News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-11-19

stead of stairs and certain cellars under
ground, very good and paved which are
made for winter-they are in manner like
stoves; and the ladders which they have
Cor their houses are all movable and port
able which are taken away AID set down
when they please: and they are made of
two pieces of wood, with their steps as ours
be. The seven cities are seven small towns
all made with these kind of houses that
speak of, and they all stand within four
leagues together, and they are called the
kingdom of Cibola, and every one of them
have their particular name, and none of
them is called Cibola, but all together
they are chilled Cibola In this
town where I now remain there may bs
some POO houses, all compassed within
walls, and | think with the rest of the
houses which are not so walled they NAV
be together zoo The people of
this town seem unto me of reasonable
stature and witty, yet they seem not to be
such as they should be, of that judgment
and wit to build these houses. =
They have no cotton wool growing, because
the country is cold yet they wear mauntles
thereof; and it is true there was found in
their houses certain yarn made of cotton
wool"
Coronado related further that the people
had turquoises, but had carried them off
with all other goods that could tempt the
fierce looking and swarthy adventures
from the south before they came in sight
So ended the dream of glittering wealth
outrivaling that ''of Ormus or of Ind"
After the first bold attack upon one town
of the seven, all the rest surrendered in
order when approached, and Coronado
halted only for rest and refreshment and
tO study 40 DeODlp axpeDt that he GOT nm
in each settlement the cross of the Catholic
faith as an evidence of Spanish occupancy.
The Seven Cities were found to be a
great mart for buffalo robes, turquoise and
other articles of barter, and the adventur
ers determined to press on to the land of
the "big oXen," eight days journey from
Cibola They crossed the Rio Grande and
jOurneyed several days in northwesterly
direction, where they "met with a new
kind of oxen wild and fierce, whereof the
first day they killed fourscore, which suf
feed the army with flesh"
This is the first known account of the
buffalo or bison. Ciboa or Cevola is the
Spanish for bison or Mexican bull"
IN December, 1910, the forces left behind
at Culiacan caught up with the advance
and the whole party passed the winter of
1540-l at TigueX, a collection of Indian
Exploring and buffalo hunting occupied
the whole of the year of 154l, and in the
spring of 1912 the expedition was still at
Tiguex, and an accident to Coronado has
tened if it did not cause it's return to Mex
leo. The captain general one day fell from
his horse and soon afterward showed signs
of insanity. Despite the wishes of Don
Mendoza and of his counselors in the expe
dition, he decided to abandon the project
and march home again. The Spaniards in
Mexico were anxious to occupy the new
territory and people it by colonization, but
Coronado insisted that the scheme was i'm
possible. A Spanish colony, he declared,
could not defend itself or be subsisted so
far from home The Spanish historians,
however, naively state that Coronado's
love of ease and the attractions of his pri-
vate wealth and his fair young wife got
the better of his adventurous spirit. He
had married a beautiful Spanish bride
shortly before the viceroy chose him for