. Observations of a ranchwoman in New Mexico . elong vista of toil, struggle, and aggravationwhich goes to making a home in the Landof Poco Tiempo, that perfect substitute forthe After Awhile, and Never-do-to-day-what-you- can -possibly -put -off- till -to -morrow, ofcertain States of the Middle South. [20] CHAPTER II. THE MEXICAN IN NEW MEXICO. The picturesque attributes of Old Mexicoare self-evident, and have been so often andso well written up as to have become almosthackneyed. In New Mexico, on the con-trary, these qualities are less theatricallydisplayed, and, indeed, to many settlers int
. Observations of a ranchwoman in New Mexico . elong vista of toil, struggle, and aggravationwhich goes to making a home in the Landof Poco Tiempo, that perfect substitute forthe After Awhile, and Never-do-to-day-what-you- can -possibly -put -off- till -to -morrow, ofcertain States of the Middle South. [20] CHAPTER II. THE MEXICAN IN NEW MEXICO. The picturesque attributes of Old Mexicoare self-evident, and have been so often andso well written up as to have become almosthackneyed. In New Mexico, on the con-trary, these qualities are less theatricallydisplayed, and, indeed, to many settlers inthe territory are barely noticeable, so much,naturally, depending on the point of view aswell as on the species of eyesight possessedby the observer. Where the point of viewis strictly utilitarian, as in the case of themajority of settlers, the picturesque may bevirtually considered non est; and, again,when the picturesque is too ardently soughtafter and desired, the result must inevitablybe inaccuracy in the impression presented tothe THE MEXICAN IN NEW MEXICO 21 For it must never be forgotten that this isNew and not Old Mexico, and that whilstthe Mexican predominates in the population,enjoying such influence as mere superiorityof numbers can bestow, unsupported by in-telligence, the American is the dominatingelement. A nice distinction, perhaps, butan important one, for all that. To assign,therefore, to the Mexican citizen of theUnited States such a part as he plays inOld Mexico would be to give a false andunreal description of life in the Territory ;and it is with life in the Territory, andin a small corner at that, that these un-exciting little personal experiences have todo. Yet, small though the corner be, thestrong tide of feeling and opinion ebbingand flowing all over this great countrysearches out its every nook and Mexican element is, then, of necessityonly a circumstance, and to assign to thenative more than his due share of conspicuityor influenc
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