wikship] TRANSLATION OF CASTANEDA 505 



other roaming Querecbos and such great numbers of cows that it 

 already seemed something - incredible. These people gave a great deal of 

 information about settlements, all toward the east from where we were. 

 Here Don Garcia broke his arm and a Spaniard got lost who went off 

 hunting so far that he was unable to return to the camp, because the 

 country is very level. The Turk said it was one or two days to Haya 

 (Haxa). The general sent Captain Diego Lopez with ten companions 

 lightly equipped and a guide to go at full speed toward the sunrise for 

 two days and discover Haxa, and then return to meet the army, which 

 set out in the same direction next day. They came across so many 

 animals that those who were on the advance guard killed a large num- 

 ber of bulls. As these fled they trampled one another in their haste 

 until they came to a ravine. So many of the animals fell into this that 

 they filled it up, and the rest went across on top of them. The men 

 who were chasing them on horseback fell in among the animals with- 

 out noticing where they were going. Three of the horses that fell in 

 among the cows, all saddled and bridled, were lost sight of completely. 



As it seemed to the general that Diego Lopez ought to be on his way 

 back, he sent six of his companions to follow up the banks of the little 

 river, and as many more down the banks, to look for traces of the 

 horses at the trails to and from the river. It was impossible to find 

 tracks in this country, because the grass straightened up again as soon 

 as it, was trodden down. They were found by some Indians from the 

 army who had gone to look for fruit. These got track of them a good 

 league off, and soon came up with them. They followed the river down 

 to the camp, and told the general that in the 20 leagues they had been 

 over they had seen nothing but cows and the sky. There was another 

 native of Quivira with the army, a painted Indian named Ysopete. This 

 Indian had always declared that the Turk was lying, and on account 

 of this the army paid no attention to him, and even now, although he 

 said that the Querechos had consulted with him, Ysopete was not 

 believed. 1 



The general sent Don Rodrigo Maldonado, with his compauy, for- 

 ward from here. He traveled four days and reached a large ravine 

 like those of Colima, 2 in the bottom of which he found a large settle- 

 ment of people. Cabeza de Vaca and Dorantes had passed through 

 this place, so that they presented Don Rodrigo with a pile of tanned 

 skins and other things, and a tent as big as a house, which he directed 

 them to keep until the army came up. He sent some of his compan- 

 ions to guide the army to that place, so that they should -not get lost, 

 although he had been making piles of stones and cow dung for the 

 army to follow. This was the way in which the army was guided by 

 the advance guard. 



'Compare the Spanish. Teruaux: " Mais cette foia on n'avait pas voulu ]e croire; lea Querechoa 

 ayant rapporte la nieiue chose que le Tun.'' 



-Termiux read tllia Column. The reference is clearly to the district of Colima in western Mexico, 

 "where one of the earliest Spanish settlements was made. 



