El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-06-07


Before entering in medals res, he
desires 70 say that he has in his pos
session an official copy Of the mar
rative Of Friar Marcos Of MIA, the
letter Of Instructions given him by
viceroy Mendoza, the letter Of the
latter 10 the king OF Spain advising
him that Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca,
Andres Dorantes de Carranza. Alfonso
del Castillo AIaldonado and Estevan-
leo. a negro slave Of Dorantes, all OF
the Panfilo Narvaez expedition that
had been wrecked on the coast OF
Florida, had reached Mexico City
after traversing the continent in the
north from Florida to the Pacific
ocean and had reported 10 him what
they had seen and heard, that he had
sent Friar Marcos Of Mia to explore
the country and had purchased the
negro and sent him as a guide TO the
expedition He also has the mar
ratfve Of Ca eza de Vaca, written az
ter his return to Spain, and photo
graphic reproduction OF the original
manuscript OF the Journal OF the
Coronado expedition. All these docu-
ments are in the original Spanish
The writer has been over the route
from Guaymas on the lower coast OF
the Gull Of California along that
coast 10 LnE AAAELlaAAlAAaaA hHHfaAAAHA-A-
line and beyond; over me route Up
the Sonora river and up both the
santa Cruz and san Pedro rivers; the
route up the Naqui river basin, thal
is, up the AOctezuma river 70 SUI
phur Springs valley or Douglas ana
the Bavispe and san Demanding river
valleys to Slaughter ranch ne mas
been along the international bound
airy line on both sides from the south
sides from the southeast corner OF
Arizona TO the Colorado river mas
rramped over all these routes and the
adjoining and surrounding territory
with q transit on his back and pc
lieves he knows every inch OF the
The seven Cities.
II Is lot true that NuuO de Guz-
man fir. heard OF the seven Cities
from hi 'Tegos" Indian servant. al
fhourt he had later Information from
him. aEue reports about the seven
cities had filtered through TO Mex
leo city long before the coming OF the
Spaniards. Cortes early heard OF
them and himself attempted TO reacn
them BY sea. When Marcos Of Ma
returned from the seven Cities,
Cortes boldly declared him an I'M
nostor. declared he had never been
near them and that what he knew OF
4heu, had been told him by Cortes
himself Listen to some OF the nice
things Cortes said Of the good trtar
in this ancient Cookery contro-
versv. but * must not be torgotten
that Cortes himself was accused anu
investigated for the very Lnln8s ne
CHARGED against the friar and was
and Is a very much discredlted WI
aAnd at the time I came from the
country, the said friar Marcos OF Nj
"a spoke with me. being alreaoy ~
New Spain. and I gave him lntorma-
ton Of this new country and its dis
g,overv. because ] had decided TO seno
him in ny ships for the exploration
and conquest Of said coast and coun-
t-v. as IL appeared that he understood
something Of matters Of navigation
which said friar communicated %
said viceroy, and by his license II =
said. he went by land IN quest Of saio
coast and country which i rae as
covered and which was and Is my
conquest And after he returned,
sid friar has published. Il is said.
that he went within sight OF salu
country. which I deny he has seen
or discovered, but what SAID Irlaf
SAYS he has seen he has said ana says
IL from the account had given him
Of the Information ] had from the In
dams OF said country OF santa Cruz
whom I brought out, because all Of
what said friar refers TO, as IS SAID,
is the same as said Indians told me
ana said Friar Marcos. having lied IN
to what he neither knows nor saw
did nothing new, because ne mas zone
ii many other times and Is IN the
habit Of doing II. as Is notorious IN
the provfI. ces Of Peru and Guat eulala7
and ample information VIII be given
thereof in due time, az this court
fRoyal residence)s Il necessary
-Documentos Historic de Mexico,
Vol II page 2s.
H7ss1 "a aaf1 a.
Order in Mexico, F'riar Antonio Qe
Ciudad Rodrigo, promptly and pub
4 declare that it is true
that I sent Friar Marcos OF MIA,
priest friar, presbyter and religious
and in all virtue and religion such
that BY me and my brothers the oe-
finers deputized in order TO take
council OF them In ardious and uiI-
ficuit matters, he was approved ana
deemed qualified and sufficient 10
make this Journey and discovery as
much because Of the above mentioned
sufficiency % his person. as because
he is learned not only In theology but
even in cosmography and in the arr
Of the sea-"-DOcumentos lnedltos oe
midas, Vol III, page 8ZS.
a merry war was carried on az the
Spanish court between CorteR, Guz-
man and Friar Marcos OF MIA the
latter being accused Of all the crimes
in the calendar. 1t was attempted
10 make him the scapegoat for the
failure Of others, particularly cortes
and Guzmans but modern opinion has
completely indicated him In MS
narrative e casual examination viii
show that he carefully separated
what he saw from what he was toio
and the Congregations are all In the
latter. Mslchor Diaz and Juan de
Za1divar. sent out 70 check his re-
port so declare in their report 70 the
Viceroy, a fact which Mr.. Miller over
looks.
says Marcos Truthful
The credit and esteem in which
the friar was held by the viceroy is
as convincing proof Of his Integrity
as that derived from a close scrutiny
Of the text OF his narrative Men
dozas testimony was given In let
ter which he sent 10 the king OF
Spain, inclosing the report written by
Frfor Marcos This letter
speaks in Mandatory terms Of the friar
and Of course it not wholly unbiased
evidence. 10 is al least sufficient TO
counterDalance the hostile declara-
tons Of Cortes and CasLaneda, both
OF whom had far less credilable rea-
son for traoucing the friar than Men
duza had for praising him '-Coro-
nado expedition, George Parker
Winship, Bureau OF American Ethnol-
ogys page 500,
Cortes. failing 20 reach the Seven
Cities" by sea, Nuno de GuZman was
sent out in an effort TO reach them
by land. The difficulties he en-
cOuutered proved insurmounLable
and he was unable 20 90 farther than
san Miguel de Culiacan, where ne
stopped and founded that city about
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