Credits: DP Project Manager for Bureau of American Ethnology Projects, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliotheque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr); high resolution illustrations were made available by The Internet Archive. [p329] THE CORONADO EXPEDITION, 1540–1542 BY GEORGE PARKER WINSHIP [p331] CONTENTS Introductory note … 339 Itinerary of the Coronado expeditions, 1527–1547 … 341 Historical introduction … 345 The causes of the Coronado expedition, 1528–1539 … 345 Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca … 345 The governors of New Spain, 1530–1537 … 350 The reconnoissance of Friar Marcos de Niza … 353 The effect of Friar Marcos’ report … 362 The expedition to New Mexico and the great plains … 373 The organization of the expedition … 373 The departure of the expedition … 382 The expedition by sea under Alarcon … 385 The journey from Culiacan to Cibola … 386 The capture of the Seven Cities … 388 The exploration of the country … 389 The Spaniards at Zuñi … 389 The discovery of Tusayan and the Grand canyon … 390 The Rio Grande and the great plains … 390 The march of the army from Culiacan to Tiguex … 391 The winter of 1540–1541 along the Rio Grande … 392 The Indian revolt … 392 The stories about Quivira … 393 The journey across the buffalo plains … 395 The winter of 1541–1542 … 399 The friars remain in the country … 400 The return to New Spain … 401 The end of Coronado … 402 Some results of the expedition … 403 The discovery of Colorado river … 403 The voyage of Alarcon … 403 The journey of Melchior Diaz … 406 The Indian uprising in New Spain, 1540–1542 … 408 Further attempts at discovery … 411 The voyage of Cabrillo … 411 Villalobos sails across the Pacific … 412 The narrative of Castañeda … 413 Bibliographic note … 413 The Spanish text … 414 Proemio … 414 Primera parte … 416 Capitulo primero donde se trata como se supo la primera poblacion de las siete çiudades y como Nuño de guzman hiçoa rmada para descubrirlla … 416 Capitulo segundo como bino a ser gouernador françisco uasques coronado y la segundo relaçion que dio cabeça de uaca … 417 Capitulo terçero como mataron los de cibola a el negro esteuan y fray marcos bolbio huyendo … 418 Capitulo quarto como el buen don Antonio de mendoça hiço jornada para el descubrimiento de Cibola … 419 Capitulo quinto que trata quienes fueron por capitanes a cibola … 420 Capitulo sexto como se juntaron en conpostela todas las capitanias y salieron en orden para la jornada … 421