X-Git-Url: https://zdv2.bktei.com/gitweb/BK-2020-09.git/blobdiff_plain/3a296635651ff7b4edbd28e701a4315f4110be26..5430556a91571b3f771048b3df799760492be951:/en.wikipedia.org/Chuska_Mountains/article.txt?ds=inline diff --git a/en.wikipedia.org/Chuska_Mountains/article.txt b/en.wikipedia.org/Chuska_Mountains/article.txt index 7343e0f..aafa8b8 100644 --- a/en.wikipedia.org/Chuska_Mountains/article.txt +++ b/en.wikipedia.org/Chuska_Mountains/article.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Much of the range is Navajo Nation Forest; ponderosa pine, spruce, and fir are a The forests of the Chuska Mountains and of the Defiance Uplift receive higher rainfall than the surrounding lowlands, and these highlands typically receive regular winter snowfall. Runoff from snowmelt and seasonal thunderstorms along the crest of the Chuskas generates more than half the surface water of the [[Navajo Nation]]. Canyons of [[Canyon de Chelly National Monument]] were cut by streams with headwaters in the Chuskas. -The Chuska Mountains are sparsely populated. Nearby settlements are small, including Crystal, New Mexico, Lukachukai, Arizona, and [[Toadlena, New Mexico]]. Trading posts at Crystal and at Two Grey Hills (about 10 km east of Toadlena), are associated with distinctive patterns used in Navajo rugs. A paved road, New Mexico Highway 134, crosses the range through Narbona Pass.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} +The Chuska Mountains are sparsely populated. Nearby settlements are small, including [[Crystal, New Mexico]], [[Lukachukai, Arizona]], and [[Toadlena, New Mexico]]. Trading posts at Crystal and at Two Grey Hills (about 10 km east of Toadlena), are associated with distinctive patterns used in Navajo rugs. A paved road, [[New Mexico State Road 134]], crosses the range through Narbona Pass.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} [[Narbona Pass]] was originally called {{lang|nv|Beesh Lichii'l Bigiizh}} ({{lang-en|Copper Pass}}), and was the location where Navajo warriors led by [[Narbona]] decisively defeated a Mexican slaving expedition under Captain [[Blas de Hinojos]]. Later it was renamed Washington Pass, after Colonel [[John M. Washington]], who commanded a military expedition against the Navajo. [[Narbona]] was a Navajo headman killed in an encounter with Washington's troops in 1849.