The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-01-30
WHERE DID CORONADO COZ
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tives are all preserved at Madrid, Spain,
in a collection of documents and must be
taken as the basis of whatever is written
truthfully concerning Coronado's re-
markable journey.
All Of these narratives have been pub
lished in either the Spanish OF French
language, and two of them in both,
hence are accessible in those languages
to students. The personal narrative of
Coronado is entitled ''Carta de Francis
co Vasquez Coronado al Emperator
dandoli cuenta de la espedicion ia
province de Quinra Y de la inexacti-
''tude de la referido FIR Marcos de
Mia acerca de equel pair" ard can be
found published in the Spanish language
in COLLECTION de Documentos Inedites,
America Oceania' Madrid, Spain
and in French in Voyages, relations ct
memories, originauX pour seuri al his
''toric de la decueverte de Amerique
pour la premier fois en- francois"
Paris, France. 1t would be sup
posed that this narrative of
Coronado's would be the most complete
of any of the series, but such is not the
case, it really being more of COM
! plant than a narrative.
The real historian of the expedition
was Pedro de Castaneda, but, I'M
/ fortunately for students seeking in
formation concerning Quivira, Castaneda
did not make one of the thirty horsemen
and six foot soldiers who accompanied
! Coronado from the camp in the ravine,
on the final march which resulted in the
/ discovery of that country, so that his
! statements concerning it are only hear
say. His narrative can be found in the
same series of volumes that contains
! Coronado's narrative in French and is
entitled, Relation du Voyage de Cibolo,
Enterpris en- 1910
An anonymous narrative first noted by
Buckingham Smith while connected
with the Spanish legation at Madrid, and
printed by him in the Spanish language
/ in a volume entitled "Caleccion de Var
los Documentos para Ia Historic de la
Florida Y tiena dyacentas," bears in
ternal evidence of having been written
by one who saw what he describes. 1t
is entitled, "Relacion del suceso de la
jornada que Francisco Vasquez Hizo
Ell Ell describrimiento de Civola."
The remaining narrative is en-
titIen ''Relacion hecho por ell
Captain Juan Jaramillo de la joinala
que habia hecho a la terra neuva en-
nueva Expana Y al describrimiento de
Cibola, yendo, por General Francisco
Vasquez Coronado" and can be found
in the volumes which contain Coronado's
narrative and also in the volume pub
lished by Buckingham Smith.
Neither the narrative of Coronado,
Castanea, or that of the anonymous
writer, mentions the river of st. Peter
and st. Paul. but the account by Jara-
milo refers to it as follows:
''PromitioseIo ell General c'dixo que
guerra ser de los trienta ell reno, ansi
fue, i aderados para nosapartar los
atrOs queday sequiruos nestro viaie vol
viendo siempre dende aqui al norte mas
de treinta diaS recasi treinta dias de Ca
mino. aunqae no de joinadas grandes,
sin que nos faltase aqua en- ninguna
dellas, siempre por entire vacas, renos
dlaS mas cantidaei que otrOs, conforme,
a las aquaS en- que topavamos, de name
va que vinimos a dar dia de S. Pedro
). Pablo en- rem ITO que ALI hallamoS
ansi abaxo de Quibira; llegado que fur
ME os al dicho rio 10 conoscio ell Indio, i
diXo Ser aquel i estar abaXo las pabla-
clones; pasamoslo ALI por la otra wanda
del norte furnioS por ell abaXo
volviendo la derrota al nordeste, |
despues de tres joinadas andadas
hallamos renos Idios que andavana
earn maCandO de las vacas para llevar
carnes a SUI pueblo que esta como tres
requatro joinadas de las nuestras mas
abaXo.'
A translation of this would read: The
general assured everything that our adj
vantage might require, and declared his
desire of being one of the thirty, and so
he went. Some having prepared TO de-
part and some to remain, we pursued
our journey, constantly bending from
this point toward the north for more
than thirty days journey, although they
were not long days journeys, but that
we might not lack water in any one of |
them, and be always among the cattle |
some days IN greater numbers than !
others, according to the streams upon |
which we CHANGED. Thus we came to |
pass the day of st. Peter and st. Paul. |
upon a river which we thus found, and !
and below Quiyira. Having approached |
and reached the river, the Indian recog- |
njZp1 IL and said If was tba rivar of |
that country, and that we were below !
the settlements. We crossed it there, /
and upon the other bank, that of the |
north. We turned our route toward the |.
northeast and went down it. After |
three days journey we found !
some Indians hunting and kill !
ing cattle to carry meat 10 the /
town which was three or four days fur
Their down.
Jaramillo refers to the river again in I
his account of the homeward journey as /
follows:
"Aqui donde Sc alzo lie cruz Sc dexo Ell /
"IndIo Isopete Sc tomaron destos pueb-
'lOs cinco re seis lndios que nos trnNesen /
''l nos guiasen q las casaS de Azotea |
''ansi fue que nos boiivierson per ell mis- /
mo canine hasta donde dixie Untes que 1
'haviamos topado con Ell RIO que Hama
''mos de 5. Pedro s. Paolo"
That Is: Here where the cross was
raised, Isopete, the Indian. was left. and 1
from the town five or six Indians were /
taken 10 lead and guide US 10 the nat
rooted houses, and 80 1t was that we re-
turned by the same road 10 where be-
fore said we had come up0n the river