Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... THE VALLEY OF THE RIO GRANDE BETWEEN THE RITO DE LOS FRIJOLES AND THE MOUTH OF THE JEMEZ RIVER. r I AHE Queres Indians of New Mexico claim the range A above described, asserting that the majority of the ruins scattered through it are those of villages of their tribe. At the present day they hold only the banks of two of the streams mentioned, three of their pueblos being situated on the Rio Grande, and two on the Rio Jemez. East of this district extends the former country of the Tanos; south, the range of the Tiguas; west and northwest, that of the Jemez and Navajos; and north, that of the Tehuas. The Rito de los Frijoles, with its numerous cave dwellings, forms what seems to be a boundary line dividing the Tehuas from the Queres stock. To that romantic gorge we will now return, where we left it at the close of the first chapter of this Report. From the southern edge of the Ziro Ka-uash, or Mesa del Pajarito, we look down into the Rito as into a narrow valley several miles long and closed in the west by rocky ledges, over which the stream descends to the bottom lands of the Rito. Through these it flows for several miles as a gushing brook, enlivened by trout, bordered by thickets of various kinds of shrubbery, and shaded at intervals by groves of pine, and tall, isolated trees of stately appearance. In the east, not far from the Rio Grande, a narrow, frowning gateway is formed by lofty rocks of black basalt, leaving IV. space for the bed of the stream, the waters of which reach the river only during freshets, while in the valley they are permanent. The slope of the mesa lining the Rito on the south is gradual, though steep; ledges and crags of pumice protrude from the shrubs and grass growing over it. Tall pines crown it above. The...
