The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1922-01-08

go Mission.
aions is very probably 20 the fraIie
or frlilcs who -urc.eded LuEn. but
90 missionary to the Iemez can be
uumed FOR the period from i6ni ~
if1s. ln tho latter year Fray Zero
uimo Inrufe Sulmeron was made COM
lafrio az Do franciscan work in New
Mexico ANA ho established his rrsi-
drnce among b Jemoz. hut whether
o. The ouv OF san Diego DE- Jemez.
lU She pueblo uf GuiuHewa. or az the
convent OF san Jose dc Jemez cannot
yot hp stated.
SalroroH inhored among the Jcmez
Cor probably not more than four
years since Fray Alfonso de- Henu.
Vldt came fn New Mexico ip 1919 a.
flr first incumbent or the newly
erected 'Cuffndlo de la Conversion de
rnu radio ana Ir tho same year Fray
Marin de ArlIde. missionary nf plcu-
rH having learned that the Iem-2
bad deserted tisIr uushiua and were
fHHulNH ILH muuntalua uhtnIund per-
w...un from -HeuaVldrs uuh thr puv-
.ruur f1 ru Geo that field lie was sue
.'. lul Iu restoring peace and In re-
DsiabllshIur 900" Joutea. laborlnH
umonE them from t122 possibly until,
1881.
The next fifty wears are almost q
blank. because OF tro destruction OF
records lu fHn Irsurrectlon Of 1850.
hut from Tine first The spanish policy
wac gradually 20 draw the people 81
each province into fewer and fewer
puchios tn1rr Artide's ministry the
JOINER aeom 60 have occupied MOI
more than three or four Euehlos. hl
1850 There may nav been only two
served lt fsr missions Of san Diego
1na SAN Junu; md as already stated
the grant ~ 1883 restricted them
tn "a Like the streams Of their ua-
tive land converCing INTO one river
which dimlnishes In volume the
farther 30 nows from o. headwaf-
ors. $50 fhe Iemez have merged ana
diminished into "a single pueblo which
t.lav has lr-a than six hundred lu-
huhltauts.
One ~ tho problems as yet unsoIv-
ed Ir ihe Identification ~ thc church
ruI convent of San Jose do Iemez
Aside from thn church Of san Diego
or iulu-owa Tho only church amour
fh" Jemc1 known 20 have Stood pre-
FlouF 600 1850 I- that 81 which tho
ruins may aill Dc seen on the lower
mnrf gf fhp confluence Of the Quad
uiupc and san Diego rivers Now IN
1897 tennFide7 stated thar the scat
Irr"i Jpwrr had hnen c-uucregated in
fhe two nugHlaa of san Diego (which
was rebuilt fur tH.s purnoscl and 81
san InHH which was sf1l standing.
with "a rurv elmufuous and beautiful
church and mnnHrfrv' But this Ian
-uHFe cannot possibly apply 10 "a"
ruin lu question which is small aud
nsIeuifcaut especially when contrast
nd with tgt imposing rulus ~ San
Nlrgn Also the manuscripts relating
io fho insursoCflun and reconquest.
1850 20 1893. repeatedly speak on this
ruin ON the delta a. : q Juan de
"u17 Moreover Randsiler was in-
fnrfH'' positively hy the Iem~y In
Oh nH fIat stm Jose vyus much higher
Ir uu Che MEGA proper
Tho aolufion % thls prohlem may
.HW' .n tho study OF ths VuIlecito
lHHu Uf uuehlnF ~ the e~arliret
.HHris considered rhat rroun mors
IMPORTANT thuu or oven a. irnpnr-
ranr Fool tho 'Acuas ~Cune1tes rroup.
nH orally ONE of rho first missions
would hr ,~-fahushed among them
nnd this would DO ne san Josa al
fcufca later between 1871 ana 1854
whom the peoples % those puebIop
worn IT1urht over and merged in the
pueblo of nuIu-swa ans berhaps 9TH
orc ~ the san nieeo nniurnify Inc
mis-."n o. san Jose would he Enand-
u wav Pc wen % state In this con
no..ion that not a single site IN tha
NnfIrrito drainage has vet been studIna
or even carefully raHpned vet n IN
r'u-los ruch ruirsas Pc Jun krn
trunhlo "a The hearth with foNr
rlRgas. Ka ba kwa tpuchio 81 che
cludos uch ruins ns re tun n
tlou ~ Che arroyel ench az sVfo
nln2as' Wa hn ) ha m kwa fpuehlo
~ The ~ralaha7n1 ~ three niazas. no
70 f@ "a lpuahio % tho nhn lone
ehell. kwa fru fwa ipuopin On ~.
oval ninaA, SIN Hho kwa where Hves
Dc eAriel ~ Waw Ia iwa fwhera
lives me orinie1 The three iaai nnu-
rims have f1lr niazas - n hosfdes
,Ncndod wings There are also M tho
N~n'lorIfo N ifa cnnfnrs seven ~
nnricd sites which have not vet boon
.'rifi"d ana various minor ruins
The western group also or This cut
inrni area. which We have naned
tho Guadalupe San Diego group. A.
siill lareelY uutouched Some preltmi-
surrey work has baen dnne rs
s ~haudrler ~ H. Hnimra n
Nelson and others hnt the oplv
intensive frsearrh work In the whole
W t i"mc2 cultural arra IA fhat
which was lone BY the School Of
Nm"rican N'senrch during the SEA
sous ~ 1912 iali 1919 and 1897.