Mexican eXplora-
~, the Pueblos, OF Northern New Mex
and the Navajos and Moquis of AI-
with their weird and wonderful
.,,,nal houses built in a wilderness Of
,.. If prehistoric civilization, fur
.s.h scenes Of stirring, gripping interest to
.ss tourist who explores this mystic re-
ZION in motor car
uo,s are tribes which are civilization
-, Here are ruins of Spanish missions
"a villages built as long ago as the
TO, conquest Here is the stamping
md of the famous frontieTsman, Kit
S,rson. and the scene of innumerable in
.,ior. conuuests, rebellions and Indian
,.,-,sinrs The canyon walls that were
- the haunts Of the cliff dwellers. the
-. ,nsniring depths and grandeur Of the
Ind CANYON OF the Colorado, the lava
h.ds Of extinct volcanoes. the Painted
r.ssrt and the Petrified Forest are all
,.osssible to the motor tourist.
ue NAV leave his car and explore the
lie and passaeeways through solid rock,
,,,opght BY a race whose existence can
,,,v he computed in units OF thousand
Ears Or he may drive to the very edge
=, abysmal chasms and gasp with amaze
IN, Such was the experience OF party
:, r,o,orists who set out to prove or dis
..,ve the recurring rumors of a race still
,.,,fp, 10 the customs and mysterious
l.seDds Of medieval times and region OF
,r.bistoric ruins ana natural wonders.
Io,s IN September a White Six was
,,,,nsd 10 Pueblo, Col, where the trip
,,srted Picking up the historic old Santa
- Trail out OF Pueblo, skirting the RAM
,.rt Range OF the Rockies and the tower
',g SPANISH Peaks. snowbound and cloud
coy.red. the first days ride brought the
ATTY into the Colorado coal fields and
s,sed AZ Trinidad. The following morn
ny still on the Santa Fe trail, they
.-os,rd Ration Pass, from whose heights
Il WAS possible TO make out, far TO the
,,s, the snow-white line Of the Sangre
40 Christie range.
South Of Ration they took a branch
lsadine 10 Cimarron Canyon. Leaving
he canyon, they crossed another lever
,lain and commenced the ascent OF the
Taos Mountains. Taos is the most I'M
american place in America. The low
adobe buildings, dating back for many
generations. still surround the old plaza
The population is almost entirely Mexican
II.
Influences Of modern times have left little
IMPRESSION on this secluded town.
On a narrow street leading from the
Plaza the tourists found the old home
Of Kit Carson. the most conspicuous iig-
IRE IN the frontier history OF the South
vest. while in a little cemetery on the
edge OF the town they found his simple
grave. On one corner OF the Plaza 'S
he house In which Governor Bent was
Killed BY the Mexicans and Indians our
ing the Pueblo uprising az the close OF
the Mexican War.
From Taos. the White party starred
south along the headwaters OF the kio
Grande, passing many villages whose 10"
adobe houses were festooned with count
less strings Of chill. their bright req
making a vivid contrast TO the dull brown
Of the adobe walls.
Then the party came 10 quaint o."
Santa Fe itself, a true relic OF old span
ish colonization DAYS, with adobe houses
built right out 10 the edge Of the streets
Through an occasional open doorway one
can catch glimpses Of delightful niue
pac,as or courtyards. one can spenu
many DAYS in Santa Fe delving INTO inc
early history OF New Mexico.
One should not leave Santa Fe WITHOUT
visiting the Puye cliff dwellings in the
Jsnez plateau. To reach this point the
White Six was driven northwest from 'io
city over creek bottoms, mesa tops sahuS
arroyos and high cliff roads. The Puye
Gifts are literally honeycomoeo WIN
cave entrances. Leaving the car, they
climbed a rocky trail and explored the
caves. Then. with the aid Of ladders ieIt
there By the Archaeological Society," they
climbed to the top of the cllff ana io1
III. ruins OF an enormous communal ''''''
city, covering many acres.
These ruins are but one or 'e"9
that are to be found in the Jemez uiS'i'o'
relics OF a race whose existence d"'0
dates every historical record. From SANTA
re the party headed south Tor AiOu-
querque. A drive Of twenty miles over d
good stretch of road ended abrupuy a.
La Bajada hill. where there 10 sheei
drop Of many hundreds Of feet INTO 'ils
valley below. The road down the s'oe u
the cliff is new. but not designed TOT cai"
Of long wheel base. II was necessary 10
use the reverse gear on every one OF the
turns. and also necessary to have po"o'
ful brakes.
From here the tourists crossed the vaI-