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Show JOUH~AL OF A VOYAG~ of father Rubi, replied in the affirrnative ; but ~ays the Indian, '' they do not speak Castillian," true replied the other, but you are an lndian of the nation of Keres, are you not ? Yes. Well the U tahs are Indians al~o ? Y ~s. But still you do not understand them, t~ey speakmg .a dtfferent lanrruagc. True replied the Ind1an ; well, sa1d the old gcntlc~an, those strangers are .likewise r ~p.ani rds, ~ut do not speak the same language With us. I h1s reasonmg seemed to satisfy the poor savage, and I could not but smile at the ingenuity displayed to make him believe there was no other nation of whites but the Spaniards. Whilst at dinner' father Rubi was informed one o.f his parishioners was at the point of death, and wished h1s attendance to receive his confession. W c took our departure, but were shortly after over· taken by our friend, who after giving me another hearty shake of the hand, left us. Crossed the river and passed two sn1all hamlets and houses on the road to the village of St. Dies, opposite the n1ountain of the same ~am:, where we were received in a house of father Rub1, this making part of his domains. 7tb Marcb, Saturday.-Marc h e d at m·n e o 'clock through a country better culti· vated and m• h ab .I t cd than any I had yet seen. Arrived at Albuquerque, a v1'1 1. age on the cast side of the Rio del Norte. We were received by father Atnbrosio Guerra in a very flattering manner, and led into his hall. From thence, after taking some refres~· ment into an inner appartment, where he ordered his adop:ed children of the female sex, to appear, when t~ey came 1.1 1 by turns, Indm. ns o f van·o us natw· ns, Spamsh, French, and finally, two young girls, who from their co~l· . ... . · · I nouc· Plexion I concezved to be Enghsh : on perce1vmg . f whont ed them, he ordered the rest to retzre, many o [; were beautiful, and directed those to sit down on the 50 a THROUGH THE INTERIOR PHOVTNCF.S, &c. beside me; thus situated, he told me that they had been taken to the east by the 'fetaus ; passed from one nation to another, until he purchased them ' at that tz' me I·n f'a nts but they cou. ld recollect neither their names nor 1a nguagc ' but concJudmg they were my country-women, he Ol dered them to embrace me as a mark of their friendship, to which they appeared nothing loth ; we then sat down t di h. h · o nner, w zc conszstcd of various dishes , exccJlr'.-.r1t w·m cs, an J to crown all, we were waited 011 by half a dozen of th b ·c. 1 • I ose eautuu g1r s, w.h o like Hebe at rhe fca.st of th e god s, ~onverted our wmc to nectar, and with their ambrosial breath shed incense on our cups. After the cloth was removed some time, the priest beckoned me to follow h' :n d I d . . Hn, .e me mto .hzs." .sanctmn sanctorum," where he had h.e nch and ~aJeStic Images of various saint.s, and in the nudst the crucified Jesus, crowned with thorns, with rich rays of golden glory surrounding his head . in short t11e roo m be m· g hu ng wi·t h black si· lk curtains, ' served bu' t to augm~nt the gloOin and majesty of the scene. When h conceJv d · · · c e my Imagmatwn sufficiently wrought up he put ooaW~kgo wn and mi·t re, k neeled before the cro' ss and took hold f h d ' ( down b . o ~y an and endeavoured gently to pull me t; :sJdc him ; on my refusal, he prayed fervently for : ew mznutes and then rose, laid his hands on my shoul" e;, and .as I conceived, blessed me. I-Ic then saiJ to znc ou WJII not be a Christian; Oh ! what a pity 1 ol ; ,, what a 't '" H h . l. h P1 Y · e t en threw off his robes took rne by t e hand and 1e d me out o f the company smili'n g . but th scene I had o h h ' e . g ne t roug had nlade too serious an imJ)res- Sion on my · d b . t . mm to c cradzcatcd, until w took our clcpar-ure, wh1ch was · 1 f. mark . u: an 1our a tt?r, having received great s of fnendship from the father. be · B.o th above and b e1 o w 4l\lb · · 1. uqucrque, the citizens were gmnmg to op h 1 . en t e cana s, to· let In the' \vat<'r of tllc· f |