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Show f ' . { 23] 62 • The. whole shal.J .be diviileil into sevt>n counties, ann th se into three municipalities. The population, ~ccording to the sta.tio;:tics whit·h are presentert for this purl1ose, 1! 100,064. The cap1tal of this d 1 epar1ment is Santa Fe. Central district. A 2 This district is hereby divided into three countie~, which RT. . • M' 1 d B shall be called Santa Fe, Santa. Antt, and San . tgut' el ildo. The capital of these three counties -shall .be the c11y ~Jf Sa~ta Fe. ART. 3 The first county shall comprtl'ie all the Inhabttants of 'Santa Fe, San Ildefonso, ~oguaq_ue, Nambe, C~yaman.qut>, Tt·zuque, Rio Tt'zuqut> Sienega, Su~negutlla, Agua Fna, Gahstt>o, El Real -del Oro, aud 'Tuerto. The county seat is Santa Fe. The number of iuhab1tar ts is 12,500. ART. 4. The second county shall comprise the inh2tbitants of Rayada, Cochite, .Ptna B~anca, Chili, Santo Domingo, Cobero, San Felippe, Jamez, Sdla, .Santa Ana, .~ngosturtl, aucl ~l~odones. 1bt number of inhabitants 1s 10,500. Ihe county ~eat 1s fixed at Algo· ·dones. ART. 5. The third c'ounty spa 11 comprise the inhab:tants of Pecos Gusano, Rio de Ia Vaca, Mula, E~tramosa, San Jose, San Miguel del Bado, Pueblo, P~erticito, C~.e~to, Cerrito, An'ton Chico, Tecalote Vegas, and Sepdlo. lnhab1tants, 18,800; county seat shall be San Migud. , Northern district. ART. 6. This district is di video into two counties, called Rio Arriba and Taos. The capital is Las Luceros. AnT. 7. The county of Rio Arriba rompris~s the inhabitants of Sata Cruz de la Canada, Chimayo, Canada, Trucha", S'rtnta Clara, Vegas, Chama, Cuchillo, Abiqu1u, Rito Colorado, Ojo Caliente, · Ranchitos, Chamita, San Juan, Rw Arriba, .Joya, and. Embud~. The county seat is Los Luoeros. The number of inhabitauts IS. 15,000. 0 ART. 8. The c.ounty of Taos comprises ~he inhabitants of Don Fernandez, San F.ancisco, Arroya Houdo, Arroyo Seco, Desmon· te[:,Sineguilla, Picuries, Santa Barbara, Zampas, Cham•za·I, Llan?, Ptiiasco, Moro, Huerfano, and Cimmaron. The county · seat IS Don Fernandez. The number of mhal] 1tants amounts to 14,200. J Southeast ern District. . ART. 9. This district is divided into two counties, called Valen· Cia and Bernalillo. The capital is Val ~ ncia. ART. 10. The ·county of Valencia comprises, Valencia, Sttn Fer· nando, Tome., Socoro, Limitar, Polvaderas, Sabinal, ~lames, Casa, Colorado, C1bolleta, Sabino, Parida, Luis Lopt-z Belen, Lunes, Lentes, Zuni, Acoma, and Rito. County seat Valencia. ·Num· bt:r of inhabitants 20,000. ' 63 [ 23] ART. 11. The county of BernaliJJo comprises, Isletta Padilla Pajarito, Ranchos de Atrisco, Atrisco, Palareres Alb~qut>rque'· ~lt>me~a, Corrales., Sa~dia~ and Bernalillo. Coun~y seat, Berna~ 111/o. Number of mhahltants8,204. The whole number of inhabi- tants of the d istrid, 28,204. Th,i~ d.eeree shal 1. be made known to the governor, that be may .carry It wto executwn. JESUS MARIA G ALLEG AS, JuAN BAPTISTA VIGIL Y MARis; Secretary. President. . By virtue of the premises, I command th~t this act be published, ·cin: ulate~l, ancl rnacie known, to all whom It may concern for its most act1ve observance and ful fi I men t. . · " Palace of tfte government, Santa Fe. MARIANO MARTINEZ. JosE FELIX JuniA, Secretary. June 17, 1844.. Oc~ober . 28.-Last night ·we had much rain and wind, and this morntng light s~owed us ~ sky co.vered with grey and misty cloucis, that hang close to the . hor~zon, Wtt?out any s1g~ of clearing away. We are, therefore, c~>nstra1n~d to .gtve over the Idea of leaving this place to·day .. The weather Is qu1te cold. The wild gee:se are flyJ. ng t~bou~ us m great numbers, and keep up an incessant "honkt: ng." . About 2 o'clock it comm1enced clearing off. We started out to kill some gt>ese. The "anser canadiensis" and "A. bernicJa," are very abundant. We also saw many of those beautiful snow-white geese, called ';'A. hyperuoreas," snow go?se, by way of eminence. .But the getse were very shy, as the Mexicans said, "Los anseres- '(l ran m \lchos sa bios." · In the aftern.oon we met a young l\1'exican. who had travelled ~h~ougb the Un1ted States. He commenced speaking of the powerful. steambo~ts~ the rapid. rail-cars, and mighty rivers he had ~rn, and, pomtmg to the Rto del Norte, he said," this is the Ria . ran.de of Mexico, but in the United States it would be muy poqu1ro, muy poquito." · ,, ~ctober 29.-This morning Lieutenant ·Peck and' I started for w araha," leaving the wagon and most of the mules at Padillas; e1 t~us .savt'd a dAy's march, as we could now return before night anc · Wished to start fro·m this place, in ·order to explore th~ Mun.t~.y ar.ound '' Chilili," aRd all the inhabited portion of New ~X• co I) tng to the eastwa~. w._e continued down on the west side of the river until we reac tt!d th.e Put>blo of "JsJetta," quite a large town.' Here \"e -hs aw exb te nstve vi· nf'yarJ1 s , • h ·• Wit long sheds, unrler which were rancred ' a~~~ ~oat~d. b~gs of o': hide, where several of the Indians w~re w~r , rlts~llhug the l~quors from the :vats. th .1now forded the river, and after a JOUrney of 9 miJes reached e VI lage of" Peralta." This .town is situated on the 'southern I |
