20 IIOOPES AND BROOMALL : 



although his faulty grammar led him to construe it as qualify- 

 ing ' ' soldado, ' ' which its gender does not admit of. The word 

 is the regularly formed feminine past participle of "loar," 

 from Latin " laudare," to praise, whence also English " laud." 



As a mere matter of epigraphy, the year in this inscription 

 may be read either 1620 or 1629. Bancroft says: "Among 

 the inscriptions copied by Simpson from El Moro ( sic ) is one 

 to the effect that the governor passed that way on July 29, 

 1620, returning from a successful tour of pacification to Zuiii," 

 and adds in a foot-note the names of " Bartolome Naranjo or 

 NaiTSo," and others, " one of which may be that of the gov- 

 ernor." He says further that Naranjo has been named as 

 governor by one author and Nanso by another, apparently on 

 the authority of this inscription.* But the name Nan'so is 

 Simpson's erroneous rendering of Naranjo, and the name of 

 Bartolome Naranjo, by reason of its different style of writing 

 and position, does not necessarily belong to the inscription, 

 and should not be read into it as the name refen-ed to by the 

 title given in the first line, unless the connection were othenvise 

 historically supported. There seems to be no record of the 

 officials of 1620 and thereabouts. 



Bandelier and Eummis, however, render the date as 1629 

 and attribute the inscription to the then governor of New 

 Mexico, Francisco Manuel de Silva Nicto,t mentioned by 

 name on Plate VI. 



PLATE VI. 



Aqni [ohliterationj rnador 



Don Francico Manuel de Silva Nielo 



Que lo ynpncil)le liene ya siijelo 



Sii braco ynduhitable y su balor 



Con los carros del rei nenstro senor 



Cosa que solo el pnso en este efecto 



De Abgosto9 seiscienlos beinte y nueve 



One se oyera a Cmli pase y la fe lle\e 



* Bancroft, loc. cit., paj^je 159. 



t Lnmmis, page 178. Bamlelier, page 330. 



