Show FABLED arf CITIES IES or OF GOLD I 1 adventurous MARCH OF CORONADO THE SPANIARD misted by credulous aple iio into our with only V sixty followers 1118 III trial tind copyright opy right mi isol hy by traer lenn Asa tiou lion alook rights OLD gold gold the thirst for gold and sliver silver anti and prec precious lons stone filon cs 4 is 1 l aaion ai ion ns old as history and might ler than aln n love ol of i life drew Fra tivio 4 Vii Miney de coro alado nil mi officer I 1 under the crom croin n in III new smaill to t stirn frayna doting yoting nid beautiful bride brilland bri leand and tle of nil lilt already comfortable fortune nt at banle and plunge into the desert and wilderness peopled with savage s nod and the home of licaus of prey it fell to the yankees indeed to disco real el dorado lint but the dalin dabin nothing chrt mau man holdi dear in tile ho bearch he arch the spanish desire for or discovery anti and conquest did not go out with tile the tiou of the land of Montc iima and the first spanish viceroy of the new king kingdom dont uon don mendoza rule begaii in I 1 IM M cast his ores eyes abroad for richer fields i rt rf treasure than the homo home of the ne ociell ocie lelit nl azteca afforded rumors hid had readied III north po wealth in vessels of silver and gold old and in ornaments of rare arid and costly cosily stones alones and to admire himself of the fact lie fent a niona friar to visit the dwelling dw ollin in the legion answering lollie present new mexico lizt llyle his trip in I 1 find passed as far northward rard rs pus r s the salin salidas is as river or upper G gill ailt at avizou izo ip and returned filled with the wonders anti and great ne of the sevi n cities of ceboll Ci boli bolL which he be claimed to lo hilve 11 north 0 1 1 lit tho arizona desert I 1 alo if ills repot report 1 v 1 1 1 d leivo st hairred ir red tile eulsea of nn Arcilo anc ile iio told of a rell igee whom he met who related to him that cebold Cevo lit was u I 1 great city inhabited with krou batore of people and having maa y streets street mid market places ind and that in fit some parl partis i of till this city there are cei tain fery very great houses honses of five stories high tile the of tile the city i isse kllc theyne ites at certain lays days of the year lie ile saith tile houses house sare aire of linie finie and of 0 stone accordi jg is as others have told me lie before and thaltha thac the rates gates bud and small pillars of the houses aro are of sea es all the are served and the other ornaments of 0 their houses were of gold and that tle other six cities are built lile like unto units this whereof hereof some are bigger 0 1 I tot fol 10 loved ed my lily way until I 1 came within bight of cevola cerola which Is situate si turtte on it plain at the foot of 0 a round bill and mabeth show to be it fair city and is better seated than any that I 1 live lave seen in these parts the houses are lir br aided in order according m a the indian acl t d me nil made of stone with di ers stories and flat roots as far as I 1 could discover from a mountain I 1 ascended to view the city the people are somewhat bilte they wear end and lie in beds weapons are bows they have emeralds and other jewels although they esteem none so much as the wherein they adorn tile walls ol of alio of their houses and their up parel end and i I 1 assels a and ud they use them 13 in blead of money through till all the country their apparel 1 is of cotton colton and of ox hides bt buffalo Galo and ami this is their most com commener menar tile lile and honorable apparel they u use be yes acs sels eels of gold and silver filver tor for they have nc lie other metal hereof is greater use and more abundant than iu in peru convinced by till this slowing glowing account of ih hk mendoza Alen dova determined to I 1 avidis avi dis the newer and greater E el 1 norado dorado anil and save live to hn hii c general coronado 1 ij hoist boi bo i men inen 00 foot soldiers find and mexican in diakis to man mail the expedition the tha march began in the spring of I 1 AO anti ami in april the t be several deutch rendezvoused at Culi acan on the coast near t lie mouth of tile the gulf of california of april coronado with CO 60 horsemen and the monk for a guide set bet ont nut in advance on the route to the tamed fa med seven cities ilk his course was almost direct north until tie he crossed the thirty second parallel the present prent mexican Mexica tf border then tended west across the gili gila river and after afterward ivard cortis northeast ile he encountered tho the great desert region in the heat beat of summer anti and found no grass tor for his animals but met with di diEn calt pathways to traverse losing horses borses and men through fatigue und and hunger tile the men died front from the poison of herbs taken in lieu of food after a trying mare through the mountains of central arizona there burst upon the travelers trav cleri the gre pastures p and sweet waters of tile regi alon the little colorado river iles s ere found besides grass like that of CL cas tile in old spain nut trees mulberries and abundance of flax after passing little colorado river the explorers drew near to the seven cities and it IL small force of indians appeared to dispute the advance these coronado quickly dispersed and then marchl in arched 1 I upon the first city to attack it the indians indian rl re tired to the roots roofs of their curiously built houses or pueblos put blos and rained down ar rows and stones upon the daring assailants coronado had a narrow and vi tt ai a i twice knocked from his horse the I 1 1114 k OL aj 1 ff 11 M A i 1 JV IN CIBOLA def orders numbered aud and after a spirited fight were forced to surrender Art after erthe the conquest coronado pu put t aside the word sword tor for the pen and wrote to his hia alc viceroy roy lion don mendoza ic n doza a very different diffene Is t recount ren of tile tho sever cities from t bat brought to mexico by tile the nl munk nac who had spied out the land the 3 ear before fr frankly binkly lie he m wrote rote it relta illeth now t to 0 certify our honor of the seven cities ami of the kingdoms and provi provinces licen whereof the father provincial made biado report linto your lordship lord thip hip and to be brief I 1 can call lo ai sure your lonor honor he ald aid t the he truth in until sloth log ing that ho he reported but all it quite contrary only the lite names of tin Q cities and great houses bouses of stone for it though thoua 1 I they he ba riot not wrought with lal quests nor with little lime nor bricks yet tire are they e ery ry excellent lion houses cs of three a or four or arc high bigl wherein are good loil lodi ings anti and fair air chambers with ladden A to iu stead lead of stairs and certain cella collars r under c ground r 0 11 11 1 1 71 very 11 11 y good and par paved ed which fire are 1 anade 1 for winter 1 i anter they anro in ni uner alk liko ovea and the ladders which they h y h have f fr for r their houses anro all blo and port ald alm able which anre taken away anil and set t down ow when they alca ie and they iro are made of two enof wood with their steps as ile be the seven cities are seven hilll lonix nil made with these kind of houses bouses chat I 1 benkof penk of and they till stand within itter lea lei iKue together aud anti they lire arts called allied alm ilm r king kingdom doin of cibola und kind eiery one of have their particular ir nod and none of the ni is aled cibrin Cl bola but bill nil all they are called allied cibola biboli in 1 this town where I 1 now remain rein il thora amny be willis SM houawa nil all compassed ed walland walli lind I 1 think etith the ihu rut of the houses not BO they be ilmy be together 30 allt people or of ahli town seem unto tinto 1 ino of lel creature Rea ture anti oil witty yet ct they scell not to lo ill such guth as they be of cf that ihal judgment 1111 vic V lt to L bild the 42 0 a ali j ii kovl grov ing e tile the coll yet they we t r mauntie thereof and it dsirne there was i fo foual lillI lu in their houses deruda ari tin marii mad 0 of botio wool Corn Coron niilo Aults related further that hint tile bi but bilt hi cal caiti joil id then oft ith aill it I 1 r that could tempt the fielce looking loi liia itilia aind from bruni the trenouth beaole they cainie iu ill sight git so ISO clidell the dream of geittel ing wealth til thit lt of dormu orn in or ir ofa nd 11 abter afler tile the leial hold one oise tows town of if tin tile seven ill tile rest ensle re in i order when and corots ulo I 1 wilted lii lr wily oly for rest and i cis esh gilel t and to audy lite people except that lie set tip in ill each tile faill eiith ns na an evla elce of spanish occupancy cy the cities vere found to ito bo it great allart for robes anil other of Ijiri bar Lerand Lr anil till tile nilve mur ers ds determined to I 1 s on 1 to the litile of the bin big osell eight ans iley from Cili biboli oll the brosted the alie alio aitio grande Grini lf irl journeyed several levei al day days in ill 1 ii I northwesterly where they rort with v 11 a 11 11 nen kind of oneil ali and fero th first lii ald day y they kit killfoil leit fo fourscore arcore n hichi 1 ai I r laced tit alie army v brilli it ir ii ahn ja i tile lirt lir is t known account oft of t buffalo bult ilo or insoo cibula or cevola cerola li is 1 Si lanish for bison or mexican cun bull in it Ut rember tilt the force left behind tit lit up r avith the advance rod and tile the whole lia bied tile the winter of 1 I at a collee lou of indian illige Ill in ill the valley of the R mo ilio grande exploring Ix and i bual buffalo 1110 hunting bunting occupied tilt whole of the year of 1341 1541 in it tile the spring of 1 A the expedition was still it 1191 ex and nil iiii accident auci dent to coronado isar tencil i it it diel not lot caubu its iti return to nie iu ico 0 ilie captain KC gendral iril one lily tell fell arc to IM his I 1 hOr lierse seand ind oon showed sig of 0 inanity lii anity despite the wishes of don do Mell doza and of ins his counselors iu in the expedition lie he decided lec Kleit to lo t the lie project a giitl nd march home bonje again the in I 1 mexico were anxious to occupy llie lite new territory tory and people it by colonez colo itsou but blit coronado lorod ido sted abil the was impossible A spanish colony ile he declared decla could not defend itself or be subsisted so far frow lome borne the spanish Spar historians historian 3 however naively bbate ata ante that Corona doa dolg love of ease and the attractions of 11 lna is arl vatis wealth ibid and his bis fair young wito wife got the better of his adventurous spirit ile he hd had married it a beautiful spanish bride brid the viceroy chose him tor for oer J I 1 r g baj 4 r I 1 i 1 l d f CORONADO rOSACO CO ON TITE TIIT t tm i is wili anil and timing dating enterprise and he amidy possessed it tot atine in hand exceed I 1 ill it ill aill ithac atiat lie had been in the region abou arou around nd ci biboli hot I 1 the army started back from retracing aratin ita its steps to Cit cahola ioda the last inhabited point before entering tha desert here it rested and laid in bi supplies lor for tho the jour acy through the wilds wild the ground marched over by Coron coronados ados hand band was miles tit in extent very little damage had been done to the people and tile alie soil had beell prepared for future mccu pation by the spaniards during the fifty years vears succeeding the march the whole region wa was itina those old spin span ish settlements now marked by picturesque riLling ruins were founded in new mexico and arizona the indians met with by coron coronado ado were of 0 that race of people called pueblos from their permanent villages as described in m the explorers narrative their villages both semicircular and square were ere lu is exien exi existence en tit nt tile the of thib century cea tury and tile llie ruins of others dating datin liick back to lime are stilt still found near tile ilio hio grande little colorado anil biln it rivers river the e act points designated in 10 the es of coronado and his com coin hire hare not been determined by mod ern travelers the pueblos ruins of zuni zum tit in new mexico at the head of the little colorado are thought to bo be one of thu the seven cities because of a i close lesem to the descriptions of the country and ml of the elie structures mrea fould by coronado his march penetrated at least to the region of snow and of intense cold and to thu the rabin c i of and antelope and that thai would indicate northeastern nv new N v mexico there are rit bruy iny pueblos or villages tint that seem to be identical with cibola and others slot not yet explored may e idenie of belonging beJo nging to the fumed 6 bevers evers cities and the win h air spirited awty on oil the lie approach of the bud invader us its related may yet come to lu light in hidden labern or of the lull hill or in the lilt dials cellard of the conini houe hou cs t or vill villa agib gloier L lu mil |