l reefs of San Salvador, An-tonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain, sent Coronado with his 260 Spanishcavaliers and twice that number of friendly Indians, to explore the then unknowncountry lying north of Mexico. Failing to find the rumored treasures of gold inthe seven cities (or Pueblos) of… … ?&* but, betrayed by bis native guide, he wandered across tbe plains to the northeastuntil he readied—as is supposed—the Kansas river, from which point be returneddisappointed to the Rio Grande and finally, in 1542, to the City of Mexico. Longbefore tbe discovery of this continent Quivira was,…
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