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streauij close to tlie point where it frees itself fi'oin tlie 



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mountaiii gorges. It is built like a FrencK villa, with, an 

 open conrt inside and a verandah^ running tlie wtole lengtli 

 of tlie buildingj covered by a projecting roof. "AltLougli 

 made of adobe ^^^ite-wasliedj it has the appearance of a 

 modem brick building. Close to the house is the store or 

 warehouse, "well filled with everything necessary for a 

 frontier man's life. Here the passing trader or traveller can 

 buy what he pleases at a fair price. In the yard before the 

 store many empty wagons were packed away, to be used 

 when wanted. At the back of the house is a fine granary, 

 several coralles, a farm-yard, sheep-pens, &c. Higher up the 

 stream is a saw and flour mill, and, a few hundred yards 

 down stream, the log huts of a little *' one-company '' military 



miniature parade ground, 



complete the establishment. 



Far and near, on the hill-sides, many flocks and herds were 



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Tisible, grazing, each under tlie charge of a Mexican or an 

 Indian shepherd. In this magnificent climate the Mexican 

 herdsman requires no hut or tent to cover him by day or 

 night. "With a little burro (a small breed of ass), on which 

 he packs all his food and worldly possessions, he wanders 

 about with his cattle, often for months at a time, all over the 

 country. 



Mr. Maxwell has been the first to introduce a fine breed of 

 sheep into 'New Mexico from the States, and has conferred a 

 great benefit on the country by so doing. Besides the raising 

 of stock, he cultivates, I believe^ about 2,000 acres of land by 

 irrigation^ from which he obtains very large crops of wheat, 

 Indian corn, and other produce. He is also the Indian agent 

 of the Mohuhachcs, Utes, and Jacarilla Apache Indians ; and 

 has induced a large niimber of these wild sons of the moun- 



