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tivated the lands further down the
creek. According TO Davis icon
quest Of New Mericol In his efforts
To ascertain facts as 70 the first con
guest. he found among the papers In
the secretaryfs office at Santa 70 Q
portion Of q manuscript Journal Of
Capain General Don Domingo Jeron-
80 Petriz de Crusate. who marched
into the country In 1858 TO subdue
tho Indians. Crusate lays among
other things that. In the time Of
Phillip II. Of Spain. Zuni a known
as the Buffalo Province" Now.
Phillip was on the throne OF Spain
within twenty years after the Fray
Marcos started OF his journey: there
e men living at that time who
e with Coronado. men who had
been engaged In the conflict at CT
bola. and AS many other Spaniards
visited Cibola before the death OF
Phillip H.. Il may be taken as Ger
tain that the present pueblo Of Zuni
Is located within a very short dis
lance Of the original city OF Cibola.
When the second messenger came
from the negro. the Fray was great
iy pleased at the news aud just about
this time three other ludtAns. called
pintados. arrived and called upon
the Fray. These Indians lived far TO
the east. some upon the borders OF
the Seven Cities and were called
breasts and arms were painted.
These Indians confirmed the infor.
nation received from the negro. On
Easter Tuesday the Fray set out on
his march 10 oyertake the negro. He
travelled In the same direction taken
by Estevan and in about three days
he arrived among a people who told
him II was q seven days journey to
Cibola. The fray received a great
deal Of valuable information from
these last named Indians: that be-
side the Seven Cities there were 9th
er Kingdoms called Marata. Acus and
Totonteal. The Indians told the Fray
that the gates to the houses of the
Seven Cities were ornamented with
turquoises: that the people dressed
In gowns of cotton which reached TO
their feet. with a button at the neck
and a long string hanging down from
the same: the sleeves were as broad
beneath as above and the waist was
encircled with a girdlc made of tur-
Quoises. Some wore over their coats
dresses OF tanned skins. The
dressed in gowns OF the same de-
scriptlon. The Fray continued on,
taking with him only the Pintados.
He soon arrived at another village
and found another large cross which
Estevan had erected. Several of the
inhabitants of this village had gone
with Estevan and had not as yet re-
turned from the journey. The Fray
now travelled five days through q
country well peOpled and Astounding
In villages. He was everywhere well
received and was given presents of
turquoise and ox.hides buffalo
Here he was informed that in a
two days journey he would come to
a desert before reaching Cihola: that
no food was to be had and that in
order TO supply his wants some Of
their people had been sent forward
carrying provisions. He was thus
induced to hurry on. hoping to fnd
Steven on the farther side of the des- |
ert. !
Before arriving at the desert he .,
to a very considerable village
and supplied with water from ditch
and conduits. Many OF the inhab. ,
both men and women were
dressed In cotton garments and 9th.
wore tanned buffalo hides. They
wore t~urquoises suspended from the
and ears. The cacique of
village paid the Fray an official !
visit, He was offered many tur-
quois9s. tanned buffalo hides and
beautiful drinking vessels-probably
same sort of pottery In use by
Indians today. The Fray de-
to accept any of the gifts. The
indians made critical examination
II the raiment of the Fray. and told
that there was such cloth in the
of Totonteal and that the
'eople there used clothes made of 1t.
After journeying one day from the
mentioned village the Fray came