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Show i i CS i A Sa SS us agree ly Lal ee 150 LEADING FACTS OF NEW MEXICAN THE HISTORY The military chapel was on the south side of the plaza. The building was in the form of a cross, about one hundred feet in length, and nearly as many in width. The front LA CASTRENZA door opened upon the plaza. It had two plain towers which rose a few feet above the roof. Upon the roof were suspended two bells, which were rung by boys ascending the roof and pulling the clappers from side to side. The style of construction differed from the true gothic cross in that the transept ran north and South, instead of east and west. The appearance of the building, inside and out, like all of the church edi- fices of the period was very primitive and exceedingly plain. The altar was in the south transept and was quite plain. The ornaments were few. The wall behind the altar was inlaid with brown-stone work, representing Scriptural scenes; some old Spanish paintings hung upon the walls. The choir “a over the north eh allow Se and was reached by a ladder. candles, was suspended this center of wonder and astonishment, bing as they om eer ne august A chandelier, lighted with the the cross and and ‘unterrified’ sit and behold the ae ett et e the ‘unwashed’ whence comes so ee of over imagine presides the deliberations Leaving the Hall of the House we enter the whi yterritorial library, We find aaites Oa opens into a small vestibule leading from the portal. books from the hose t room not more than fifteen feet square, filled with Shelves, and numberi 0 the beams over-head, ranged around the walls on ard text books Sa thee Some two thousand volumes. They embrace the standthe reports of the U A rater branches of common and civil law and equity, the codes of various and courts, state the and States ed teenies and states judge, other Uiited 8; besides a number of congressional documents. The ates officers, and members of the bar have access to the and can tak libraryregistered been b es ae books to keep, a limited time, after they shall have ‘ie librarian and being responsible for their safe return. into th y Openingmut ae pe fame vestibule is the office of Superintendent of Indian the west end of th yet Toom adjoining, used for a store-room, occupies propriated to the g Bliee building. Near-by is a large vacant room ap bendbat on Wek use of the Indians when they come in to see the superinIt will be Voted That one In passing it may times they are fed by the government.’’ + a room in the palace was used for post-office purposes. Alvarez, U. 9. ele ” Be according to a notation in the diary of Manuel - C., to him, vi Ver anta Fé, the postage on a letter from Washington, » Via Vera Cruz and the City of Mexico, was one dollar and seventy-fiv ae is 0 mail service over the plains until 1849. Gisky Con I beg leave Mexico, ex to dbeatve, a8 at rairves, 11, p. 67, says: there are no conveniences ‘‘Speaking of mails, of this kind in New irregular aan wea Toute from Santa Fé to Chihuahua, and these are very Session of the hi ay in. Before the Indians had obtained such complete pos cities were earriad ee through the wilderness, the mails between these tw mere expresses, in ym f mi-monthly; but now they are much less frequent, Eact, despatched only when an occasion offers.’’ bes 151 engravings and small paintings of saints were to be seen in various The roof was supported by large unpainted parts of the building. pine beams, ornamented with a sort of bracket where the ends In the facade, above the door, there was entered the adobe walls. a large rectangular slab of freestone elaborately carved. It represented ‘‘Our Lady of Light’’ in the act of rescuing a human being from the jaws of Satan, while angels were placing a crown upon The brown-stone tablet, referred to, which stood back her head. of the altar, was a beautiful piece of art, and represented the prinAbove all was Santa Maria, then St. lago, riding cipal saints. over the turbanned heads of his enemies; on the right was San Juan de Pomasan, the background ornamented with a representation of an aqueduct; under him was St. Francis Xavier, baptizing the Indians, and the in conical background huts, as were such built On the left was San José and below him San by the wild tribes. At the bottom of standing on two globes. Fé, Francisco de Santa the tablet were two elliptical spaces, containing the following 1nscriptions : 2°? but fail to discover over CITY OF SANTA FE ai A DEVOCIONDE SENOR DN. FRANCO. ANT. MARIN DLVALLEGOVE NADORI CAPIN GENDES DA. IDES VESPOSA MARIA IGNACIA MARTINEZ DE VGARTE ANO TE REINO. Every morning E 1761. the bells of the parroquia or paris h chureh of Santa Fé summoned the good citizens of the capital to early mass. in the early Attending the morning service, women of devout the witness would one days, THE PARROQUIA the parish, veiled in their rebozos, seated, RELIGIOUS customs the bare ground after the Turkish fashion, on except when up, stood men The aisle. the to the right-hand side of station the ritual required them to kneel. They maintained their long was building this of body The church. the of on the left side and narrow; the roof was lofty; the ground plan, that of a Cross. Near the altar were two wax figures, life size, representing hooded —_————. 102 Translati ; is ; 2 4 devocion on: Chae qj capitan general deste ; garve, delé de Senor Dn. Feo. Ant. Maria Marva reino. Y de Su. esposa Da. Ano Cristiano, 1761. This reredos is now in the cathedral at Santa : Fe. 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