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