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AMERICA. Chap. VIII. 



according to the Indians information, lay feveraV Provinces which were worth the 

 difcovcry, and advis'd that the chiefeft part of their Forces might ftay there, whilft 

 they and tome few refolute Men went farther upon the Difcovery, which accor- 

 dingly was perform'd. Efpejus having travelled two days, came into a fruitful 

 Province, jutting againft Ciiofc, in which he found eleven Villages, inhabited by 

 above fourteen thoufand People, who were clad in Skins and Cotton, worfhipp'd 

 many Idols, and receiv'd the Spaniards with great Civility. 



The like Entertainment they met withall in the Countrey Los Quires, walh'd by 

 the River Del Norte 5 near which flood five Villages, inhabited by about fifteen 



thoufand People. 



Thirteen Leagues farther they found De los Cwiames, having alfo five Villages, the 

 chiefeft of which being Cia, boafted (as above mention^) eight Market-places : 

 The Houfes, made of Lime, were neatly Painted, and compris'd in all above 

 twenty thoufand Perfons,all civil People, who prefented Efpejus and his Company 

 with handfom Cloaks, fee good boyl'd Meat before them, and fliew'd them rich 

 Minerals, and the Mountains out of which they got the fame. 



Of the like Conftitution were the Inhabitants De los Amires, which being thirty 

 thoufand in number, refided in feven well built Villages, lying North- Weft from 



Qunames. 



After this they march'd Weft ward, and found the eminent Village Jcoma, men- 

 tion d before, built on an exceeding high Rock, to which led onely a narrow Path 

 up a pair of Stairs cut in the Rock ; as alfo many Wells to receive Rain, befides 

 what they have out of a River, led by Moats round about their Ploughed Lands, 

 The Spaniards flaying here three days, were Entertain'd with all forts of good Meat, 

 Dances and Drolls. 



From hence travelling twenty four Leagues more Wefterly, they entred the Pro. 

 vince of Zuny s where the erected Croffes which had remain'd there till that time, 

 were fufficient teftimonies of Comaro's having been there, after he was deferred by 

 Andreas de Cuyocan. Cafper de Mexico, and Anionics de Guadalajara, being felled on Zuny, 

 (otherwifc call'd (ibola) and fpeaking the Indian Tongue better than their Native 

 Language, informed Efpejus, that fixty days Journey farther lay a great Lake, 

 whole Shores were crown d with many brave Villages, inhabited by a People 

 which wore Golden Armlets and Ear-rings ; whither Francifcus Vafaue^ had gone 

 a fecdnd time, had not Death prevented him. This Information fo encourag'd 

 Efpejus, that notwithstanding it was fo great a Journey, yet he refolv'd to venture 

 thither, though the Monk<8eltran and moft of his Company perfwaded him to the 

 contrary * whereupon Tehran return'd : After which Efpejus went on to the faid 

 Lake -whither he was accompanied with a hundred and fifty Indians. Having gone 

 twenty fix Leagues, he found a populous Province, whofe Borders he no looner 

 approach'd, but he was told, That if he was willing to lofe his Life, he and his Tarty might 

 enter into a forbidden Dominion -, yet notwithftanding this threatning Meflage, he 

 wrought fo much upon the Caftque by the Prefents which he fent him, that he was 

 permitted to come in freely } nay, the Inhabitants of Zaguato ftrow'd Meal on the 

 Earth for the Spaniards to go over, and prefented Efpejus at his departure with forty 

 thoufand Cotton Cloaks, and a confiderable quantity of Plate, which he fent with 

 five of his Soldiers, and all the Cibolan Indians, back to Cibola, keeping onely four 

 Companions and one Guide, with whom he travell'd forty one Leagues Weflward ; 

 where he found a Mountain, to the top whereof led a broad Path • which amend- 

 ing, he took up Silver Oar with his own Hand. The feveral forts of People that 

 inhabited here wereali civil and courteous, living in good faftiion, in pretty large 



Houfes, 



