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 SANTA FE DE BOGOTA dent missionary, but no church edifice. A new Roman Catholic cathedral' is in course of construction around the old one, which is still used. Santa Fe is known in the old church records and is often mentioned in the archives of the former governments of the country as SANTANDER 619 Street Scene In Santa F6. the city of "Santa F6 de San Francisco de Asis," St. Francis heing the patron saint. St. Francis's day (Oct. 4) is still celebrated with much ceremony. "When first visited by the Spaniards, about 1542, the town was a popu- lous Indian pueblo. It is not known when it was first settled by the Spaniards, but it has been the capital of New Mexico since 1640. It was captured in 1680 and the principal buildings were burned by the Indians, who drove the whites from the country. It was recaptured by a Spanish force in 1694, when the inhabitants returned. The most formi- dable subsequent attack by the Indians was in 1837, when they were defeated by Manuel Armijo. It was occupied by the United States troops on Aug. 18, 1846. It was entered by the confederate forces from Texas on March 10, 1862, who were forced to evacuate it on April 8. SANTA FE DE BOGOTA. See BOGOTA. SANTA MARIA (Sp. Puerto de Santa Maria), a city of Andalusia, Spain, in the province and 6 m. E. N. E. of the city of Cadiz, on the right bank of the Guadalete, where it falls into the bay of Cadiz ; pop. about 21,000. It is second to Cadiz in exporting wine of excel- lent quality, and to Jerez in the extent of its wine cellars. Brandy, liqueurs, oil, hats, soap, leather, and wax are manufactured. SANTA MARTA, a city of the United States of Colombia, capital of the state of Magda- lena, on the E. shore of the bay of Santa Marta, 455 m. N. of Bogota ; pop. about 4,000. It is situated in the midst of sand marshes, near the mouth of the Manzanares. The houses are chiefly of one story, roofed with straw or tiles, and there is a fine cathedral. The port, which is spacious and commodious, and defended by three forts, is well frequented by shipping, chiefly engaged in coasting and the West Indian trade. Steam- ers ply monthly between San- ta Marta and New York. The principal exports are Peruvian bark, hides, skins, coffee, hats, fustic and other dyes, and me- dicinal plants. The value of the exports to New York in 1872 was $290,182. SANTA MAURA (modern Gr. Levcada ; anc. Leucadia or Leucas), an island and eparchy of Greece, one of the Ionian islands, in the Ionian sea, sep- arated by a strait 1 m. wide from the W. coast of Acarna- nia; area, 111 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 20,892. It is 22 m. long by from 5 to 9 m. wide, and is traversed N. and S. by a limestone ridge, terminating S. W. in Cape Ducato (the an- cient Leucas, famous for Sap- pho's leap), and culminating near the centre of the island in Mount St. Elias, about 3,750 ft. high. The whole sur- face is more or less broken ; only a small por- tion is cultivated, and the crop of grain is insufficient for home consumption. The prin- cipal exports are oil, wine, and salt, the last procured by evaporation in the lagoon. Cap- ital, Amaxichi, also sometimes called Santa Maura. The ancient Leucas (Gr. Ae^/cof, white) derived its name from the limestone cliffs. In the time of Homer it was united to the mainland at the N. E. extremity by an isth- mus, which was cut through by the Corinthi- ans about the middle of the 7th century B. C. The town of Leucas, which was founded near the isthmus by the Corinthians, became the headquarters of the Acarnanian league, and was taken and plundered by the Romans in 197 B. 0. On the promontory of Leucas was a temple to Apollo, and at the annual festival of the god it was customary to cast a crim- inal from the rock into the sea. Birds of all kinds were tied to him to break his fall, and if he survived boats were ready to save him ; but in that case he was banished for ever. This expiatory rite gave rise to the story that lovers leaped from this cliff to escape the pangs of love. SANTANDER. I. A province of Spain, in Old Castile, bordering on the bay of Biscay and the provinces of Biscay, Burgos, Palencia, Leon, and Asturias; area, 2,112 sq. m. ; pop. in 1870, 241,581. The Cantabrian mountains, on its S. limit, abound in forests and valuable