The Leavenworth weekly times., 1878-10-31
They May Possibly Have Been Built
by the Spanish Chisfiair, Cor
oasdo, in the Sixteenth
Century.
For the Burial of the Dead OF the
IiI-Fated Gold Expedition
of 1912,
Which Seems Very Probable, as the
Most Competent Judges Agree
That They are Not Pre-
Historic.
CoEoNADOs MARCH.

CokONADOs MARCH.
Mai Inmau. editor Of the Lirued CHrga-
;, o eols, has j.-I completed TIE publication
: Of a series OF very Interesting aud valu 1ble
ar icl,s On The March Of FraHciscg Vas
qu.z de Coronado in S-aTch Uf the Seven
: LIties of CibDla" During a Residence Of
several months in Washington Msj. lnman
ran-acked the Congressional library Ior the
iuforIna alton embIdIed in these sketches
. consulting all the records OF Spanish,
! French, Engli-h and American exploration,
/ and the result Of his inyestig stIUns he has
sumuI riz d in a compact. Interesting mar
ralive oil one OF The most romantic and Iar-
liug expeditions ever undertaken on ;his
Continent.
, CoROsAD9 WAS A SPANISH COMMANDER
Of high TX, and the governor Of one Of
the Spanish pIUyInC OF NvXIcO- In 1ji2,
excited Dy the accounts given ~ Indians OF
a country TAR 40 The nUrIhSdrI, nlied with
gold, silver and precious stones, and inhab-
Iled ty simple ana industrious people,
who Gau UGIIl -p Ssyeu immense cities, ne
organized a military expedition 10 open
IcOmmercIal reIatIOIs wllh or 10 conquer
this people lie marched north and east
from Mexico. and trayer-ed a vast region
OF country, his expedition occupying over
Two wears. Maj. Iuman quotes at some
length from
THE REPORTS OF THE SPANISH CHIEFTAIN
and endeavOrs 10 trace his line Of march
lie il Of the opinion, and fOrtites 1t with
strong evidence, that Coronado's route was
through New Mexico and across the great
plains in a northeasterly direction from
Jicuye lPecos); that after reaching the
l.. & 81. ~ frfv lei
turned nearly due east, and marched con-
stantly south Of the Arkansas until he ar
rived at the junction of the Arkansas and
Little Arkansas, near where Wichita now
stands. Certainly he crossed that river be-
tween Hutchinson and Wichita. Near the
Arkansas his command separated, large
BODY, discouraged and disappointed, re-
turning to Mexico. But the dauntless
comm -nder pushed forward with the rem
mani of his force. Major Inman traces
HIS ROUTE FROM NEAR WICHITA
northward to the Kaw river, and is inclined
TO believe that he crossed that stream
short distance east Of the ninety-seventh |
meridian OF longitude, near where Abilene
is now located. After crossing the kaw he |
turned northeast, and at last reached a
great river he called the "Teucarea," un- |
doubtedly the Missouri. And Mr.. Inman
thinks he gazed upon this mighty stream |
from the spot on which Atchison now
stands" He adds:
HE OVERLOOKED AT ATCHIsON.
"From thence he went TO the high bluffs |
overlooking the city OF Atchison, and gszed
upon the great river 'Teucsrea'-the Mis-
souri,
The most elevated spot overlooking the
river at this point Is where the residence OF
our distinguished Senator, Hon. J. J. In
gals, stands, and il Is not improbable that
the beautiful vista which presents itself
from the windows Of that modest but culri-
waited home greeted Coronado's eyes nearly
four hundred years ago.
There upon the rugged clitl- above Atch-
ison the dream OF Coronado came to an end,
md bitter must have been the diSappolnt'
menr and terrible the wreck OF his ambition
as he gazed upon the muddy flood at his
fee.
The province OF Quivira-the mythical
Quivira, 80 far as 1t WAS land "abOundIDg
la gold aud other precious metals, .xten
d-d from tie rhlrry-uiuth to the forty-trsr
4 gree of Latitude nerth and south, and
iron the uIrety-iiih 10 lie zine y--eSenIh
dsg,ee OF lo4siguie. eat md ~e-t. Tuis
v.,s about IL geographical area, according
10 th- old EtsIrs bus Coronado did rot 20
b-yand where Arct'-0u row .'alas or about
naIi way between lis nDTgA-Tu a1l southern
iDit.
There. Is he .azeI upon the tusbuieu:
Mis-ouri-the Trucarea ui the lndisns-he
saw that 4 Eas Useless 10 proceed further
towards tue north.
Toe interrUina5ie woods stretching on:
hrfrr- h!m had their lsgrua- ot hurTor, and
ris naturally suFersuuous mind, already
-urirII-d witt terrible experience. and err
il icncs Ia hIz guides completely Lost, there
N1s nothing Ia !ar EIu &C. Do luI rslurI to
Nyxtc0 -5af,i-,', q. ieaJeu, gu- crushed HiIE
di-spppIutmeuIs.
Il am iuciiaed TO believe" -ays Major
iuyI .r. that Coronado reached his maxi
mum rorthtrn point at shout where Aich-
i~Uu now stands and that from thence he
followed the Missouri south. un'ii he reach
ei the mouth Of he kaw, wh-re be turn
ed rupily and marched di,nE its not
eru hark unit he came TO the North Fork
OF the Smoky Hil..'
HE DOESN'T GIVE ANY Proofs.
Mai Inman advances no proofs 10 SUE
tain his assertion that Coronado stopped in
his march II IN. place where AJchis0n now
stands an4 from everything which can
be learned in regard 10 he matter there
are no tsn-lb'e evidences wHich
90 to show that Coronado stopped where
Mai. Inman clsimed he did. Ii i his
torIcal fact that Coronado came as far as
THE MISSOURI RIVER,
and il may be barely possible that Leaven-
worth was his stopping point, and that the
mounds recently discovered on Sheridan's
Drive, Just west of Fort Leavenworth,
which, when opened were found 10 contain
human bones, may have been the burial
place for Spanish braves, who died with ,
the expedition. Maj. Inman may not have ,
been aware
AT THE TINE HE WROTE,
in fact the presence OF the mounds was not I
discovered until very lew weeks ago, Of
the existence of thee mounds, and it may
be possible that, after an investigation into {
the mounds he may change his mind as to I
Coronado's stopping place, while it may be
Just as possible that
he Is CORRECT
and that the mounds found at Fort Leav-
enworth are not OF Spanish build. 1t has
been pretty well settledin the minds of those
who have made the subject of the mounds
study that they are not the work OF pre-
historic race, but evidently built at a COM
paratively recent date, that is,
TWO OR THREE HUNDRED YEARS ACC,
at about the time of the advent of the
Spanisrds. DIR. Sinks, who, while not hav-
ing given the subject of the mounds very
considerable study, is of the opinion that
the mounds were not built at any previous
date TO the advent OF the Spaniards, and
that it may have been possible that they
We're
BUILT BY CORONADO
for the burial of his dead Maj. Inman
saws that Coronado stopped upon high
bluff overlooking the Missouri. 1t is a
we'll known fact that the Missouri river is
constantly washing eastward and as it is the
opinion of m nv who have made the snb-
iect study that the rang. OF hills upon
which is Sheridsps Drive, and
WHICH TERMINATES IN PILOT KNOB
once marked the hanks of the Missouri,
rhey being bluffs ami that overlooked this
stream, the spot now marked by the mounds
may, and il stands to reason, too, have been
the place where Coronado stopped. II this
should catch the eve OF Mai. lnmsn he
might find 1t 10 his advantage TO take
TRIP TO LEAvESwokrH
TO make an examination Of the mounds and
find out for himself As to whether there is
or NAV he any connection between Coro-
uado and the mounds large party from
The ci,y and the Fort will take trip to the Y
mounds next week TO make further examI
nations.