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eclde wTietTier these traditions expressed an historical fact, 
or merely indicated, as we have already observed in another 
that the first Lama, who was the'oflspring and symbol 
necessarily have come from the countries 
o the East. Be it as it may, it is not less certain that the 
06 ebrity which the expeditious of Ordaz, Herrera, and Speier 
ad already given to the Orinoco, the Meta, and the province 
V'^P™i6He, situate between the sources of the Guaviare 
nd Caqueta, contributed to fix the firble of El Dorado near 
0 the eastern back of the Cordilleras. 
.iunetion of three bodies of troops on the table-land 
^ -iNew Granada, spread through all that j)art of America 
the Spaniards the news of an immensely rich 
„ d populous country, which remained to be conquered, 
eoastian de Belalcazar marched from Quito by way of 
opayan (1536) to Bogota; Nicholas Federmann, coming 
rom Venezuela, arrived from the east by the plains of 
tifi ‘i two captains found, already settled on the 
^®'ldnd of Cundiruuuirca, the famous Adelantado Gonzalo 
imenez de Queseda, one of whose descendants I saw near 
^ipaquira, with bare feet, attending cattle. The fortuitous 
ee lug qP three conquistadores, oire of the most extra- 
tn dramatic events of the history of the conquest, 
ijjj°^.lddce in 1538. Belalcazar’s narratives inflamed the 
^j^^Sl?dtion of warriors eager for adventurous enterprises ; 
rn, ® motions communicated to Luis Daza by the Indian 
Ord were compared with the confused ideas which 
^ az had collected on the Meta respecting the treasures of 
„i kmg lyith one eye (Indio tuerto), and a people 
Lin ^ upon llamas. An old soldier, Pedro do 
of accompanied Federmann to the table-land 
whp^^fn''^’ the first news of El Dorado to Coro, 
15371 ’’6t>iembrance of the expedition of Speier (1535 — 
this Papameue was still fresh. It was from 
^mde Coro that Felipe von Iluten (Erre, Utre) 
Cm ^ ®®' 6 l^r 2 ited voyage to the province ol tlie 
Orellana, and Hernan Perez de 
counb- of the Adelantado, sought .for the gold 
on ^ Napo, along the river of the Amazons, and 
nativ ^ chain of the Andes of New Grenada. The 
6Sj in order to get rid oi their troublesome guests, con* 
