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: 243 of 288
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THE JOURNEY OF CORONADO
plains in search of Quivira, more on account
of the story which had been told us at the
river than from the confidence which was
placed in the guide here, and after proceed-
ing many days by the needle (i. e., to the
north) it pleased God that after thirty days'
narch we found the river Quivira, which is
30 leagues below the settlement. While
going up the valley, we found people who
were going hunting, who were natives of
Quivira.
All that there is at Quivira is a very
brutish people, without any decency what-
ever in their houses nor in anything. These
are of straw, like the Tarascan settlements;
in some villages there are as many as 200
houses; they have corn and beans and
melons; they do not have cotton nor fowls,
nor do they make bread which is cooked,
except under the ashes. Francisco Vazquez
went 25 leagues through these settlements,
to where he obtained an account of what was
beyond, and they said that the plains come
to an end, and that down the river there are
people who do not Iplant, but live wholly by
hunting.
They also gave an account of two other
large villages, one of which was called
Tareque' and the other Arae, with straw
houses at Tareque, and at Arae some of
straw and some of skins. Copper was found
here, and they said it came from a distance.I Tuxeque, in the Mufoz copy.
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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/m1/243/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .