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Show xii LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN HISTORY PREFATORY NOTE xill tributions to the History of the Southwestern Portion of the United States; The Coronado Expedition, by George Parker Winship; and Spanish Explorers in the Southern United States, edited by Frederick W. Hodge, of the Bureau of American Ethnology. In 1889 appeared the work of Hubert Howe Bancroft, History of Arizona and New Mesico, 1530-1888. There are few publications so elaborate as this great work. The wealth of notes and citations is most attractive to the student or reader. Mr. Bancroft had exceptional opportunity in the preparation of his work, having been the owner of one of the greatest libraries of the country, filled with books and manuscripts touching upon the history of the southwest. The work, however, is one of a set of thirty-nine volumes, and the cost to the individual of moderate means is practically prohibitive. Some effort has been made by others, but the results, so far as historical writing is concerned, have been very unsatisfactory. In this work most liberal drafts have been made upon the several monographs published in the Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology, particularly the contributions of the Mindeleff brothers, Mrs. Stephenson, Mr. W. H. Holmes, Mr. Frank H. Cushing, Mr. Frederick W. Hodge, and Dr. Kdgar L. Hewett. The facts and deductions contained in the chapter devoted to the archeological and ethnological history of New Mexico are drawn largely from the works of these distinguished workers in Special fields of research. The courteous treatment of the several departments at Washington in supplying information dealing with the history of New Mexico following period 1s gratefully remembered. the American Occupation The several great public libraries in the West have been of invaluable assistance, and to their librarians the writer tenders his thanks. Several private libraries in New Mexico and Colorado, notably those of Hon. Thomas Benton Catron and Dr. L. Bradford Prince, have been open, and to both these distinguished gentlemen the writer is under many obligations. Special thanks are due to Mr. K. M. Chapman of the School of American Archeology at Santa Fé, whose genius in illustrating and work in copying old documents, engravings, and photographs, has made their reproduction possible. RateH Emerson Las Vegas, New Mexico, January 1, 1911 TwitcHELL |