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north latitude, and 106° 2’ 30” longitude west of Greenwich.* Its eleva- 
tion above the sea, according to my own observations, is 7,047 feet. 
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Santa Fe lies in a direct line about 20 miles east of the Rio del Norte, in 
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_ All the houses in Santa Fe are built of adobes, but one story high, with 
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to. wit: windows of glass, and festoons of Indian ears. 
luxury in Santa Fe; common houses have shutters instead of windows, or 
quite small windows of selenite, (crystallized gypsum.) The festoons of 
Indian ears were made up of several strings of dried ears of Indians, ) 
killed by the hired parties that are occasionally sent out against hostile In- 
dians, and who are paid a certain sum for each head. In Chihuahua, 
they make a great exhibition with the whole scalps of Indians which they 
happen to kill by proxy; the refined New Mexicans show but the ears. 
Among the distinguished buildings in Santa Fe, I have to mention yet 
two churches with steeples, but of very common construction. ~~ 
The inhabitants of Santa Fe are a mixed race of Spanish and Indian 
blood, though the latter prevails. The number of inhabitants was in former 
times reported as high as 4,000; ‘at present it contains at most 3,000; and 
with the surrounding settlements belonging to the jurisdiction of Santa Fe, 
6,000. The manners and customs of the inhabitants of Santa Fe 
wa is is the result of the quent 
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from his but i 
' : astronomical observations made by Lieut. Emory, 
is stay in Santa Fe, and which he has kindly allowed me to refer to. 
y Sadlahervecicnan Por miieade made during my short sojourn in Santa Fe, differs 
seconds. Dr. J. Gregg i 35° 41’... There can, 
tas to the real latitude of Santa Fe. Nevertheless, all the Mexican maps 
it nearly one degree further north. This northern tendency of Mexican maps I 
I-made observations for latitude. : 
