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Till Uo*nrtT:—la conetqucnce of the | [ crowded elite of our column* 1ml week etc,we were nestle to rafer to tbe completionof the Monument in tho I’ioia,*! we oilier •iae thoulJ bote done.S*ifofnoiiU-id «joiHefrodWiniThii work woe begoo U«t J«t under •ontroet by the Meiire Ma(i«e in purauon co of in act of tbo I.egielaluro of that 1 j**r oniborinng tbo conitrusUon of * monument and making on appropriation of iftetn boodred dollare for the work-tbo ceulroctore faithfully pr etcated ibaif wark und*rtb* griklcit JiUi.'uUl*a and moitdieonyrogiog clrcumetoncra, tb* caeh voluo of tbo Territorial warrant*, ia which they wore poid, not being morr than fiftj crnti on tbo dollar. At the lolt ecieion of (Iiq I.-gialoture there wii au additional appropriation of tighten hundred dollars made which enabled tbe ■nnt'ortore to finiob tho monument which wilt for oil tune to come comtncriiunue the memory of the dead in whoie honor it woe (■rooted, b« an ornament to tho cilj nod o •rcdit to ll« bulldero.Tbn idea of erecting the minurasnl originated with tbo late Chief JaUice John I’. Slouch, who woe chiefly instrumental in baling tbffirot appropriation mado liy tho Legislator*. Ho wm, hi Colonel of tbo lit Colorado Yalnnteeri, mainly i»»* | .\n trumrntol in bolding tbo territory *^o»net „„ tbo Thodi ot tbe time of tbo Intoeion. I'hey had pneeeeeian of tho Territory eoutb of Hants Fc, except Fort Craig, aud were tnorcbing on Fort I'nion, which woe gar monad by o fora* oholly ins Irjua;* to reilit them. Col. Slough by unprccodtnl*»d marobee in the moat inolcment senaon of the ytor, threw hie regiment into Fort I'nlon in liino lo present iu dcetruction ■e me contemplated by Col. I'ail, nnJ *nte tbe immense eupply of ilorrl that »si tfcrre, by marching with the regulor* on 1 teluntoore to moot the euomy ond turn them bock ot Pigeon's flinch.lloting born time promiOnnt and nctire In thaierwe of lUOii in thia Territory it if not itrooge that be thoulJ bote tnkcn n lewp irtcreit m their comm'miration and we regret that htn nivra# wttt eo (tedious-It cxdu led from tbcioicriptioni upon tbe I to ole te.toeIn'ImwotoonilUliBCfiWOcbionK liata I.nan nnl in tift.-(«• iin nf[■tninSoamMl the ha tor in lt;hynoonroiupprlt;
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Santa Fe Weekly Gazette
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Sat, Jun 13, 1868
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