VASQUEZ DE CORONADO 



A.D. 



[540. 



Gold and sil- 

 ver found in 

 Cibola, 



they determined to kill him : But they did it not after 

 such sort as was reported, for they killed none of the 

 rest of those that came with him : neither slewe they the 

 young lad which was with him of the province of Petatlan, 

 but they tooke him and kept him in safe custodie untill 

 nowe. And when I sought to have him, they excused 

 themselves two or three dayes to give him mee, telling 

 mee that hee was dead, and sometimes that the Indians 

 of Acucu had carried him away. But in conclusion, when Acucu. 

 I tolde them that I should bee very angry if they did 

 not give him mee, they gave him unto me. Hee is an 

 interpreter, for though hee cannot well speake their 

 language, yet hee understandeth the same very well. In 

 this place there is found some quantitie of golde and 

 silver, which those which are skilfull in minerall matters 

 esteeme to be very good. To this houre I could never 

 learne of these people from whence they have it : And 

 I see they refuse to tell mee the trueth in all things, 

 imagining, as I have sayde, that in short time I would 

 depart hence, but I hope in God they shall no longer 

 excuse themselves. I beseech your lordship to certifie 

 his Majestie of the successe of this voyage. For seeing 

 wee have no more then that which is aforesayd, and untill 

 such time as it please God that wee finde that which 

 wee desire, I meane not to write my selfe. Our Lorde 

 God keepe and preserve your Excellencie. 



From the province of Cibola, and from this citie of 

 Granada the third of August 1540. Francis Vasques de 

 Coronado kisseth the hands of your Excellencie. 



The rest of this voyage to Acuco, Tiguex, Cicuic, and 

 Quivira, and unto the Westerne Ocean, is thus written 

 in the generall historie of the West Indies by Francis 

 Lopez de Gomara, Chap. 214. 



BEcause they would not returne to Mexico without 

 doing something, nor with emptie hands, they 

 agreed to passe further into the countrey, which was 

 tolde them to bee better and better. So they came to 



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