"The Santa Fé caravans have generally avoided every manner of trade with the wild Indians, for fear of being treachero…"

"As regards the two different routes to Santa Fé, although Missouri, for various reasons... can doubtless retain the m…"

"The population of Santa Fé is about 5000. I should say that was the maximum."

"The Plaza, some three hundred and fifty feet square, was an open space of mud and dust, until the advent of the Ameri…"

"On the north side of the Plaza is the palace; the governor's palace, if you please; a long adobe, one story high, and…"

"The three remaining sides of the square are occupied by the principal stores of the place, the fonda, or hotel, and t…"

"Two streets, of American breadth, run from the east and west side of the Plaza, to the hills bounding the town on the…"

"Houses alternate with wheat and corn fields that grow larger as you reach the edge of the town, and, in separate ranc…"

"The most striking animated feature of Santa Fé is found in the strings or droves of donkeys, burros, who are at once …"

"More than one half the butter used here comes from the land whence, in New Mexico, every thing good is believed to co…"