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pean manufacture have been unearthed under such circumstances that 

 we feel justified in attributing them to the companions either of De 

 Soto or of Louis de Yelasco. 



It is a well-established fact that twelve priests, eight clergymen of 

 inferior rank, and four monks accompanied the Adelantado's army. 

 We are assured that the conversion of the natives was one of the av^owed 



Fig. a 2. 



purposes of the expedition. These clerical gentlemen were supplied 

 with crucifixes, crosses, and rosaries, which they employed about, and 

 distributed during the course of, their religious labors. That some ef- 

 fort was made to indoctrinate the aborigines in the mysteries of Christi- 

 anity, and to lead them to look upon the cross as a symbol of peace, we 

 are distinctly advised. Witness the erection of large wooden crosses, 

 and the teachings of the priests at Achese, at Casqui, in the province 

 of Icasqui, and elsewhere. 

 It appears by no means improbable that these crosses were presented 



