APPENDIX SS. 1809 



San Rafael or San Rafael en el Canon, as it is called by the Mexicans (Saint Raphael 

 in the Canon), is 3£ miles west of Guadalupe, on the south bank of the Rio Conejos 

 and along a small canon ; population, about 300. 



San Antonio ( Saint Anthony) is about 3 miles south of Guadalupe, on the Rio San 

 Antonio; population, about 50. 



Los Finos (The Pines), from its situation on Los Pinos Creek, about 7 miles south of 

 Guadalupe ; population, nearly 450. 



Cordon (The Line of Stones, from basaltic rocks near by), about 2 miles south of 

 Guadalupe ; population small. 



Cenizaros (from Ceniza, ashes), about 5 miles southeast of Guadalupe; population, 

 300. 



La Serrilleta (The Napkin), about 2 miles east of Guadalupe, on the north side of the 

 Rio Conejos; population, 150. 



El Brazo (The Arm), on the north side of same stream, 4 miles east of Guadalupe; 

 population, 125. 



Fuertccitos (from Fnerte, the provincialism for a log cabin), 7 miles east of Guadalupe, 

 opposite the establishment of Sefior Valdez ; population, 125. 



San Jose (Saint Joseph), 7 miles east of Guadalupe, near Conejos and San Antonio 

 Rivers, and on main road to Valdez Ferry from Guadalupe ; population, about 70. 



Los Cerritos (The Hills, situated near by), about 10 miles east of Guadalupe, on north 

 bank of the Conejos; population, about 70. 



Los Sauces (The Willows), 22 miles east of Guadalupe, at the mouth of the Rio Cone- 

 jos ; population, 200. 



The entire population of this section is 2,390 souls. 



THE TIERRA AMARILLA 



is the center of the Mexican population of Northwestern New Mexico, the industry 

 of the inhabitants being limited to agriculture and pastoral pursuits. In this section 

 are included live Mexican plazas, clustered together along the Rio Chama and its 

 tributaries. 



Las Nutritas is the largest of the group, to which sometimes the name of the section 

 itself is applied. It derives its name from the creek upon whose bank it lies, a tribu- 

 tary of the Chama. The name La Xutrita, a diminutive, signifies "the little otter." 

 By a provincialism, however, they employ nutria as a beaver, using to designate an otter 

 the expression perro del agua, or water-dog. The town is equidistant from Los Ojos 

 and Encinada, 2 miles from each. It contains three stores — that of Burns, an Ameri- 

 can, annual sales of $20,000; Johnson & Co., $8, 000 to $10,000; and Th. Escabal, $5,000— 

 a shoe-shop, and blacksmith building. The post-office of the section was located here, 

 mails being weekly only and from no direction save from Santa Fe to the south; popu- 

 lation, 250. 



Los Ojos (The Springs) is on the Rio Chama, due west from Las Nutritas 2 miles. It 

 contains 4 stores, one a branch of Burns' at Nutritas, annual sales given as §10,000, and 

 three Mexican, small affairs, sales aggregating perhaps $8,000. It is 1£ miles below 

 Los Brazos, and its population is 180. The Chama River is forded at this point for all 

 directions west, its altitude being 7,300 feet, while that of Las Nutritas is 7,480. 



La Pitente (The Bridge), on the Chama, 2 miles from Las Nutritas and same distance 

 southeast from Los Ojos; no stores; a small plaza ; population, 100. 



Encinada (The Oak) is 2 miles above Las Nutritas, on the East Fork of the Chama, 

 sometimes called Rio Brazos, and same distance east of Los Ojos. There are no stores, 

 here ; it is a second-rate plaza of 100. 



Los Brazos (The Arms), from its location at the junction of the two main forks of the 

 river, at an altitude of 7,350 feet. It is 1|- miles north of Los Ojos, and, like it, is on 

 the river-bank. There are no stores here, and in population it numbers 170. 



The entire population of the Tierra Amarilla section is 800. 



Above Los Brazos half a mile was the embryo town of Park View, all Americans.. 

 They claimed 75 persons in all, being in fact eight cabins, and aggregating, doubtless, 

 from very reliable information, from 30 to 40 persons. Town-lots and a city-hall loca- 

 tion were staked out, but nothing substantial was seen. This was a Chicago colony, 

 with aspects much beclouded, being under the same management as the new "road" 

 from Conejos. Siuce leaving the section we have been informed that the road is still 

 unfinished, and that most of the colonists have gone to the Animas region. 



Passing to the west via Pagosa, 122$ miles from Las Nutritas, we reach the largest 

 place in the Lower San Juan, known as Animas City, lying at the southern end of the 

 Animas Park. 



ANIMAS CITY AND PARK. 



Of all the country adapted to agriculture, that drained by the Animas is receiving 

 the largest amount of emigration, the portion known as the Animas Park extending 



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