... fortification, supposed to have been constructed by the aboriginal Mexican Indians. The next day, after crossing a mountain country, we arrived at SANTA FE and were received with apparent pleasure and joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains,... The Leading Facts of New Mexican History - Page 200by Ralph Emerson Twitchell - 1917Full view - About this book
| Francis Asbury Sampson - Missouri - 1909 - 356 pages
...joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains, on a branch of the Rio del Norte or North river, and some twenty miles from it. It • is the seat...whom I found to be well informed and gentlemanly in man * ners ; his demeanor was courteous and friendly. He asked 78 MISSOURI HISTORICAL REVIEW. that... | |
| Francis Asbury Sampson - Missouri - 1910 - 366 pages
...joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains, on a branch of the Rio del Norte or North river, and some twenty miles from it. It is the seat of government...was courteous and friendly. He asked many questions concerning my country, its people, their manner of living, etc.; expressed a desire that the Americans... | |
| Francis Asbury Sampson - Missouri - 1910 - 352 pages
...joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains, on a branch of the Kio del Norte or North river, and some twenty miles from it. It is the seat of government...to be well informed and gentlemanly in manners; his demeWor was courteous and friendly. He asked many questions concerning my country, its people, their... | |
| Rosemary Nusbaum - 1978 - 102 pages
...joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains, on a branch of the Rio del Norte or North River, and some twenty miles from it. It is the seat of Government of the province; is about two mles long and one mile wide, and compactly settled. The day of my arrival I accepted an invitation... | |
| Stephen Garrison Hyslop - History - 2001 - 540 pages
...joy. It is situated in a valley of the mountains, on a branch of the Rio del Norte or North river, and some twenty miles from it. It is the seat of government...arrival I accepted an invitation to visit the Governor [Facundo Melgares], whom I found to be well informed and gentlemanly in manners; his demeanor was courteous... | |
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