The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-25

found Quivira in Missouri. possibly
as far east as the Mississippi river
The expedition probably wandered
east from the Arkansas river into Mis-
souri,, according TO his reasoning. He
bases his conclusions on parts OF all
the ancient writings. Castaneda re
ported that the country was level
as far as Quivira" and that there
they began TO see mountain chains"
Those mountains, Houck believes,
were the Ozark ranges in Southeast
ern Missouri. Coronado refers TO the
great height Of the people OF Qulvira.
They were ten palms in height" he
wrote TO the king. Ii is a well es-
tablished fact that the Usage Indians
were about the average Indian in
height. Also those Indians lived on
the southern bank Of the Missouri
river and along the Usage river In
Missouri. Jaramillo speaks OF the
peculiar headdress OF the Quivirans
The Usage, Kansas, Pawnees, Sacs
and Foxes and Iowas were Indian
tribes that shaved the head, except
for an upright scalp lock The Kan
sas Indians lived along the Missouri
river, east Of Kansas City, The others
were north
Castaneda speaks OF the Guas In.
dians which Houck believes from a
similarity in sound, must refer to the
Kaws, or Kansas tribes. The French
first called the Kaws "Quans" The
Quivira Indians also raised corn and
did some other agricultural work. The
Usage, Kaws and Pawnees were the
only plains Indians that did this when
white settlers first came TO the Cen
| trail West.
Finally, Houck says, the country
graphically described by Jaramillo
certainly describes western Missouri
and could hardly be construed to
mean Kansas or Nebraska. THE
country presents a very fine appear
ance," Jaramillo writes, than which
| have not seen better in all Spain
nor Italy, nor any part OF France, nor,
indeed, in the other countries where
| have travelled in his maiesty's SER
vice: for II is not a rough country
but is made up Of hillocks and plains
and very fine appearing rivers ana
streams which certainly suit me and
made me sure that 1t will be very
fruitful in all sorts OF products" 1t
seems that description might also
serve for some parts OF Kansas as
we'll as Missouri Castaneda speaks
OF the great river OF Espiritu Santo
which flows through a province call
ed "Arache" That might mean the
country OF the Arkensea, as the Ar
kansas Indians were first called. They
lived along the Mississippi near the
mouth OF the Ohio.
The greater number of writer's have
located Quivira either along the Mis-
souri, river between Kansas City and
Council Bluffs, or in northeastern
Kansas. Hodge believes II was west
Of the present site OF Topeka. on the
Kaw river. Bandolier says that the
Quiviras were a band OF rowing In
dams In northeastern Kansas. more
than one hundred miles northeast OF
Great Bend Gen. ]. II. Simpson
places them on the boundary line be-
tween Kansas and Nebraska, near the
Missouri river H. H. Bancroft writes
that there is nothing in the Span
iards' description of the region. or OF
the journey, to shake confidence In
simpsons conclusion" L. Il. Prince
agrees as 10 the distance north but
believes Quivira was on the Missouri
river. probably on the Missouri side,
Haynes leads Coronado into Nebraska
and places Quivira on the Platte
river. George Park Winship does not