Reports of the Secretary of War: With Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El PasoPrinted at the Union Office, 1850 - 250 Seiten This report was most important for the opening of travel and settlement in West Texas and New Mexico. By these explorations a supply and potential railroad route was surveyed across West Texas, and this became the main passageway for soldiers, settlers and gold seekers. The surveyors were pleased with what they saw, pointing out the large population which could be supported in the Rio Grande Valley, as well as the strategic importance of El Paso. The Simpson report is one of the first thorough surveys in New Mexico. Related to it are the many handsome plates, as well as one of the maps. The other map shows the routes across Texas. The plates with the Simpson report make it an important American color plate book. |
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Seite 73 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Seite 11 - SIR: I have the honor to report that, in obedience to your orders, I...
Seite 79 - ... in the east portion of the pueblo and which would probably swell the number to about two hundred. There, then, having been at least four stories of rooms, and supposing the horizontal depth of the edifice to have been uniform from bottom to top, or, in other words, not of a retreating terrace form on the court side, it is not unreasonable to infer that the original number of rooms was as many as eight hundred. But, as the latter supposition (as will be shown presently) is probably the most tenable,...
Seite 122 - King, passed by this place, on his return from the Pueblo of Zuni, on the 29th of July, of the year 1620, and put them in peace, at their petition, asking the favor to become subjects of his Majesty, and anew they gave obedience; all which they did with free consent, knowing it prudent, as well as very Christian...
Seite 142 - The intervals were filled with lamina; of a dense sandstone about three lines in thickness, driven firmly in, and broken off even with the general plane of the wall — the whole resembling mosaic work. Niches, varying in size from two inches to two feet and a half square, and two inches to one and a half feet in horizontal depth, were scattered irregularly over the walls at various heights above the Hoor.
Seite 63 - The party were accompanied by three elders of the town, whose business it was to make a short speech in front of the different houses, and, at particular times, join in the singing of the rest of the party. Thus they went from house to house singing and dancing, the occupants of each awaiting their arrival in front of their respective dwellings.
Seite 83 - Robertson, it is said, has stated (I have not his works near me to verify the fact ) that "there is not in all the extent of New Spain any monument or vestige of a building more ancient than the conquest; that the temple of Cholula is nothing but a mound of solid earth, without any facing, or any steps, covered with grass and shrubs...
Seite 43 - The Pecos is a remarkable stream, narrow and deep, extremely crooked in its course, and rapid in its current. Its banks are steep, and in a course of 240 miles, there are but few places where an animal can approach them for water in safety. Not a tree or bush marks its course ; and one may stand on its banks and not know that the stream is near.
Seite 79 - It is walled up," says Simpson, "with alternate beds of large and small stones, the regularity of the combination producing a very pleasant effect. The ceiling of this room is also more tasteful than any we have seen, the transverse beams being smaller and more numerous, and the longitudinal pieces, which rest upon them, only about an inch in diameter, and beautifully regular.
Seite 122 - Gonzalos, year 1629." (The characters in the double rectangle seem to be literally a signmatnial, and may possibly be symbolical of Francisco Manuel, though the double thumb would appear to indicate something more.) "On the 14th day of July, of the year 1736, passed by this place General Juan Paez Hurtador, Inspector.