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Ctbola lieth Soiuhvvard of Quivira y betwixt ic and jS[eu> Galikia, to the North and s " union ' 

 Haft : on the Weft ic hath Mar Vermiqlio, or the Bay of California. The Air of the lure - ani 

 Province is lnditterently temperate, eipecially if compar'd to the fliarp Frofts and ot ouu - 

 Colds of Quivira. The Countrey is for the mod part level and plain, as Quivira is, 

 having but few Trees in it, except here and there fome Woods of Cedars, which 

 yet do abundantly fupply the Natives both with Timber and Fewel. The Ground 

 affords plenty of Mai^, and fome fmall white Peafe, of both which they ufually 

 make Bread. There is great ftore of Venifon, and a kind of Sheep (as they fay, and 

 as it fhould feem by their Fleece) as big as fome little Horfes or Oxen, fome of their 

 Horns weighing forty or fifty Pound : But perhaps by fome miftake of Authors, 

 this Beaft may be no other than Taurus Mexicans, elfewhere defcrib'd, whofe Hair 

 is extreamly thick and fliaggy, and of which they make Cloth as of Wool, as hath 

 been faid. There are alio Lyons, Bears, and Tygers in this Province, in fuch 

 numbers, that the People of the Countrey are not a little troubled with them, and 

 would gladly deftroy them if they knew how. The People are generally well 

 Limb'd, tall of Stature, and feem to be a little more Ingenious than their Neigh- 

 bors of Quivira ; yet they go naked many of them, oncly cover'd with Mantles made 

 of Skins, which are many times painted, and that with fuch Curiofity and Art, as 

 do fufficiently argue, that neither themfelves nor their Neighbors of Quivira, from 

 whom they have them in Traffick, do make them, but that they are the Merchan- 

 dife and Commodity of fome other Nations, perhaps of Qathayot China, who, by 

 the North*Weft Seas, do Trade with the Maritime Parts, and People of Quivira. 



This part of the Countrey hath been reafonably well fearch'd by. the Spaniards, 

 but as yet nothing difcover'd fo confiderable, as to perfwade them to ftay in it. 

 That which feems moft obfervable, is the great Lake Tonteac, fituate almoft in 

 the midft of the Province ; upon which, or near unto it, they found feven or eight 

 old Towns of the Natives, fome whereof contained four or five hundred of their 

 Cottages or little Houfes, and were fortifi'd alio with Ramparts, and other Works 

 of Defence, fo as the Spaniards could not become Mafters of them,but by Force and 

 Storming : In the attempt whereof Vafque^ Qoronado, their Commander in chief, 

 was twice beaten down with Stones by the Natives . yet atlaft carrying the Pla<;e, 

 he found in it good plenty of Main* indeed, which was fome refreshment to his 

 Army, but nothing elfe : whereupon having nam'd the Place Granada, in memory 

 of the Vice.Roy of NeV? Spain, who fenthim upon that Expedition, he departed. 

 In his return homeward he fell upon a certain Countrey, which he nam'd Tu- 

 cayan, of which his Companions report great matters $ as firft, of a certain River 

 call'd Huex, on the Banks whereof,inthe fpace of twenty Leagues, or thereabouts, 

 there ftand no lefs than fifteen good Burroughs, well built, and furnifli'd like wife 

 with Stoves or Hot-houfes, againft the Cold, as in other Countreys of Europe . as 

 alfo of a very fruitful and pleafant Valley, which they therefore call'd Aroba de Corn- 

 zones . of another great Town and Territory, call'd Cbicbilticala • and laftly, of the 

 Valley of Nuejlra Sennora, or Our Ladies Vale, in the South parts of the faid Terri- 

 tory, all of them defcrib'd for fuch rich and delicious Places, that fome take them 

 for the CampiEltfii of America, efpecially feeing the Spaniards Were never known to 

 vifit them a fecond time, the Difcoverics that have been made fince being onely 

 of the North- Weft Parts of the Countrey, along theCoafts of Mar tfermiglio, and 

 this no farther than onely to give Name to certain Capes or Promontories which 

 they met with, as namely i. forto dc St. Clara, near to the Mouth of the kivet 

 which they call %io del Kjrdt. 2. LasVlayas. 3. St. Michael. 4. Lago del 0ro } which 

 bordereth on Quivira . and laftly, El % Coronado, Eaftward of that, 



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