The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . g from Mexico. Pikes Peak towers in the distance, 14,147 feet high, and at shortrange we see the graceful Spanish Peaks, 13,620 feet in height. The railroad follows the gen-eral direction of the old Santa Fe Trail; and Dick Woottons famous old toll-house is seenon the right, just north of the summit. LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS. 19 CHAPTER IV. NEW MEXICO — ARIZONA. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? — Byron. WE reach Las Vegas Hot Springs, 786 miles
The pioneers of '49 A history of the excursion of the Society of California pioneers of New England . g from Mexico. Pikes Peak towers in the distance, 14,147 feet high, and at shortrange we see the graceful Spanish Peaks, 13,620 feet in height. The railroad follows the gen-eral direction of the old Santa Fe Trail; and Dick Woottons famous old toll-house is seenon the right, just north of the summit. LAS VEGAS HOT SPRINGS. 19 CHAPTER IV. NEW MEXICO — ARIZONA. Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow? — Byron. WE reach Las Vegas Hot Springs, 786 miles from Kansas City, at p. M., and visit themedicinal springs, some forty in number, varying in temperature from very warm tothat of ice water. The air here is light on account of the elevation, nearly 7,000 feet, andmany complained of a disagreeable sensation, feeling light headed and treacherous susceptible to atmospheric changes, I did not experience anything of this, and thinkit was somewhat exaggerated by the imaginations of the sufferers. My impression was further I «. ^PAj*0^>l=UflL Y CO THE MONTEZUMA HOTEL. confirmed by the statement of a gentleman at the hotel that he could not live below an altitudeof 3,000 feet on account of the weakness of his lungs. This hotel, the Montezuma, wasbuilt by the Santa Fe Railroad Company, at a cost of ^400,000. Its predecessor, the Phoenix,was burned but a few years ago. The house is all that is claimed for it, and had twenty-five guests, paying $18 per week and upward, among whom we found friends who greeted us 20 PIOMEERS OF 49. warmly and gave us much valuable information. We walked along the banks of the RioGallinas, which flows through a picturesque canon from the Spanish range of the RockyMountains. From Las Vegas we ride through an undulating plateau. In the gathering darkness westrain our eyes to get a faint view of Starvation Mountain, where a band of Indians sur-rounded and vanquished by hunger 140 M
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