The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 15, July 1911 - April, 1912 Page: 96
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Texas Historical Association Quarterly
ing those years there were several important exploring expeditions
into what is now New Mexico, the first and most significant of
which was that of Coronado, 1540-42. Nothing permanent re-
sulted from this expedition, and partly because the Spaniards were
disappointed at not having found the great wealth which they had
come to believe existed in that country, New Mexico was practi-
cally forgotten for nearly forty years. With the expedition of
Father Rodriguez in 1581, however, interest was revived, and from
then until 1596 there were several expeditions into the territory,
the most important being that of Espejo in the years 1582-83.
The chief significance attached to these later entradas, aside from
the revival of interest, and additional ethnological and geographi-
cal knowledge gained, lies in the fact that a shorter route to the
New Mexican pueblos was opened up by crossing northern Chi-
huahua to the Rio Grande, and then proceeding up that river.
The actual conquest and occupation of New Mexico took place
in the years 1598-99 under Don Juan de Ofiate, a rich and promi-
nent citizen of Nueva Galicia. Omitting details, which are well
Arizona and New Mexico; Bandelier, "Contributions to the History of the
Southwestern Portion of the United States," in Papers of the Archaeologi-
cal Institute of America, American Series, V; Bandelier, "Historical In-
troduction to Studies Among the Sedentary Indians of New Mexico," in
Ibid., American Series, I; Davis, The Spanish Conquest of New Mexico;
Hakluyt, Early English Voyages to America, III; Lowery, Spanish Set-
tlements in the United States; Winship, "The Coronado Expedition," in
Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology, part I; Vetancur,
Chronica de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio de Mexico. Quarta parte
del Teatro Mexicano de los successos Religiosos. Compuesta, etc. En
Mexico. Aro de 1697.
Concerning the spelling of the name of this author there is some con-
fusion. On the title-page, and also in the "Dedicatoria" of the edition of
the Crd6nica cited above, the author's name is given as Vetancur. In the
same volume the Menologio Franciscano is printed, but with a separate
title-page, undated, and with separate pagination. On this title-page,
and also in the "Protesta" of the Menologio the name is given as
Vetancurt. In 1698 the first, second and third parts of the Teatro
Mexicano were published in one volume; on the title-page, and in the
"Dedicatoria" of this volume the form Vetancurt is found again. In 1871
the Teatro Mexicano and the Menologio were reprinted in Mexico as vol-
umes VII, VIII, IX and X of the Biblioteca Historica de la Iberia, and
as volumes I, II, III and IV of Vetancurt's works. The first two volumes
(volumes VII and VIII of the Biblioteca) contain the first, second and
third parts of the Teatro. The third volume (volume IX of the Biblio-
teca) contains the Or6nica . . . Cuarta Parte del Teatro Memicano,
while the fourth volume (volume X of the Biblioteca) contains the
Menologio. In all four of these volumes, on the title-page and elsewhere,
the author's name is spelled Vetancurt. In the "Noticia sobre el Padre
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