The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-03-19

the Cathedral Of the Desert at
Santa Fc
Mr. ~. .. FOX. secretary Of On"
Albuquerque chamber Of COM
mercc. In his article on Acoma. pub
,tncu ~ the journal OF tho 18Th.
states "a visit there Is like a Nisit
to % foreign land should Ike "a
supplement that statement by sny-
Ing 30 b. like "a visit. nlao, to another
age You will think ynu nro
living pro tenn I'm ancient history.
which you thought was dead, but
now scem- to be alive again Your
very " eyes can behold just what
the great Coronado hehcld when Ne
discovered this marvel I'm the year
1870 90 dream city, and you VIII
wan 10 pinch yourself 10 make sure
you are really there ana not having
% taucifui hailucination
Three miles before o reach
Ncomn YOU viii behold the Mesa
EnCnutldu. the Enchanted
Nr.a OF mythical literature. e T..
/ fumwis. THAT gr'ut lover Of Ncv
Mexico. in his collection of storic
uudor tbr title ~ "A New Mexico
David. spinI o yarn ~ how the
Indians eft Aroma. In prehistoric
days lived atop the Enchanted
Nosa' that one daN when un able
bodied persons We're working In the
lclda lt some distance from the
base OF the great rock Ohese i'm
Uregnnhlc rocks seem good Tor safe
and lofty residence purposes only,
"a terrific storm broke. wnahing
away the natural ladder of stone
which rcposed against the side 81
the mesa. constituting their only
means OF ascent. and which they
had thought immovuhlc and ,ndo-
strurtible. Three sick women, tho
only living beings lett on the great
rock that day, persisted from pri.
walton. for their relatives nno
friends below were powcrlcss Il
come to their aid, though thcl
clearly hDurd their cries % diro DIS
, tresH Never again yer the INDIAN
abb. TO scale MESA Encnntadn. 81
they took up their abode on Tn.
similar. though larger rock islam
OF the sky. Acomn. whore the
have been since time immemorinl.
Acomu H. not difficult OF asccn
nor hard on your breathing az
uaratus: tat mon and ladies ca
climb d as well as flappers. tn
only requisites r to be propcrl
gtri ed. and 90 take your time an
not be encountered with burdens ,
any kind. most particularly nt
with kodaks 4 kodak L. the %
aversion OF all Indians: Ia them
truly has The Evil Eye. an
while the Acomcse are eNtrcmtl
obliginE and courteous to all VisI
tors. u b. well "a not annoy then
Zoe 49,. N#LA N~.hNVM lfMH nun d
made very inaccessible TO undpsir
! nblcs.
After passing through the san
which the ages have depOsite
about the base Of this great fort
J rcss. you begin 20 mount, by cas-
stages. in passages hcwn thruuS
the rock. or on foctholdH worn q
! the tread Of myriads OF moccasino
/. feet through the forgotten contul
les. Also. Tor better guidance. pitt
your hands In the f-ingcrholds b.
dentVd there by thOs' who slcel
ID Gaze about you, particularly ul
+, ward. a. you climb; be flooded WI
the ineftable lOycliness of 10 al
T. you are heholding one Of the grand
y est of the mntchlcss ~splendOr~ "a
together distinctive. which mai
Z authors and scientists rave over ui
a Fair Sew Mexico. Then q
the habit and travel out 90 81.
81 som, more of her unique wonder
"a the cliss dwellings OF III RHO dc %
. t'riJolcs. which some anthropol'
/. gists think may be the "Gni
den Of Eden" from which 90
Acomese as well as tho indians
q Cochitl and other tribes OF simil'
4 stock rmunnted. ~ those cli
% Dwellings are numerous enough
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