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a horse about this time and was sick a long- time, and after the winter 

 was over he determined to come back, and although they may say some- 

 thing' different, he did so, because he wanted to do this more than any- 

 thing, and so we all came together as far as Culiacan,and each one went 

 where he pleased from there, and Francisco Vazquez came here to Mexico 

 to make his report to the viceroy, who was not at all pleased with his 

 coming, although lie pretended so at lirst. He was pleased that Father 

 Friar Juan de Padilla had stayed there, who went to Quivira, and a 

 Spaniard and a negro with him, and Friar Luis, a very holy lay brother, 

 stayed in Cicuique. We spent two very cold winters at this river, with 

 much snow and thick ice. The river froze one night and remained so 

 for more than a mouth, so that loaded horses crossed on the ice. The 

 reason these villages are settled in this fashion is supposed to be the 

 great cold, although it is also partly the wars which they have with one 

 another. And this is all that was seen and found out about all that 

 country, which is very barren of fruits and groves. Quivira is a better 

 country, having many huts and not being so cold, although it is more 

 to the north. 



