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eral was coming lie acted as if he was greatly pleased, and said, "Now 

 when the general comes, you will see that there is gold and silver in 

 Quivira, although not so much as the Turk said." When the general 

 arrived, and Xabe saw that they had not found anything, he was sad and 

 silent, and kept declaring that there was some. He made many believe 

 that it was so, because the general had not dared to enter into the 

 country on accouut of its being thickly settled and his force not very 

 strong, and that he had returned to lead his army there after the rains, 

 because it had begun to rain there already, as it was early in August 

 when he left. It took him forty days to return, traveling lightly 

 equipped. The Turk had said when they left Tiguex that they ought 

 not to load the horses with too much provisions, which would tire them 

 so that they could not afterward carry the gold and silver, from which 

 it is very evident that he was deceiving them. 



. The general reached Cicuye with his force and at once set off for 

 Tiguex, leaving the village more quiet, for they had met him peaceably 

 and had talked with him. When he reached Tiguex, he made his 

 plans to pass the winter there, so as to return with the whole army, 

 because it was said that he brought information regarding large settle- 

 ments and very large rivers, and that the country was very much like 

 that of Spain in the fruits and vegetation and seasons. They were not 

 ready to believe that there was no gold there, but instead had suspicions 

 that there was some farther back in the country, because, although this 

 was denied, they kuew what the thing was and had a name for it among 

 themselves — acochis. With this we end this first part, and now we 

 will give an account of the provinces. 



Second part, which treats of the high villages and 

 provinces and op their habits and customs, as collected 

 by Pedro de CastaSeda, native of the city of najara. 



Luus Deo. 



It does not seem to me that the reader will be satisfied with having 

 seen and understood what I have already related about the expedition, 

 although that has made it easy to see the difference between the report 

 which told about vast treasures, and the places where nothing like this 

 was either found or known. It is to be noted that in place of settlements 

 great deserts were found, and instead of populous cities villages of 

 200 inhabitants and only 800 or 1,000 people in the largest. I do not 

 know whether this will furnish grounds for pondering and considering 

 the uncertainty of this life. To please these, I wish to give a detailed 

 account of all the inhabited region seen and discovered by this expe- 

 dition, and some of their ceremonies and habits, in accordance with 

 what we came to know about them, and the limits within which each 

 province falls, so that hereafter it may be possible to understand in 

 what direction Florida lies and in what direction Greater India; and 



