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m-ilaoforthIsPasosoonMaceJma-lesir-ill of with 1 in-tion. Gen-thats ofthe oyes The hom here larly ning this ting •eful and mor-lave lt;an-ints. and n is iber and n to ome lentCaptain George H. Pettis Takes Issue With ex-Governor Prince as to Its History and Location.Providence, R. L. July 4. 1904. Editor New Mexican.I have read with a great Heal of interest the two column article in the Weekly New Mexican Review of May 26, 1904, by Hon. L. Bradford Prince, on the “Pueblo of Pecos.” The name “Pecos” is an Indian word, as are Je-mez, Zuni, Cochiti Ka-tis-cha. Ki-wo-mi, Pojoaque, and many others. There is no doubt in my mind but that the ex-Governor has mixed up affairs somewhat because there has been but the one word for the Pueblo of Pecos, Notwithstanding the authorities he quotes to substantiate his assertions. He very properly says:“At the time of the expedition of Coronado, this was altogether the most important of the Pueblo Indian villages, and certainly exceeded in its population and the character of its buildings, any other town in the new world, north of the City of Mexico. It seemsstrange to think that the largest and most important permanent seat of population, in what is now the United States, at the time of the discovery of America, was situated in the mountains of New Mexico, but such is the fact; and its ruins should be an object of highest interest to all who pass within plain sight of them, when traveling with all the swiftness and convenience of modern invention, on theSanta Fe line.”All of the article that refers to the words “Cicuic,” “Cicuique,” “Cicuyc,” certainly belongs to some other locality which show's that the authorities w'hich the Governor claims were mixed, which is further proven conclusively by the following quotation from the article:“We have no information on this point from subsequent travelers, for it is a singular fact that the names of places reported by one expedition seem entirely to have disappeared before its successor. Thus, neither “Tihuex” nor “Cicuic” is mentioned by Espejo, who came forty years later, nor by Onate, a quarter of a century after; though the former word is easily identified as the province of the “Tihuas,” whose name is used even until now'; but no mention of any name even approaching that of “Cicuic” is ever afterw'ards heard.”The reference in the article to theOn San Boar GogMR.DelegatepartmeHon. L of the Blt; in corres ment of t concern in service oisince con the east \ ed a lettlt; U. Mudge agitation isfactory branch m in due co increasinj this tow’n ernor Pri“The Ate Railway Manage 1904. “Hon. L. Board c “My De June 27th are some ter that it without a to assure the servicpeople of the other“I have superinteilook the the people sible to cY. present tr nections dbest thingThe cc Trade of Prince is
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Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe, New Mexico, US
Mon, Jul 11, 1904
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