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virtue,"  does  not,  it  must  be  confessed,
leave  upon  the  reader  a  very  favorable
impression  of  their  character  ;  yet  in  com-
parison with  his  remnrlts  upon  the  people
of  New  Mexico,  his  former  expressions  «re
quite  fiiint : —

"  In  tlieir  social  stale  but  oneiiecree  removed
from  tile  veriest  savages,  they  might  take  a
lesson  even  from  these  in  morality  and  tlie
conventional  ilcccncics  of  life.  Imposing;  no
restraint  on  their  passions,  a  shamelcBs  anJ

gard  of  moral  laws,  to  which  it  would  be
impossible  to  find  a  parallel  in  any  country
calling  itself  civili2:ed.  A  want  of  honorable
principle,  and  consummate  duplicity  and  treach-
ery, cliaracterize  all  tlicir  dealings.  Liars  by
nature,  they  are  treacheroua  and  faithless  to
their  frieuds,  cowardly  and  cringing  to  iheir
enemies :  cruel,  aa  all  cowards  are,  tiiey  unite
davage  ferocity  will)  their  want  of  animal
courage  ;  as  an  example  of  which,  their  recent
massacre  of  Governor  Bent  and  other  Ameri-
cans may   be   given — one   of  a  hundred   in-


The  city  of  Santa  Fe,  judging  from  his
report,  cannot  have  much  improved  smce
the  visit  of  an  acquaintance  who  traded
there  many  years  ago  : —

"  The  nppcarance  of  the  town  defies  descrip-
tion, and  I  can  compare  it  to  nothing  but  a
ililupidated  brick-kiln  or  a  prairie-dog  town,  i
The  inliabitanta  are  worthy  of  their  city,  and  a
more  miserable,  vicious-looking  popufnlion  it
would  be  impossible  to  imagine.  Neither  was
the  town  improved,  at  the  time  of  my  visit,  by
the  addition  to  the  population  of  some  tliree
thousand  Americans,  the  dirtiest,  rowdiest
crew  I  have  ever  seen  collected  tt^tiier.
