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Ex. Doc. No. 41. 



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Moquino, Poguate, Rito, Laguna, Covero and Acoma; in all, sevea 

 towns, and only seven; the same number wliich composed the an- 

 cient kingilocn of Cibolo. 



The level country between Quivira arid Cibolleta, would permit 

 the buffalo to extend their range to the latter place. '^ 



^ Clavigero makes known a curious custom of the Indians of " Ci- 

 bolo," which was not practised by the nations of Anahuac, but it 

 resembles that of our prairie Indians; it is in using drtgs to carry 

 burdens. Clavigero mentions the dog of Cibolo, or dog of burden, 

 **a quadruped ofthe country of Cibolo similar m form to a mas- 

 tiff, which the Indians employ to carry burdens; several historians 

 mention this strong animal." 



Although these remarks may be looked upon as an unnecessary 



.digression, yet they may be useful in attracting the attention of 



some more able investigator to this subject. I have made them as 



brief as possible. 



JV, 



This morning, when about starting, we noticed 

 some mule tracks that had evidently been made by animals under 

 human guidance. They had come from the direction of Qi 



their 



and after approaching quite near our camp, had retraced 

 steps, going back by the same route: We had been too long in the 

 woods not to notice these things, yet we all tried in vain to dis- 

 cover the object of the persons. Towards midnight we had a se- 

 vere^ shower; these tracks had been made subsequent to the shower.. 

 We had quite a hearty laugh at our guide, who had nev^r been 

 beyond Chilili and Tagique, but still would not admit it. Yester- 

 day, he had insisted that Abo was much farther off than 



It 



there is another Abo. 



W. . ., 



- ^ -^ ... .._ .> ha* 



proved to be; and now, to confirm what he said^ he declares that 



^ an intention of going there at 



once, when he cried out, that it was a dreadful place, " no hay, 

 agua, pasto, Una, gente; nada, nada, senor." 



Leaving the ,_ „'.,.„, 



church of Abo, is o°rder to make a sketch of the v e n eVab 1 J "r u fn^. It 

 IS impossible to get any account of these hoary monuments from 

 the -inhabitants of the neighboring towns. W ' 

 tioned them with regard to such relics, but their responses' were- 

 wrapped in the mystifying language of ignorance, or the very un- 



)Iy of " quien sabe." They view our inquisitiveness . 



wagon to proceed slowly, I went over to the old 



frequently ques 



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it by supposing 

 has said is buried 



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satislactory reply 



with a jealous eye, for\hey can only account for 



that we are in starch of gold, which tradition ..„„ „ .„ „„...- 



beneath the altars and floors of these old churches. It is relate* 

 of an old man who lived in Santa Fe, that after having amassed 

 quite a snug little sum of money, he induced several others to ioin 



he spent all his gains m 



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digging in the aisle of the old church. The hole, now half filled 

 up, still remains a monument of bis folly. It is also stated, that 

 while engaged in this search, he exhumed the bones of some oae 

 who had been buried beneath the floor of the buildine They were 

 supposed to have belonged to some priest; and at night, when the 

 old man thought his comrades were all asleep, he went aud knelt 



