392 THE CORONADO EXPEDITION, 1540-1542 [eth.ann.14 



take the array to this valley, where a good store of provisions had been 

 found by Melchior Diaz, and there wait for further instructions. Coro- 

 nado promised to send for his soldiers as soon as he was sure that there 

 was a country of the Seven Cities for them to conquer and settle. 



In the valley of Corazoues, which had been given its name by Cabeza 

 de Vaca because the natives at this place offered him the hearts of 

 animals for food, Arellano kept the soldiers busy by building a town 

 on Suya river, naming it San Hierouimo de los Corazoues — Saint 

 Jerome of the Hearts. A small force was sent down the river to the 

 seacoast, under the command of Don Bodrigo Maldonado, in the hope 

 of communicating with the ships of Alarcon. Maldonado found neither 

 signs nor news of the fleet, but he discovered a tribe of Indian " giants," 

 one of whom accompanied the party back to the camp, where the soldiers 

 were filled with amazement at his size and strength. 



Thus the time passed until early in September, when Melchior Diaz 

 and Juan Gallego brought the expected orders from the general. Gal- 

 lego, who carried the letter which Coronado had written from Grauada- 

 Hawikuh on August 3, with the map and the exhibits of the country 

 which it mentions, continued on to Mexico. He was accompanied by 

 Friar Marcos. Diaz had been directed to stay in the new town of San 

 Hieroninio, to maintain this post and to open communication with the 

 seacoast. He selected seventy or eighty men — those least fitted for the 

 hardships and struggles of exploration and conquest — who remained to 

 settle the new town and to make an expedition toward the coast. The 

 remainder of the army prepared to rejoin their general at Cibola, and 

 by the middle of September the start was made. 



After a long, rough march, in which little occurred to break the daily 

 monotony, the soldiers reached the pueblo settlements. The bad 

 weather had already begun, but the men were eager to continue their 

 journey in spite of the snow and the fierce, cold winds. After a short 

 rest, the force proceeded to Tiguex, where comfortable quarters were 

 awaiting them, and in these they quickly settled for the winter. 



THE WINTER OF 1540-1541 ALONG THE RIO GRANDE 

 THE INDIAN REVOLT 



The first winter spent by white men in the pueblos of New Mexico 

 was a severe one. Fortunately for the strangers, however, they were 

 comfortably domiciled in the best houses of the country, in which the 

 owners had left a plentiful supply of food, and this was supplemented 

 by the livestock brought from New Spain. 



During the late autumn the Indians assumed a hostile attitude 

 toward their visitors, and were reduced to peaceful inactivity only after 

 a protracted struggle, which greatly aggravated the conquerors The 

 Spanish story of this revolt is clear — that the Indians suddenly sur- 

 prised the Europeans by attacking the horses and mules of the army, 

 killing or driving off a number of them, after which the natives col- 



