Excerpt from Historical Society of New Mexico, Vol. 23: Addresses Delivered at the Ceremonies Incident to the Dedication of the Cross of the Martyrs, September 15, 1920It is the story of those pioneers, their service to humanity, the gray-gowned monk and the courtly cavalier, their sacrifices and their martyrdom, which lend grandeur and solemnity to these monuments. Their deeds of valor and instances of Christian faith and fortitude find no parallel in the development of civilization in aboriginal America.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.