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: 256 of 288
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TRANSLATION OF THE NARRATIVE
OF JARAMILLO
ACCOUNT GIVEN BY CAPTAIN JUAN JARA-
MILLO OF THE JOURNEY WHICH HE MADE
TO THE NEW COUNTRY, ON WHICH
FRANCISCO VAZQUEZ CORONADO WAS THE
GENERAL.1
WE started from Mexico, going directly
to Compostela, the whole way populated and
at peace, the direction being west, and the
distance 112 leagues. From there we went
to Culiacan, perhaps about 80 leagues; the
road is well known and much used, because
there is a town inhabited by Spaniards in
the said valley of Culiacan, under the gov-
ernment of Compostela. The 70 horsemen
who went with the general went in a north-
westerly direction from this town. He left
his army here, because information had been
obtained that the way was uninhabited and
almost the whole of it without food. He
went with the said horsemen to explore the
route and prepare the way for those who
were to follow. He pursued this direction,
though with some twisting, until we crossed
'The text of this narrative is found in Bucking-
ham Smith's Florida, p. 154, from a copy made by
Munoz, and in Pacheco y Cardenas, Documentos de
Indias, vol. xiv, p. 304, from the copy in the
Archives of the Indies.
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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/m1/256/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .