﻿RAVAGES 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOCUST 
  IN 
  NEW 
  MEXICO. 
  157 
  

  

  the 
  fact 
  that 
  no 
  collections 
  from 
  Mexico 
  and 
  Southern 
  Arizona 
  and 
  Cali- 
  

   fornia 
  have 
  contained 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  HISTORY 
  OP 
  1HE 
  RAVAGES 
  OF 
  THE 
  LOCUST 
  TX 
  NEW 
  MEXICO. 
  

  

  The 
  information 
  given 
  in 
  our 
  First 
  Report 
  regarding 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  

  

  locusts 
  in 
  this 
  Territory 
  was 
  scanty, 
  since 
  it 
  was 
  difficult 
  to 
  obtain 
  in- 
  

   formation 
  from 
  this 
  region. 
  The 
  following 
  facts 
  were 
  obtained 
  by 
  us 
  

   during 
  a 
  journey 
  to 
  Santa 
  Fe. 
  in 
  July. 
  1879. 
  We 
  are 
  indebted 
  to 
  Ex- 
  

   Governor 
  Amy. 
  of 
  Santa 
  Fe. 
  and 
  his 
  son. 
  William 
  Amy, 
  who 
  acted 
  as 
  

   interpreter 
  for 
  us 
  among 
  the 
  Pueblo 
  Indians 
  of 
  San 
  Juan, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  

   Mexicans 
  for 
  much 
  new 
  information 
  and 
  kind 
  aid 
  in 
  obtaining 
  data. 
  

   We 
  will 
  arrange 
  the 
  facts 
  collected 
  in 
  chronological 
  form 
  : 
  

  

  1804. 
  — 
  As 
  stated 
  in 
  our 
  First 
  Report, 
  locusts 
  were 
  destructive 
  at 
  Taos 
  

   this 
  year. 
  No 
  fresh 
  facts 
  were 
  learned. 
  

  

  186.3. 
  — 
  At 
  the 
  Indian 
  pueblo 
  of 
  San 
  Joan 
  locusts 
  were 
  numerous 
  aud 
  

   destructive. 
  The 
  pueblo 
  of 
  Pojuaque 
  was 
  visited 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  swarms 
  

   which 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  northwest 
  and 
  destroyed 
  all 
  the 
  wheat. 
  As 
  stated 
  

   in 
  our 
  First 
  Report 
  (p. 
  105). 
  locusts 
  devoured 
  the 
  crops 
  at 
  Taos 
  this 
  

   year. 
  

  

  1868. 
  — 
  This 
  year 
  also 
  the 
  Indian 
  pueblo 
  of 
  Pojuaque 
  was 
  again 
  vis- 
  

   ited 
  by 
  locusts, 
  but 
  they 
  came 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  August, 
  after 
  the 
  wheat 
  had 
  

   beeu 
  harvested, 
  and 
  only 
  damaged 
  the 
  fruit 
  trees. 
  In 
  this 
  year 
  the 
  

   counties 
  of 
  Valentia. 
  Bernalillo 
  (and 
  Socorro 
  ?) 
  were 
  invaded 
  by 
  locusts. 
  

  

  1869. 
  — 
  In 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  this 
  year 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   south 
  of 
  the 
  Eaton 
  Mountains, 
  probably 
  in 
  Colfax 
  County. 
  (First 
  Re- 
  

   port, 
  p. 
  105.) 
  

  

  1871. 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  this 
  year 
  at 
  Santa 
  Fe, 
  according 
  to 
  

   Ex-Governor 
  Amy. 
  

  

  1873. 
  — 
  Between 
  Otero 
  and 
  Cimarron, 
  Colfax 
  County, 
  corn 
  was 
  black 
  

   with 
  locusts 
  ; 
  they 
  laid 
  their 
  eggs. 
  

  

  187-4. 
  — 
  This 
  was 
  a 
  notable 
  locust 
  year 
  in 
  Santa 
  Fe. 
  Ex-Governor 
  

   Arny 
  informed 
  us 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  swarms 
  passing 
  over 
  for 
  nearly 
  a 
  whole 
  

   day. 
  In 
  Colfax 
  County 
  a 
  few 
  locusts 
  were 
  seen 
  between 
  Otero 
  and 
  

   Cimarron. 
  Rio 
  Ariba 
  was 
  also 
  invaded. 
  

  

  1876. 
  — 
  In 
  October 
  of 
  this 
  year, 
  the 
  locusts 
  came 
  to 
  the 
  pueblo 
  of 
  San 
  

   Juan, 
  as 
  we 
  were 
  informed 
  by 
  the 
  Messrs. 
  Eldodt 
  Brothers, 
  the 
  agents 
  

   of 
  this 
  pueblo, 
  to 
  whom 
  we 
  were' 
  indebted 
  for 
  many 
  courtesies 
  during 
  

   our 
  stay 
  at 
  their 
  agency. 
  The 
  locusts 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  Taos 
  and 
  

   extended 
  ten 
  or 
  twelve 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  San 
  Juan, 
  and 
  spread 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  

   and 
  northwest. 
  While 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  wheat 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  had 
  

   been 
  harvested, 
  they 
  ate 
  up 
  the 
  cabbages 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  night, 
  destroyed 
  

   the 
  corn 
  on 
  the 
  Indian 
  farms, 
  and 
  devoured 
  the 
  leaves 
  and 
  bark 
  of 
  trees. 
  

   They 
  laid 
  their 
  eggs 
  very 
  thickly, 
  and 
  the 
  young 
  hatched 
  in 
  April 
  of 
  

   the 
  following 
  year. 
  

  

  1877. 
  — 
  At 
  Abiquiu, 
  about 
  fifty 
  miles 
  northwest 
  of 
  Santa 
  Fe, 
  the 
  " 
  whole 
  

   crop 
  " 
  and 
  fruit 
  and 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  trees 
  were 
  eaten 
  this 
  year. 
  It 
  should 
  

  

  