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 618 SANTA CRUZ SANTA FE lime, 2 of cooperage, 1 of engines and boilers, 5 of saddlery and harness, 3 of tin, copper, and sheet-iron ware, 5 tanneries, 4 currying establishments, 1 flour mill, 2 planing mills, and 22 saw mills. Capital, Santa Cruz. SANTA CRUZ, or Saint < roix. an island of the West Indies, 65 m. E. S. E. of Porto Rico, the largest and southernmost of the Virgin group, forming with St. Thomas and St. John the Danish government of the West Indies ; length about 25 m., greatest breadth 5 m. ; area, 84 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 22,760. The surface is level, with a range of low hills in the north. There are numerous streams, and the soil is fertile. Nearly the whole island is cultiva- ted, about half being planted with sugar cane. Santa Cruz was discovered by Columbus on his second voyage, and has been in the hands of the Dutch, British, Spanish, and French, the last of whom ceded it to Denmark in 1733. The British took it in 1807, but re- stored it to the Danes by the treaty of Paris. English is the language generally spoken. Cap- ital, Christiansted. SANTA CRUZ, u fortified town, capital of the Canary islands, on the N. E. coast of the isl- and of Teneriffe ; pop. about 11,000. The harbor is good, and has a fine long mole. In 1871, 150 vessels entered, with an aggregate of 94,067 tons. The exports include cochineul, wine, almonds, raw silk, barilla, and archil. SANTA KK, M S. E. province of the Argentine Republic, bordering on the Gran Chaco and the provinces of Corrientes and Entre-Rios (from which it is separated by the Parana), Buenos Ayres, Cordova, and Santiago; area, 20,000 sq. m. ; pop. in 1869, 75,178. It is flat in the south and centre, and hilly in the north. Be- sides the Parana, the principal rivers are the Tercero and the Salado ; there are many small streams. There are numerous lakes, some of which are salt, and extensive forests. Wheat, maize, and tobacco are cultivated, and, with wax, honey, oranges, and other fruits, and skins, are exported in large quantities. The colonies established in this province are the most numerous and prosperous in the repub- lic. The chief industries are agriculture and cattle rearing. (See ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.) Of 20,002 children between the ages of 6 and 14 in 1869, 4,303 attended school. The province is divided into the departments of Santa !'', San Jos6, San Ger6nimo, and Rosario. The capital is Santa !''. a prosperous town with 10,670 inhabitants in 1869 ; and the chief town is Rosario, the second city in the republic. SANTA Ff, a N. central county of New Mex- ico, drained by the Rio Grande and small trib- utaries of that river, and by the head waters of the Rio Pecos ; area, about 1,800 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 9,699. The surface is moun- tainous, and the soil, except in the valleys, poor and sandy. There are gold mines. The chief productions in 1870 were 6,314 bushels of wheat, 20,262 of Indian corn, 1,889 of peas and beans, 28,918 Ibs. of wool, and 490 tons of hay. There were (on farms) 416 horses, 840 mules and asses, 2,116 milch cows, 1,383 working oxen, 630 other cattle, 23,843 sheep, and 656 swine ; 2 manufactories of jewelry, 2 breweries, 1 saw mill, and 2 quartz mills. Capital, Santa F6. SANTA Ffe, the capital of New Mexico and of Santa F6 co., situated on both banks of Santa F6 creek, which flows W. 14 m. into the Rio Grande, at an elevation of 6,862 ft. above the sea, about 275 m. S. by W. of Denver, Colo- rado, and nearly 900 m. W. bv S. of St. Louis, Mo. ; lat. 85 41' N., Ion. 106* 10' W. ; pop. in 1870, 4,765; in 1875, about 6,000, of whom about 5,000 are of Spanish and Mexican ori- gin and speak the Spanish language. Stage coaches run daily to Pueblo, Col., about 190 m. N. N. E., the terminus of the Denver and Rio Grande railroad, and to Las Animas, Col., about 280 m. N. E., the terminus of a branch of the Kansas Pacific railroad and of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa F6 railroad. There is telegraphic communication with Den- ver. Santa F6 is the centre of supplies for the surrounding country, and is constantly filled with freight wagons and carrying ani- mals, the latter being the lurroa or donkeys commonly used in the territory. The valley in which it is situated is irrigated from Santa F6 creek and is surrounded by high mountains. The climate is very agreeable, the tempera- ture never reaching either extreme, while the atmosphere is rare and pure. The town is irregularly laid out, and the unpaved streets are very narrow, crooked, and ancient-look- ing. The public square or plaza, containing about 2^ acres, is bordered on three sides by the principal business houses and on the fourth by the old " palace," one story high, contain- ing the governor's mansion, legislative hall, and court room. In the centre is a beau- tiful park of trees, chiefly cottonwoods, and here a soldiers' monument of native marble has been erected by the territorial legislature. The buildings are almost without exception of adobe and one story high. In the N. portion are the ruins of two unfinished stone buildings, the territorial capitol and penitentiary, con- gress having failed since 1855 to appropriate funds for their completion. Near these are the masonic and odd fellows' cemetery and the military and private cemeteries. Within the town is the military reservation of Fort Marcy. Santa F6 was incorporated as a city in 1852, but the succeeding legislature in 1853 repealed the charter. It has, however, muni- cipal regulations and a police, under the pre- fect of the county. It contains two national banks, each having a capital of $150,000. The Roman Catholics have a college for boys and a conventual academy for girls, each attended by about 150 pupils. One newspaper, the daily and weekly "New Mexican," is published in English and Spanish. There are four Roman Catholic churches and a Presbyterian mission church. The Episcopalians also have a resi-