When he left his post as governor of New Galicia, the indigenous population waged the Mixton War against his replacement governor, Cristobal de Onate.
When he left his post as governor of New Galicia, the indigenous population waged the Mixton War against his replacement governor, Cristobal de Onate. His encounter with the Pecos tribe introduced him to a Pawnee captive nicknamed "The [*] Turk," whose stories tricked him into a fruitless search for the supposedly wealthy Quivira tribe. Serving the viceroy Antonio Mendoza, he was initially inspired by the stories of Cabeza de Vaca, and retraced Cabeza's steps to find the Zuni tribe as part of his quest for the legendary Seven Cities of Cibola. Finally retiring in Mexico after traveling as far as present-day Kansas, this is, FTP, which Spanish conquistador whose failed quest for gold drove him to lead the first extensive exploration of the American southwest?
When he left his post as governor of New Galicia, the indigenous population waged the Mixton War against his replacement governor, Cristobal de Onate.
Francisco Vasquez de {Coronado}