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ashamed of my inability to assist you in a much greater degree than I did in acquiring for your work some valuable data concerning the Pueblos of New Mexico, but the truth is my time and circumstances would not allow. I prepared for Appleton's Cyclopedia the article Santa Fe, but they cut it down materially in substance and length, alleging that the article (though and "excellent" one) was too long for their limited plan. If I can ever get time, the main impediment is want of time, I intend to pre