. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . old mission might some day fall and crush her ? Who knows, seiior,she answered, ambiguously ; giving that vague shakeof the head by which both Spaniards and Mexicansso accurately express profound unconcern. In theshade of some of the great walls were little stonecabins, in which lived other Mexican children were running about
. The Southern states of North America: a record of journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian territory, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland . old mission might some day fall and crush her ? Who knows, seiior,she answered, ambiguously ; giving that vague shakeof the head by which both Spaniards and Mexicansso accurately express profound unconcern. In theshade of some of the great walls were little stonecabins, in which lived other Mexican children were running about in the sun, andbronzed fathers were working lazily in the field. Inthe distance, in any direction — chaparral,— mesquite,—cactus,—short, burned grass, and the same pros-pect all the way to the Rio Grande, A sun-swept, sun-burnished land; a land ofmirages, and long, wearying distances wdthout water;a land of mysterious clumps of foliage, inviting ; where soldiers are always chasing maraud-ing savages whom they rarely catch, and where theMexican and the Indian together hunt the cattle ofthe Gringo; where little towns cluster trustingly around rough fortresses;where the lonely ranch is defended by the brave settler with his Win- / ^. An umbrella and candlestick gracedthe christening font. 156 SAN JUAN THE ESPADA CONSIDERANT S HOUSE. Chester; where milHons of cattle and thousands of horses and sheep roamfancy free from year to year, their owners only now and then riding in amongthem to secure the increase;—that is the beyond. The San Juan mission, a little beyond the San Antonio river, some three orfour miles farther down, like the Espada, which stands upon the bend in theriver still below, is but a ruin. In its day it was very large, and many familieslived within its bounds. Now there is little to be seen, except a small chapeland the ruins of the huge walls. A few families live among the debris, andthere is even a San Juan Mission Store. The scene about the hu
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