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Show 448 Ex. Doc. No. 41. qualifications necessary to his o£Jice_, posscs::;cs th_o~e of a long rcRidcncr in this country, a con~tant Jllt.<•rco urse wtth the people, and an intimate knowledge of their language and character. Jn the afternoon I strolled through tlw "plaza/' or public square. On the north side is the palace, occupying the whole ide of the square. On the remaining sides on • find. the . torcs of the mere h a n t s an d t r a cl P r s, a n d i n t h c en t r e o f t h c s q u n.r c a t a 11 (1 a g staff bas brcn Prccted, from which the banner of freedom now waves. There all the cou ntry p<•oplc congregate to sell their marketing, and one con tantly sees objects to amu P. 'l,rains of" burros'' are continually entering the city, lad<'n with kegs of TaoE> whiskey or immcnHc packs of foclucr, mcl?ns, woocl, or g_rapes. C?ur ?wn s?lt1ier!.' too an• co u ,tantly passlllg ancl n•passtng, or mlllgling wtth the ~~otl ey group· of Mexicans and Pucbl o Indian s. Tht~ markets have, in addition to the articles already mentioned, great quantitie:-.. of" Chili colorado," and "verde," "cebollas'' or onions, "sandia·" or water ffi(•]ons, "huevos" or egg , "qu(•so" or cheese, and "hoja," or corn husks, neatly tic•d up in bundles for making the cigarritos, "pund1e" or tobacco, "uva," or grapes, and " p i fJ o 1 H' s , " n u 1 s o f 1 h c p i n e t r c <' , ( p i n u s m o 11 o p h y II u s . ) T h t' s c I as t arc s I i g h t I y b a k c cl to m n k c t h c m k e (' p , a n d arc b r o u g h l to market in great quantities. Besides these thing~, there arr many varieties of bread, a;.d several kinds of meat. The Put'blo lncliaus bring in gn·at quantities of pcac iH•s which are lwre call ·<l "duraznos." Ln the evt•ning l a1tPnded a ball, h<•rc stylt•d a fandango. Tlw Mexiean ladies had laid aside their "n:bozns," and wc1c clothe<! much after the manner of our own females. Stuff~ most ri<'h, and skirts of mon tt ous width or fullnes ·. Whtlc sitt ing down th('y W('rc wrapped in splt>tHli<l shawls. These were gencrttlly thrown over the h<'<HI like the rcboza. 1'h<·y gaz,~d round the room with gn•at com p I a is an c <' as t h l' y s m o k c d Ua• i r c i g a n·i to s. W a It z i n g form s the chief part of all th(·ir dan ces. The principal ones arc the "cnmbe," and the '~Italiano." These people lHtvc an cxc(·llcnt notion of time, fine vo~ct·~, ancl Sc('mcd to be cnthusiasti<'ally fond ·of music. Th<•y arc poltt<• to excess, arl(l l hear th<•m often t'xclaim nt what they call rudcncs of the AmcricanR, ~aying "no ticn<!n vergiienza," for a M •xi<·an never even lig!Jts his ctgarrito without a. kwg your c on sen 1 , " c o n s u 1 i c c n e i a s c· 1i o r . " At this dan<'e I hacl the pleasure of tasting some of the wine frow "El passo del Norte," which in its delicious flavor realized alii had anti<'ipatt•cl. Septembe1· 2!).-As I had fonn(l orders from General Kearny, di rccliug the survey of New 1\tiexieo , with Li£>utcnant ])eC'k of the topogrnphiC'a] <·nginccrs, I set out this n1ornin~r to visit th<' gold mine·, bctw<><'n thirty nncl forty mill'S to the'. outh of Santa Fe. Having made a11 our preparations ycstt•rday, we wt•re enabled to get ofl very early this morniug. Th<' first nine mile of our road led us through groves of <;edar and pinon; at length we got upon the bare valley, where nought is to be seen but the cactus, and a scant growth of gr~ss, and the yu~ca; and along the road great number::; of horned lizzards. Towards the latter part of the day |