16.
As the saying goes, the writer of this inscription “counted his chickens before they hatched.” He tells us:
“Year of 1716 on the 26th of August passed by here Don Feliz Martinez, Governor and Captain General of this realm to the reduction and conquest of the Moqui (Hopi) and (in his company?) the reverend Father Friar Antonio Camargo, Custodian and ecclesiastical judge.”
Don Feliz Martinez inscription, 1716
Governor Martinez found the Hopis unwilling to accept Spanish domination, and after about 2 months of quarreling, (mostly with words and fist-shaking) the expedition returned, quite unsuccessful, to Santa Fe.
Now continue on up to the next landing.