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: 206 of 288
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THE JOURNEY OF CORONADO
III
Of the situation and condition of the Seven Cities
called the kingdom of Cevola, and the sort of people
and their customs, and of the animals which are
found there.
IT now remains for me to tell about this
city and kingdom and province, of which
the Father Provincial gave Your Lordship
an account. In brief, I can assure you that
in reality he has not told the truth in a sin-
gle thing that he said, but everything is the
reverse of what he said, except the name of
the city and the large stone houses. For,
although they are not decorated with tur-
quoises, nor made of lime nor of good bricks,
nevertheless they are very good houses, with
three and four and five stories, where there
are very good apartments and good rooms
with corridors,' and some very good rooms
under ground and paved, which are made
for winter, and are something like a sort of
hot baths.' The ladders which they have
for their houses are all movable and portable,
which are taken up and placed wherever
they please. They are made of two pieces
of wood, with rounds like ours.
The Seven Cities are seven little villages,
'Hakluyt:. . . "very excellent good houses of
three or foure or flue lofts high, wherein are good
lodgings and faire chambers with lathers in stead of
staires."
2 The kivas or ceremonial chambers.
172
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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/m1/206/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .