NO. 4 rill'; t)KliA/. AMI lUtUIAI. IXl'l'IH riONS SCIIULLEK 7 



vna (.•.'ini p.inillii F. otras cosas I'! vii jarro ilc cstano " (" TTtTo they 

 kilU'd .Moiiso (Ir lliMriMa. liciiloiiaiil of (lovonior Dorlal ; and to this 

 plaoi' caiiH' a I li'iwanls tlu- said Moilal and loniid Irur marks tit thr 

 death of thi- aforesaid I lorri-ra ; and ihn't,- wvw fdiiud aiiKuiL; other 

 things, a little hell and a tin enp " ).' 



This legend, (it eonrse, leiei's, as will he shown latei', lt» two 

 ehronoloj^ieally (hstinet expeditions into llu' interior of the I'ountrv. 



In i5.^<). ahont a year after llerrera's di-ath. ( iovernor Dortal 

 organized a seeond exploring expedition.' in tlu" eonise of which he 

 discovered the domain ol the lemale cat'i(|ni' ( )rocoinay, an inde- 

 pi'ndent commnmls ol Indian w<imt'n, similar to those descrihed hv 

 hatlu'r (iaspar di- ( arxaxal in the naiiati\e ol the discovery of tlu- 

 Kiver Aniazoiias In' I'laniisid (U- ( iiH-llana in 15. |-.' 



This social phi'iionu'non, not alwa\s I'orreiMlv inteipreli'd h\- 

 writers,' has not \ct Keen ohservi-d in Sonlli America, hnt in the 

 " Kultnrkrcis " of tin- ( 'arih-arua(|ne. 



riie dom.iin of (Jni'i'ii ( h'oconiav is loc.iti'd on ( )\ie(l<i's map 

 lielwccn the Ihnap.ui ;ind the l*;iir;mc;is, an alllncnl of the ( ,iria 

 naca l\i\er, and is ,L;i\'en the followinj^' K'l^end : " i'|oi| atpii I'.stan 

 los pnehIo|s| I'" sehorio (K' la Keyna ( !) orocom.iv la (|n;d no si' 

 sirne ' sino iU- mn^ei'es " (" Merc arc the \ill;iL;cs and domain of 

 (Jueen ( )rocom;n , who cmplo\s oid\ ft'males")." 



I)in"inj^ Miis xoy.i^e l)oitai ha<l to contiMul with .1 mntiny led hv 

 Alderete and /Xj^nilar, two ol his oIVuhms; ;md he was linallv com- 

 pelled to relnrn to tin- coast, w her*- a new danm-r thrcali'iied iiini.' 



* Oviodo, ioc. til. 



'"Y St'KUini I'l inismii 1 I ici uniitup 1 )(irlal nic diso . . . ." (".... .iinl 

 according td vvliat 1 was Inld hy II. hmtal himself . . . ."), ioc. cit. ; caii. X, 

 p. J47". 



' " Dcscidii iniiriilii del ivio de las .\ma/<iiias, si'^mi la rclarinii liasia aiima 

 inedita." etc., dc I'lay (iaspar de Carliajal. .Seviila, M !)(.'( "(.WC I V, pp. (>() 07. 



'"/air siidanu rikaiiiscluii Aina/diU'ii.saKO." Vdii Dr. R. I.ascli; in " MittcJl. 

 dor K. u. K. (u'dgr. (iesidiseli. in VVieii." iw<i, pp. _'7H-_'H(). Dr. (!. I' 1 ic<leiici 

 "Die Aniazdiu'ii .Amerikas." l.eipzin. Kjin. 



"The verli lias in this conihJiiatidii a doiiliU iiit aiiiii).;. 



"Oviedd, II, lil.r., \ \ I V. rap. .\, p. J 17". 



' I'^l niisiUd aiid [i.sl.^fi, \eiiidii ( )rtal ;i (pici.irse dc los siiyds (itie se le 

 alzaroii, c dc 170 IcKuas lieria aiicnlio le m:uidardii con los dliciale.s Kt'aif.s 

 a la costa dc la mar . . . ." (" I lie same year, l.S.^O, ()rlal came to c<implaiii 

 alidUt liis men wild liail revtdted a^ainsl him and ohli^ed him, tdK<'llier with 

 the Ivnyal dUicers, to return 17(1 lea^ni's I'luni inland to the cda.st"); el'. "A 

 la Sacra Real Mat^estad di'l I'.mperaddr nneslid .Scnor, h)S oidores de sn Real 

 Andieneia de Santd DdiiiiiiKd .'i .^1 de Diciemhre de l.S.?^." in " Colcccioil dc 

 Docs. Ineditds." I (Hiin I. Madrid, iH().\, ]i. 55. t 



