Seeing the West: Suggestions for the Westbound TravellerDumbell, K. E. M. (Kate Ethel Mary)
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Seeing the West: Suggestions for the Westbound Traveller
Dumbell, K. E. M. (Kate Ethel Mary)
West (U.S.) -- Description and travel
Laguna lies some 20 miles northeast of Acoma. Mr. Lummis, from whom the
above is quoted, tells a most interesting story of a law-suit carried on
between these two cities over the picture of a saint. The story is told
in “Some Strange Corners of Our Country.” Not only does the writer know
these strange corners, but he has a wonderful way of making his readers
see them.
THE APACHE
The Apache reservations are in Arizona and New Mexico. There is one,
about 100 miles from El Paso, on the border of Texas and New Mexico, but
perhaps the most accessible for tourists is the San Carlos Agency of the
White Mountain Reservation, reached by stage from Holbrook, a distance
of about 96 miles.
There are no Apache ruins, for this tribe lived in tepees made of twigs,
and not in pueblos or permanent houses.
Basketmaking is the principal industry among the women.
CAPULIN MOUNTAIN (NATIONAL MONUMENT)
“This mountain in northeastern New Mexico is a volcanic cinder cone of
recent origin, six miles southwest of Folsom. It is the finest specimen
of a group of craters. Capulin has an altitude of 8,000 feet and rises
1,500 feet above the surrounding plain. It is almost a perfect cone. It
is easily reached by either rail or automobile.”
BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT
Eighteen miles west of Santa Fé, N. M., in a beautiful valley with high
surrounding walls some six miles long, and about one half mile wide,
with an entrance narrow enough to admit but two persons abreast, may be
seen the home of a people who lived in caves. This is a region full of
interest; there is here a large area which has been suggested for a
national park, to be called: “The Cliff Cities National Park”; it is
reached by automobile from Santa Fé.
ZUNI
Zuni is also reached by the Santa Fé R. R. from Gallup. This is said to
be the largest of all the pueblos. At Zuni, Mr. Frank Hamilton Cushing
passed many years of his life, as a member of the tribe. This famous
ethnologist probably learned more of the real Indian, because more
closely associated with him, than any other white man has done; he is
the authority on this particular tribe.
Conveyances can be had at Gallup for the trip to Zuni, which is
generally made in a day. The pueblo lies in a level plain on the
southern bank of the Zuni River; it may be seen at quite a distance,
owing to the irregularity in the height of the houses, some of which are
five stories, and the irregular lay of the ground upon which they are
built.
To the traveller who has been to Acoma, Zuni may be disappointing, or
rather the approach to Zuni, Acoma being built upon a great rock mesa;
but why compare such different spots? Each has its own charm. The
ladders which are seen upon all sides at Zuni add greatly to its
picturesque appearance; they have been well described as: “A wilderness
of masts.”
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