Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-09-12
MONDAY UsHERS
IN THE ANNUAL
CAP TAI FIESTA
Historical Event Is Expected
To Draw a Record Break
ing Crowd of Admiring
Spectators This Year.
(Ry CIyinton p. Anderson. J

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(By CIyintOn II. Anderson)
Santa Fe, Sept. 11.-Santa Fe
will turn host to her friends from
New Mexico and the balance OF the
United States when the annual
Santa Fe fiesta will be held here on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
september the 18th, 14th and 18th.
The colorful event, packed with
historical significance, will UNI
doubtcdly draw this year as last
thousands of admiring spectators
Santa Fe contributes en- masse 10
this resplendent pageant. COL
Ralph f. Twitchell, historian Is its
director. The assistant directors lh-
clude Gerald Cassidy, famous Ne"
YORK artist; Edgar l.. Street, Santa
Fe business man and philanthro-
MIST lansing b. Bloom, of the
staff of the Santa Fe museuhl' ;
Jose d. Sena. Ira L. Grimsha"'
William Rose, Samuel Huddlestoh
and walter NJ. Danburg. j. wight
Giddings, secretary of the Chamber
of Commerce, is secretary of the
fiesta.
The whole town takes part. A
B. Renehan, ]. C. Cassell. Thomas
Closson, j. j. Kenney, Fritz Muller,
William E. Griffith, Normal L..
King, T.. r. Paul, William f..
Prince, Edward l.. Stafford, Chief
Justice Frank w Parker, James B.
Read, James Baca. II. S. Bowman,
these are but few of the char
acters in the monster picture,
which in its three parts will set the
stage for the coming of the Span
lard, show him entering the city,
and finally sketch the advent of
the great civilizing influence-the
church.
Links Past and Present.
Monday will link together the
past and the present in the pictur-
esuue dances of the Indians. Gem
turies before the Spaniard came,
the savage tribes had formed their
religious customs and evolved their
dance ceremonials. When civiliza-
tion rolled up its mighty forces and
hurled them westward, the Indian
stood in the way. The spaniard as
sumed the mastery, and the indian
became a conquered, though large
ly unchanged race. Today their
ceremonial dances are performed
in almost the identical manner as
in the seventeenth century, though
they are influenced here and there
by the religious ceremontals OF
their conquerors.
There dances, at once ancient
and modern. will be presented on
the opening day. On Monday
morning, there will be r. grand
ceremonial entry and parade by
the Indians of the pueblos of Te-
suaue, San Ildefonso and Cochiti.
Don Santiago Naranjo, Indian gov
ernor, announces the events. There
will be performed the race of the
Rain Clouds, the Painting of the
Flutes, the Buffalo dance. the Bas-
ket dance. the Victory dance of the
Comanches. the Sunset ceremonial
dance of the Taos indians and the
Eagle dance. All the dances and
Indian features have been arranged
and are presented under the super
vision of the School of American
Research.
Tuesday Is De Vargas Day.
Tuesday is De Vargas day, eel
ebrating the conquest of the KIN
dom of New Mexico by Gen. Don
Diego de Vargas Zapata Luj ian
de Leon, governor and captain
general of New Mexico, in 1893.
The army of conquest will be cos
tuned and recruited to full pro.
portions. There will be troops. oil
lancers and arquebusiers as well as
historic commanders.
At 11:15 a. M, the army OF con-
quest and occupation enters tne
village. A splendid ceremony is to
follow. General De Vargas com
pletes the act of conquest and ar
ranges the proper certificates. The
afternoon of the day is given over
to music by the Santa Fe band anu
ceremonial dances by the Indians
In the evening, the chief event VIII
be play depicting the court mar
tial of the governors of the pueplos
of Nambe and Santo Domingo ana
two pueblo warriors charged with
treason and conspiracy in the mas
sacre of the Franciscan Friars IN
the rebellion of 1896,
Honor Franciscan Fathers.
Wednesday is Franciscan day on
which a memorial parade will be
arranged from the Plaza to the site
of the Cross of the Martyrs. E. 7.
Davies, former mayor of Santa Fe,
will deliver the memorial address
at the Cross. In the afternoon,
there will be Indian and Spanish
dances.
On Wednesday evening, the De
Vargas grand Spanish and Mexi-
can costume ball will be held at the
De Vargas hotel under the direc-
tion of the fiesta management.
While this is to be one of the most
colorfuI events of the three day
festival, there will also be the usual
evening dance at the armory un-
der the direction Of Montoya "
Montoya post of the American Le-
gion.
Special arrangements have been
made by the people of Santa Fe for
the entertainment Of convention
visitors. A special tent city will be
erected and the homes of Santa Fo
people thrown open to the guests
of the city. 1t is the chief yearly
event at one of the states most
attractive Fairgrounds, and Santa
Feans are making sure that moth
ing is left undone in providing