Through Our Unknown Southwest By: Agnes C. Laut (1871-1936)
First Page: [Illustration: Montezuma's Castle, the ruined cliff dwelling on Beaver Creek between the Coconino and Prescott National Forests, Arizona] THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST THE WONDERLAND OF THE UNITED STATES LITTLE KNOWN AND UNAPPRECIATED THE HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLER AND THE HOPI, THE FOREST RANGER AND THE NAVAJO, THE LURE OF THE PAINTED DESERT BY AGNES C. LAUT Author of The Conquest of the Great Northwest , Lords of the North and Freebooters of the Wilderness NEW YORK McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1913 COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY MCBRIDE, NAST & CO. Second Printing October, 1913 Published May, 1913 CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION i I THE NATIONAL FORESTS 1 II NATIONAL FORESTS OF THE SOUTHWEST 22 III THROUGH THE PECOS FORESTS 44 IV THE CITY OF THE DEAD 60 V THE ENCHANTED MESA OF ACOMA 78 VI ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT 100 VII ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT ( continued ) 116 VIII GRAND CAÑON AND THE PETRIFIED FORESTS 137 IX THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE OF SANTA FE 153 X THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE ( continued ) 169 XI TAOS, THE PROMISED LAND 183 XII TAOS, THE MOST ANCIENT CITY IN AMERICA 196 XIII SAN ANTONIO, THE CAIRO OF AMERICA 214 XIV CASA GRANDE AND THE GILA 226 XV SAN XAVIER DEL BAC MISSION 251 THE ILLUSTRATIONS Cliff dwelling ruins, known as Montezuma Castle, Frontispiece FACING PAGE South House of Frijoles Cañon ii Indian woman making pottery xii Indian girl of Isleta, N. M. xx One way of entering the desert 4 In the Coconino Forest of Arizona 14 Forest ranger fighting a ground fire with his blanket 22 Pueblo boys at play 34 Chili peppers drying outside pueblo dwelling 46 Los Pueblos, Taos, N. M. 56 Entrance to a cliff dwelling 64 Ruins of Frijoles Cañon 74 A Hopi wooing 80 A Hopi weaver 86 A shy little Hopi maid 92 At the water hole on the outskirts of Laguna 96 A handsome Navajo boy 106 The Pueblo of Walpi 122 The Grand Cañon 140 The Governor's Palace at Santa Fe 154 A pool in the Painted Desert 160 Street in Santa Fe 166 Ancient adobe gateway 172 San Ildefonso 180 Taos 188 Over the roofs of Taos 198 A metal worker of Taos 208 A mud house of the Southwest 220 The enchanted Mesa of Acoma 230 Navajo crossing mesa 246 At the Mission of San Xavier 254 A Moki City on a mesa 262 THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST INTRODUCTION I am sitting in the doorway of a house of the Stone Age neolithic, paleolithic, troglodytic man with a roofless city of the dead lying in the valley below and the eagles circling with lonely cries along the yawning caverns of the cliff face above... Continue reading book >>

Through Our Unknown Southwest By: Agnes C. Laut (1871-1936)

First Page:

[Illustration: Montezuma's Castle, the ruined cliff dwelling on Beaver Creek between the Coconino and Prescott National Forests, Arizona]

THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST

THE WONDERLAND OF THE UNITED STATES LITTLE KNOWN AND UNAPPRECIATED THE HOME OF THE CLIFF DWELLER AND THE HOPI, THE FOREST RANGER AND THE NAVAJO, THE LURE OF THE PAINTED DESERT

AGNES C. LAUT

Author of The Conquest of the Great Northwest , Lords of the North and Freebooters of the Wilderness

NEW YORK McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY 1913

Second Printing October, 1913

Published May, 1913

CONTENTS

PAGE INTRODUCTION i

I THE NATIONAL FORESTS 1

II NATIONAL FORESTS OF THE SOUTHWEST 22

III THROUGH THE PECOS FORESTS 44

IV THE CITY OF THE DEAD 60

V THE ENCHANTED MESA OF ACOMA 78

VI ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT 100

VII ACROSS THE PAINTED DESERT ( continued ) 116

VIII GRAND CAÑON AND THE PETRIFIED FORESTS 137

IX THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE OF SANTA FE 153

X THE GOVERNOR'S PALACE ( continued ) 169

XI TAOS, THE PROMISED LAND 183

XII TAOS, THE MOST ANCIENT CITY IN AMERICA 196

XIII SAN ANTONIO, THE CAIRO OF AMERICA 214

XIV CASA GRANDE AND THE GILA 226

XV SAN XAVIER DEL BAC MISSION 251

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

Cliff dwelling ruins, known as Montezuma Castle, Frontispiece

FACING PAGE

South House of Frijoles Cañon ii

Indian woman making pottery xii

Indian girl of Isleta, N. M. xx

One way of entering the desert 4

In the Coconino Forest of Arizona 14

Forest ranger fighting a ground fire with his blanket 22

Pueblo boys at play 34

Chili peppers drying outside pueblo dwelling 46

Los Pueblos, Taos, N. M. 56

Entrance to a cliff dwelling 64

Ruins of Frijoles Cañon 74

A Hopi wooing 80

A Hopi weaver 86

A shy little Hopi maid 92

At the water hole on the outskirts of Laguna 96

A handsome Navajo boy 106

The Pueblo of Walpi 122

The Grand Cañon 140

The Governor's Palace at Santa Fe 154

A pool in the Painted Desert 160

Street in Santa Fe 166

Ancient adobe gateway 172

San Ildefonso 180

Taos 188

Over the roofs of Taos 198

A metal worker of Taos 208

A mud house of the Southwest 220

The enchanted Mesa of Acoma 230

Navajo crossing mesa 246

At the Mission of San Xavier 254

A Moki City on a mesa 262

THROUGH OUR UNKNOWN SOUTHWEST

INTRODUCTION

I am sitting in the doorway of a house of the Stone Age neolithic, paleolithic, troglodytic man with a roofless city of the dead lying in the valley below and the eagles circling with lonely cries along the yawning caverns of the cliff face above... Continue reading book >>

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