Histarchers:
The following two URLs for news stories came to me from Got CALICHE?, which
Anita sometimes forwards on to us.
I thought you Massachusetts and Virginia folks who think you have the
(shared) monopoly on First Thanksgivings
might want to see what those of us in New Mexico think of your claims.
(Please note that each URL has a line break in it, so you can't just click
and there you are. Make sure you have
the whole thing before telling the list that you can't get there.)
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/neighborhoods/lowervalley/20001121-624
82.shtml El Paso has an opportunity to develop an historical re-enactment
of the thanksgiving feast of the Spanish conquistador Don Juan de Oņate and
his followers April 4, 1598. Theirs was the story of trailblazing the great
Chihuahuan desert. They nearly perished in the sand dunes of Samalayuca.
Here on the banks of the Rio Grande they recuperated under shady trees,
gave thanks to God and moved on to settle New Mexico.
http://www.borderlandnews.com/stories/neighborhoods/lowervalley/20001121-624
83.shtml Gaspar Perez de Villagrá, chronicler of the Oņate expedition,
recounts in his "History of New Mexico" how happy the band of colonists
were when they arrived on the banks of the "Rio del Norte" in 1598. On May
1, 1598, guided by Indians, the expedition moved upstream and crossed into
what is now the United States.
Cathy Spude
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