The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-07-08
SCIENTISTS FIND
ANCIENT QU|vERA
Site Of Lost City on LOup River
In Nebraska.
WAS SOUGHT BY CORONADO

White Men Were There In Search of
Gold Eighty Years Before the Pill
grim Fathers Landed In New Eng
Iand-Vast Ruins Will Be Excavated
by Archeologists This Summer.
Western archaeologists, headed by
DR.. Robert f. Glider Of Omaha, have
= at last succeeded in locating the exact
site of the ancient city of Quivera, for
which Coronado and the old Spanish
= conquerors searched 80 diligently and
fought 50 valiantly, and during the
coming summer a party of archaeolo-
Bgists and scientists will make excava-
tions and explorations, which are ex-
3pected to throw considerable light on
the people Of the kingdom whose 10
cation has been in doubt for 400 years
and more.
The ruins of the ancient city skirt
the Loup river in Nebraska for several
miles, and, according to those who have
7vistted them, the population at one
time must have been enormous.
While it has been known for a num-
+ Der Of years that Quivera was some
i where in Nebraska, the exact spot had
bot been definitely settled.
Nebraska is generally looked upon as
country comparatively new to white
men. Nevertheless eighty years be-
fore the landing of the pilgrims on
plymouth rock the fauna and fora of
Nebraska had been written about by
white scientist, eighty-seven years
before Hendrick Hudson sailed up the
Hudson river a party of white men
loated down the Platte; sixty-six years
before the English settled in James
own and Captain John Smith found
hndying fame white men and Indians
we're on the best of terms on the Ne
'raska prairies.
Found Golden Corn,
These early white men went to Ne
raslla seeking the city of Quivera,
vhere gold was supposed to be so plen-
full that 1t had no value. They found
elbow corn instead Of the yellow gold,
nd they went back home in disgust.
But they left their footprints behind
hem, and these have been traced back
the very city to conquer which white
81 hen marched more than 1000 miles,
nduring all manner Of hardships, and
hen marched back again.
Twenty-Five years or so ago, near
iverton, Neb., farmer dug up an
hcient stirrup. 1t was so strange to
m that he sent it to the state mu-
bum. There it was recognized as be-
g the exact counterpart, both in
lape and material, Of those used for
T. Pnturies by Moorish horsemen and
banish knights errant.
1t had been made on blacksmith's
lvil of iron or steel, and the blows of
Q hammer were yet visible.
Constant use had worn a small hole
rough the center. 1t is eleven inch
long, four inches wide and weighs
e and three-quarter pounds.
The finding Of the ancient Spanish
lrrup revived the old story of the
rly Spanish expedition to Nebraska
ID so stirred the souls of Nebraska
cheologists that James w. Savage
ade personal trip to Madrid for the
rpose of delving into the records in
Spanish court archives concerning
expedition of Coronado, Castena-
PensalOsa and others to the king
m of Quivera.
= How Place Was Found.
As result of years of research Mr..
wage gave the following summary
j. his reasons for locating Quivera
st north of the Platte river in Ne
hska:
Quivera was situated northeasterly
Pm Santa Fe. 1t was distant from
latter city 800 or 900 miles. 1t was
KIT rth of the fortieth parallel, the
: lthern boundary of Nebraska. 1t
north of a wide but fordable
eam."
n describing the city of Quivera the
IN hniard wrote: "This was one of the
eS of Quivera. 1t contained thou
gds of houses, mostly circular in
pc, some two, three and even four
ries in height, framed of a hard
4 cd believed to be black walnut and
ilfully thatched. 1t extended along
river for more than two leagues,
Il which distance third stream flow
into the second. Beyond this the
again stretched out for many
gues."