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Petatlan, pacifying those tribes ; in 3 more, the Province of Sinaloa, 

 which he Hkewise pacified ; and from there he went on to the valleys 

 of the Corazones and Senora, whom he reduced to subjection ; he 

 estabHshed the town of San Jeronimo among them, and continued his 

 expedition with success in bringing great numbers of the natives to 

 the Faith and the service of His Majesty. 



554. He kept on, subduing other provinces and passing through 

 some uninhabited tracts, and 5 days' journey before Cibola, to the 

 NE., he subdued the Province of Tucayan and pacified the inhabi- 

 tants. There are seven large pueblos here, well laid out and all with 

 flat-roofed houses ; the Indians have elaborate cotton clothing and 

 tanned antelope skins ; the Indian women dress like gypsies. He 

 put up crosses for them and had them catechized and instructed in 

 our Holy Faith. They live on the banks of a large river, whose 

 waters, like those beyond up to the Saguan, empty into the Pacific, 

 and those farther, from Cibola on, empty into the Atlantic. 



555. Bordering on this is another large province, all of whose 

 pueblos are built on the banks of the Rio Huex ; in a distance of 

 20 leagues along its course there are 15 settlements, all with flat roofs, 

 as are the many others in this region. The people are all very reason- 

 able ; they use cotton cloth and antelope skins for clothing. He 

 rendered them peaceful and had our Holy Faith preached and taught 

 to them, delivering them from the blindness in which they were 

 living ; he raised many crosses among them all in token of possession. 



556. At 35 leagues from this province there is another extensive 

 one, along the Rio Sicuique, with large settlements, which he likewise 

 pacified ; for the next 25 leagues the way lies over the plains, where 

 there are countless herds of these humpbacked cattle. Fifty leagues 

 to the N. is the Province of Harac, with large settlements ; it borders 

 on Quivira, which is in 40°. This country is a wonderfully attractive 

 region, with great plains and forests, through which flow mighty 

 rivers. There are many kinds of fruit like ours in Spain — plums of 

 a color between red and green and well-flavored, grapes, mulberries 

 (or blackberries), walnuts, melons, and many others. Accordingly, 

 having brought his conquering expedition to an end, he returned 

 to Mexico City, as has been narrated, and there after all the trials 

 he had gone through, he died poor and left his daughters in poverty. 



557. His Majesty King Philip III of glorious memory took into 

 consideration the distinguished services of Gov. Francisco Vazquez 

 de Coronado, having been informed of them by the members of the 

 Supreme Council of the Indies ; and also those of Gen. Fernan Perez 

 de Bocanegra y Cordoba rendered in his successful campaigns in 



