SANTA FE TEADEKS. ui 



m^ that their fortune 





time proyided tlio railway passed near enongh to tlieir 

 ^'opcrties. This difficulty was easily overcome by promisi] 

 ly number of branch lines, and thus the meeting ended 



'St auspiciously, and all the resolutions were in due form 



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A large proportion of the traders are of German-Jewish 



xtraetion, and, taking them all in all, they are by no means 



' bad set of fellows, and are well suited to the position they 



i.ccupy at the farthest outskirts of the commercial world. Theii- 



j:ores are well filled with everything requii'ed by the emigrant, 



ttid a good deal of rubbish to meet the demands of the Indian 



'^ ?ifOpiilation. A largo trade is done in paint and brass jewel- 



'y, and a still larger one was formerly done in fire-armSj 



^^..[^^^ specimens of wliicli I examined with great cnriosity. 



■Il^rlie wholesale price of the single-barreled gnns was tATO and 



^^; half dollars each, and they conld not possibly go off withont 



.ji|l/^^^"^tmg. HoweycTj since the Navajos have been ^' improyed" 





their coimtrv, the market 



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^j^nd as IS'orthern Mexico no longer produces the vast hoards 



^.>f precious inetals' which formerly emiched its inhabitantSj 



^^he Santa Fe trade has degenerated to local insignificance, 



.,tnd the great Santa Fe trader has now joined the other 



, ;omantic characters of by-gone days. K'o doubt he will 



igain reappear on the scenes, but so changed that we shall 



scarcely recognise him ; he will wear a fi-ock coat and a linen 



iliirt; his goods will come by steam; and his stories will 



•elate, not to Indian fights, but to railway accidents. 



It is needless here to mention the hospitality shown us by 

 the military, the bar, and the traders ; suffice it to say we did 

 aot leave without many regrets, loiowiug that there was but 

 kittle chance of our ever meeting those hearty Western friends 



