. Tourists' handbook descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah . own of Santa Cruz, the Indian pueblos of San Juan, Santa Claraand San Yldefonso and the cliff ruins, near Santa Clara, are all of supremeinterest. This is a very delightful route to reach Santa Fe, via the line of theDenver and Rio Grande, which has been completed to the ancient Mexican city,and the ride through the wind-carved sand hills and past ruins of prehistoricraces is of great interest. INDIAN PUEBLOS. Santa Cruz is a most interesting old Mexican town, situated on the RioGrande del Norte directly opposite Espanola. Its
. Tourists' handbook descriptive of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah . own of Santa Cruz, the Indian pueblos of San Juan, Santa Claraand San Yldefonso and the cliff ruins, near Santa Clara, are all of supremeinterest. This is a very delightful route to reach Santa Fe, via the line of theDenver and Rio Grande, which has been completed to the ancient Mexican city,and the ride through the wind-carved sand hills and past ruins of prehistoricraces is of great interest. INDIAN PUEBLOS. Santa Cruz is a most interesting old Mexican town, situated on the RioGrande del Norte directly opposite Espanola. Its chief attraction is the ancientchurch, erected in the sixteenth century, which contains several paintings andimages sent over from Spain at the time of the conquest. The Pueblo of San Juan is situated on the Rio Grande, opposite Chamita,about four miles from Espanola, and one and a half miles from the are twenty-six similar Indian towns, nineteen of which are situated in■New Mexico and seven in Arizona. Nine of them are on the line of the Denver. INDIAN FESTIVAL AT PUEBLO DE TAOS. 23 & Rio Grande R., R., or its immediate vicinity, viz: Taos, Picurio, San Juan,Santa Clara, San Yldefonso, Pojaque, Nombe, Cuyamauque and Tesuque. ■ Thedifferent pueblos closely resemble each other in construction. The dwellings areall built of mud-colored adobe, or sun-dried bricks, and are arranged so as toenclose a plaza or public square. The walls are from two to four feet in thicknessand the roofs are of timbers covered with dirt a foot or more in depth. Manyhouses are two, and some even four or five stories, or rather terraces, in height,each successive story being set back some twelve or fifteen feet from the sidewalls of the next story below. The usual manner of entering these dwellings isby ascending a ladder outside the building to the roof and through a holedescending into the interior by another ladder, though some, as a modernimprovement, have doors cut in the side wa
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