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Moqui towns of Arizona, while later, another party- 

 advanced upon Tusayan (Moquis) a second time, and 

 by the aid of the natives discovered the Grand Canon 

 of the Colorado, in about latitude thirty-five — thus, 

 doubtless, being the first white men to gaze on this 

 abyss which has challenged the wonder of the world. 



From the natives, Coronado heard of other cities, 

 and, loath to relinquish the search for gold, traversed 

 a large area of country reaching about forty degrees 

 north latitude, or South Nebraska, between Leaven- 

 worth and Omaha. A portion of his expedition 

 reached the location of El Paso, Texas, and, after 

 examining a large area, and really accomplishing much 

 as a geographer — marching over untold millions of 

 gold and silver that were to be discovered by the 

 men of the nineteenth century, finding absolutely no 

 wealth, nothing but the squalid towns of natives, and 

 the ancestors of the present Indians — he returned to 

 Mexico in 1542, as the historian says, "very sad and 

 very weary, completely worn out, and shamefaced." 



The journey of Coronado was in every sense remark- 

 able, and while his search for treasure — a golden 

 fleece, as it were — was fruitless, history wUl give him 

 place as one of the great travellers and explorers. 

 The natives of Santa Catalina Island, found by 

 Cabrillo when he took possession as the discoverer 

 of California, all had heard of Coronado and his men 

 "with beards." 



In the years following Cabrillo, the Channel Islands 

 were doubtless visited by many adventurers in search 

 of fame and fortune. Drake, Woods, Shelvocke, 

 Rodgers, and others may have found shelter in the 

 httle bay of Avalon, or in the lee of any of the islands 



