He read:--
"They passed on the 23d of March of 1832 years to the avenging of the
death of Father Letrado." It was signed simply "Lujan."
"There is a Telling of that passing and of that soldier which has to do
with the gold that was never found."
_"Sons eso,"_ said the Road-Runner, and they settled themselves to
listen.
"About the third of a man's life would have passed between the time when
Onate came to the founding of Santa Fe, and the building of the first
church by Father Letrado. There were Padres before that, and many
baptizings. The Zunis were always glad to learn new ways of persuading
the gods to be on their side, and they thought the prayers and
ceremonies of the Padres very good Medicine indeed. They thought the
Iron Shirts were gods themselves, and when they came received them with
sprinklings of sacred meal. But it was not until Father Letrado's time
that it began to be understood that the new religion was to take the
place of their own, for to the Indians there is but one spirit in
things, as there is one life in man. They thought their own prayers as
good as any that were taught them.
"But Father Letrado was zealous and he was old.
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