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Show '754 Ex. Doc. No. 41. a~t which we washed clown with clclicious water from the little yep<. ' . . c· . arroy:l. th;lt flows by the nllag<' of ll'tl~·ga. . . L. a J 1 ttle while wt• rearhcd Agua Fr: :,, and soon ·a rne tn St~ht of the nty of Santa F e. By the roadsul<• W(' Raw tn<nty cortt'J<>R, s 0 m e h a 1 f s h ad <' d w it h c o t t o n -w o o d t r e e s a n cl s u r r o un d c d u y (' <~ r n fields. Soon ~'ort Marry canH' in 'it•w, and our ~lonou~ flag, wtth. its grard'ul stripe~, playing in the wir.HI; and b~·forc _the suu w.ent down we fo11nd oursclvt·s onec more 1ll th<' eapttal o{ Nt•w 1\Tl'Xt~·o. Octobe 1 • 3.-W c t•m ploy t d the day in pa c ktng up our co llcelton of miuPrals, bird sktus, and the ltke, in utdcr to send them on to the dl'partmcnt as soon as po:-sible. . . 1 callt•d on Colonel Doniphan, and spolu' to hun wtth rr~ar.d to tl1c proluring of an escort through tl_t · .country of ·the Nava.Jo_ef'l· lH' most '"illtn~ly ofrt·red me CVl'ry fanltty, LJ.nt\ propo ~c d g1vtng me a ll'ltcr to Colonel Jackson,\\ ho \\as now nt!ar C1bollcta, o.ntl be would furnish the <.'St'ort. J n t h c c v t•n in cr w r vis i. t c• < l For l l\1 arc y. It 1 s sit u at c d on a. ptomint>nt point ~f .the blufl"~ commanding the. ~i ty. 'l'~1c di s_tan('c {)f the centre of tl11~ work, from tbe flag ::;tail 111 the p .aza, 18 bttt 664 yards. The whole of the interior is defiladed from all the sur·· rounding heights within range•; \0 guns may be brought to l>t•ar upon the city. The ~lopes are 1evcttcd with adoucs. The blo('k· house and mt~g?zinc arc construdt•d of pine logs one foot square. 'l'he only approachable point is ~uard<.•d by the ulock-housc, whicl <dso a~sists to protect the ·ntran<·t• of tlH' Jnrt. Octobc1· 4.-W c wt>re t.'a r I y awa l t•ncd with the ringing of the campanttas, summoning the goou citizens of 'anta Fe to morning ma~s at the parroquia, or parish church. I had a gn•at desire to st'e the iuterior of this cbur ·h, which, with the "Uapilla oc lo Soldaclos," arc said to be tbe two oldest cb nrcht.'s in the pht<'e, alld were <loubtless those alludt•t\ 10 by Pd ·. wl·en he says, "thetc are two cburehe::;, the milgn1f1·ence of wl1< . ·ll't· pl(•s form v. st.r:king contrast to the miseraulc appearance < tl1c bonst•s." Dunng the noon scrv1ce I attended 1hc clturch. TL. women vl·il ed in their t_t·hozas, ~at,. after the Turkish fashion, on the bare'groun<l to the nght han<l s1d_e of the aisle. ThP men stood up, cxcq>t when the cert>mony oi the church Hquircd them to k11eel. They ~ept. on the left han.l side of the ehurch. The body of the buildln. g ts long anc\ narrow; the roof lofty; the ground pl.1n of the form of a cross. Near the alL1r were two wax figures the :::.ize of lite reprCSI:' n ~I.l l g l lOOd e.d friars, Wi I h s ha vccl h('<HI s, exec pt a crow U 0 f' ~hurt hau- that cnctrclcd the head like a wreath. One was dressed m_ blue and the other in white; their garmt'nts long and flowing, w1lh knotted gtr<lles arouu<l the waist. The wall back of till' altar wa.s covered with innumf•rah.le mirrorq, oil painting·, and bright c_o on· d t a pes try . ~i, r o ~ a h 1 g h w in d o w a flood 0 f c r i 111 ~on It g h l, ttn.ged ?r th_c curtam 1t passed th1 ough, poured down upon the alt.tr. 1 he Inct•n .. e smoke curl<·cl about in the rays, ar" l, in graceful_ curves ascendwg, lent much beauty to the group '1ttud the j>ri<'Sts, who wt·r~ all hauitr.d in rich garments. There v. •re many "Jvax tapers burnmg, and wdtl music, from unseen musicians, e |