Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-08-02
ANNUAL FIESTA
Of SANTA f To
Be INF PRESSIVE
Program Outlines Brilliant
Succession of Historical
Pageants, Parades and
Performances for Sept.

IA and Is, and the advance pro-
gram promises spectacular and
colorful exhibition in the way OF
historical pageants, with parades
of the participants and appropriate
ceremonies.
The fiesta is in charge of board
of ten directors, II. Il. Twitchell
being chief director; J. w. Cid
dings. secretary; r. l.. Ormsbee,
treasurer. with the following assist
ant directors: Ira l.. Grimshaw,
William Rose, Joseph d. Sena,
Lansing b. Bloom, Edgar l.. Street,
Gerald Cassidy, and Samuel Hud-
| dleson.
The fiesta will open at 10 o'clock
Monday motning, September 10,
with music by the Santa Fe band,
| At 10:45 a. m. announcement Is
made of the custom of the citizens
os the villa of Santa Fe, dating
from September, 17l2, to celebrate
the reconquest of the kingdom of
New Mexico by General Don Diego
ut dl Sio Ddl'hNd l'uJali INV w
Leon, in the year 1893.
Historic Indian Pageant.
At 1880 there will be "a grand
ceremonial entry and parade by
the Indians of the San lldefonso,
Tesuque and Cochiti pueblos. The
events Will be announced by the
Indian governor, Don Santiago
Naranjo. Before lunch there will
be given the race of the rain
clouds by the Santa Clara Indians
and the painting of the flutes cere-
monial by the San Ildefonso m
dians.
The afternoon program will open
with music. after which the victory
dance of the Comanches will be
given by the Santa Clara Indians
The Tesuqua Indians will give the
| buffalo dance next and then the
famous basket dance will be given
by the San Ildefonso Indians. The
Santa Fe band will play between
each exhibition. The afternoon
will close with the sunset ceremo-
NAL dance given by the Taos In
dians.
The eagle dance by the San Ilde-
! fonsos, which attracted SO much at
| tention at last years fiesta, will be
given at 1880 in the evening, fol-
| lowing which there will be a group
of Spanish dances by Santa Fe
artists. Los Matachines' by Il
J company of Indian dancers and
musicians will close the spectacles
for the day.
| Tho Indian nnrop1nnio1 lnnnng
and all Indian features of the fiesta
have been arranged and are being
presented under the supervision of
the School of American Research.
The day will close with grand
public baile at the Armory under
the direction of the Montoya and
Montoya post of the American Le-
gion and of the fiesta management.
De Vargas bay.
Announcement of the Bando of
the Marques de la Penuela for the
celebration of the anniversary of
the reconquest of New Mexico. by
the Royal Alferez, Capt. Diego Va
rela, Mai. Norman l.. King.
Four mounted heralds will enter
by the eastern gate of the enclos-
ure, in front of the Palace of the
| Governors, to announce the ap-
proach of General de Vargas, after
which the army of conquest and
occupation will enter, preceded by
five heralds, three royal alfereces;
then will come General Don Diego
de Vargas. governor and captain
general, represented by George W.
Armiio; Lieutenant Governor Luis
Granllo, represented by A. M, Ber-
gere, and the governors staff.
Two troops of cavalry OF TWEEN
ty-five troopers, two companies OF
arquebusiers, the cabilde and four
alcaldes of Santa Fe, with the
padre and frayles. and fifty Te-
qua and Tano Indians, will close
the procession. At 1875 they will
enter the gates. march the full
length of the plaza TO the west,
! the foot soldiers in the front, the
troopers in the rear. while the In
dams will be grouped in front of
the palace, the men at the right
the women on the western side
A pageant in which the rever-
ence to the great cross carried by
the friars and the delivery by the
governor general of the certificateS
of government to the cabiido and
alcaldes of the villa of Santa re.
The Indians are pardoned for their
crimes against the Christians. and
are assured of protection against
their enemies, with instruction in
the Christian religion. The entire
procession then leaves the plaza,
and are dismissed in front OF inc
~, % Ero nriS
In the afternoon there VIII be
Indian ceremonial dances, WIN
music between each dance. and
Spanish dances by local particl-
pants, just as on the first day. III
the evening there will be a gran1
pageant with a parade before tne
grandstand. At S:l5 a play VIII DC
given depicting the court-mart'al
of the governors of the pueblos ol
Nambe and Santo Domingo. ano
two Pueblo warriors charged with
treason and conspiracy In the mas
sacre of the Franciscan friars In the
rebellion of 1896.
This pageant will be a most IN
teresting and striking one, and VIII
depict one of the important hlstor'
ical events of Spanish conquest. tne
date being June, 1896. in. the audi
encia of the Palace of the Cover
nors. A grand bale will be giver
at the armory under the direction
of the Montoya and Montoya. pos'
of the American legion and the
fiesta management. 81
Franciscan Day.
The third and last day OF the
fiesta of which the program 1Ol-
lows. will be given over to ceremo.
nies and addresses and the morn
ing will close with memorial pa
rade.
At 10 A. NJ.
Preliminary ceremonies and ex,
ercises incident to the dedication ol
the Cross of the Martyrs and the
unvellng of the memorial tabie'
there under the auspices or the
Knights of Columbus and the HIS