pueblita

Updated: May 20, 2025

Here is the hut of the peon and the rancho of the small proprietor; but they are structures of a more substantial kind than in the region of the palm. They are of stone. Here, too, is the hacienda, with its low white walls and prison-like windows; and the pueblita, with its church and cross and gaily-painted steeple.

Mayne Reid - The Rifle Rangers

"He might promise you here. What security against breaking his word when we get to Albuquerque?" "No need waiting for Albuquerque to give him the chance. You seem to forget that there are churches between, and priests not over-scrupulous. For instance, the cure of Anton Chico, and his reverence who saves souls in the pueblita of La Mora.

Mayne Reid - The Lone Ranche