Excerpt from A Concise History of New Mexico The end of the territorial era by the acquisition of statehood seemed to present the proper opportunity for the completion of this work; and the recent requirements of law relative to the teaching of New Mexican history in the public schools has caused a wide-spread request for immediate action. The result is the little volume now presented. It aims to be simply what its name implies, a concise History of New Mexico. Many a time in its preparation, when some subject of peculiar importance, or as to which there has been some controversy, has been involved, the temptation has been great to go into details which could scarcely fail to be inter esting; but that temptation has always been resisted in order not to exceed the prescribed brevity of treatment. The one idea that has been uppermost is, that, whatever is omitted, the facts that are stated shall be absolutely accurate; so that at any rate no false impressions may be given nor current mistakes perpetuated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.