THE CORONADO EXPEDITION, 1540-1542 



By George Parker Winship 



INTRODUCTORY NOTE 



The following historical introduction, with the accompanying trans- 

 lations, is the result of work in the Seminary of American History at 

 Harvard University. Undertaken as a bit of undergraduate study, 

 it has gradually assumed a form which lias been considered worthy of 

 publication, chiefly because of the suggestions and assistance which 

 have been given with most generous readiness by all from whom 1 have 

 had occasion to ask help or advice. To l)r Justin Winsor; to Profes- 

 sor Henry W. Haynes, who opened the way for studeuts of the early 

 Spanish history of the North American southwest; to Dr J. Walter 

 Fewkes, who has freely offered me the many results of his long-con- 

 tinued and minute investigations at Tusayan and Zuni; and to the 

 careful oversight and aid of Mr F. \V. Hodge and the other members 

 of the Bureau of Ethnology, much of the value of this work is due. 

 Mr Augustus Hemenway has kindly permitted the use of the maps and 

 documents deposited in the archives of the Hemenway Southwestern 

 Archeological Expedition by Mr Adolph F. Bandelier. My indebted- 

 ness to the researches and writings of Mr Bandelier is evident through- 

 out. Seuor Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta — whose death, in November, 

 1894, removed the master student of the documentary history of 

 Mexico — most courteously gave me all the information at his command, 

 and with his own hand copied the Relation postrera (!<■ Sivola, which is 

 now for the first time printed. The Spanish text of Oastaneda's narra- 

 tive, the presentation of which for the first time in its original language 

 affords the best reason for the present publication, has been copied 

 and printed with the consent of the trustees of the Lenox Library iu 

 New York, in whose custody is the original manuscript. I am under 

 many obligations to their librarian, Mr Wilberforce Eames, who has 

 always been ready to assist me by whatever means were within his 

 power. 



The subject of this research was suggested by Professor Channing of 

 Harvard. If my work has resulted in some contribution to the litera- 

 ture of the history of the Spanish conquest of America, it is because 

 of his constant guidance and inspiration, aud his persistent refusal to 



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