The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska Page: 159 of 288
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THE JOURNEY OF CORONADO
dians, like the good friends they have always
been, provided them with food. From here
they continued to Culiacan, undergoing great
hardships. Hernandarias de Saabedra, the
mayor, received them and entertained them
as well as he could until Juan Gallego ar-
rived with the reinforcements which he was
conducting, on his way to find the army.
le was not a little troubled at finding that
post deserted, when he expected that the
army would be in the rich country which had
been described by the Indian called Turk, be-
cause he looked like one.
CHAPTER IV
Of how Friar Juan de Padilla and Friar Luis re-
rmained in the country and the army prepared to re-
turn to Mexico.
WHEN the general, Francisco Vazquez,
saW that everything was now quiet, and that
his schemes had gone as he wished, he or-
dered that everything should be ready to
Start on the return to New Spain by the be-
ginning of the month of April, in the year
1543.1
Seeing this, Friar Juan de Padilla, a regu-
lar brother of the lesser order,' and another,
Friar Luis, a lay brother, told the general
that they wanted to remain in that country
The correct date is, of course, 1542.
A Franciscan. He was a "frayle de mirn"
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Compilation of translated texts describing the explorations of Coronado and his companions as they traveled in Central American and parts of present-day United States, with some supplementary historical notes for context.
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Winship, George Parker, 1871-1952. The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542, from the City of Mexico to the Grand Canon of the Colorado and the Buffalo Plains of Texas, Kansas and Nebraska, book, 1922; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth3161/m1/159/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .