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You are now looking at the longest and one of the most interesting inscriptions on the rock, supposedly done by Governor Eulate:
“I am the captain General of the Providence of New Mexico for the King our Lord, passed by here on the return from the pueblos of Zuñi on the 29th of July the year 1620, and put them at peace at their humble petition, they asking favor as vassals of his Majesty and promising anew their obedience, all of which he did, with clemency, zeal, and prudence, as a most Christian-like (gentleman) extraordinary and gallant soldier of enduring and praised memory.”
The word crossed out appears to have been “gentleman.” Somebody who knew the old boy apparently took exception to all this highflown praise. (That the erasure was done before 1849 can be proved, see Simpson, next).