Palmas, Rio de las, western limit of grant to Narvaez, [3], [14];
mentioned, [22], [260], [264], [265], [266];
direction from, to New Spain, [272];
direction of, from Espiritu Santo, [272].
Palmitos, sustenance of Narvaez and his men, [25].
Palos, Juan de, friar, with Narvaez, [25].
Panico, [268].
See also Panuco.
Pantoja, Juan, ordered by Narvaez to proceed to Trinidad, [15];
possibly the Pantoja killed by Soto-Mayor, [15] n.;
advises Narvaez, [42];
made lieutenant, [62];
killed by Soto-Mayor, [63].
Pánuco, Narvaez orders ships to find, [4];
mentioned, [63];
to be sought by four men of Cabeza de Vaca's party, [49];
Guzman, governor of, [285] n.;
mention of, [385].
See also Panico.
Pánuco River, [265] n.
Papa, title given priests at Zuñi, [351].
Papagos, tribe of Sonora, [348] n.
Paracoxi, province, [153], [154], [155].
Partidos, seduce one hundred and forty men from Narvaez, [14].
Pasquaro, visited by Mendoza, [294].
Patent, to Narvaez, [3].
Pato, Moscoso at, [238].
Patofa, speech of, [168]-169.
Patoqua, Jemez pueblo, [359] n.
Pawnee Indians, mention of, [328] n., [337] n., [365] n.
Paz, Augustin de, printer, [126].
Peace, form of making, at Acoma, [312];
at Tiguex, [319].
Pearls, found by De Soto, [174];
burned at Mauilla, [193].
Pecos, identification of Cicuye with, [329] n.;
visit of Indians from, [310];
visited by Alvarado, [312];
visit of Coronado to, [327];
siege of, [341];
route of army to, [361] n.;
description of, [355]-356;
history of, [355] n.;
mention of, [359].
Pecos River, crossed by Spaniards, [99] n., [329], [338].
Pedro, Don, lord of Tescuco, killed, [31].
Pedro, Indian guide, is baptized, [174];
regarded with suspicion, [176].
Pemmican, used by Indians, [363].
Peñalosa, embarks in open boat, [36];
repulses Indians, [39];
overtaken by Cabeza de Vaca, [43];
reported killed by the Camones, [72].
Pensacola, Muskhogean territory, [21] n.
Pensacola Bay, [38] n., [40] n.
See also Chuse, Bay of.
People of the Figs, [79], [87].
Peru, exploration of, [380].
Petachan River, see Petlatlan.
Petates, or mats used for houses, [346], [377] n.
Petlatlan, description of Indian settlement of, [346];
houses at, [346], [377] n.;
mention of, [376].
Petlatlan, Rio, identification of, with Rio Sinaloa, [346] n.
Petutan River, [111], [117] n.
Philip II., king of Spain, [288].
Philippine Islands, location of isle of negroes in, [386] n.
Piache, see Piachi.
Piache River, [188], [189].
Piachi, [188] n.
Picardo, Juan, printer, [126].
Picones, catfish, [349] n.
Picuris, pueblo of, [352] n.
Pima Indians, [115] n., [348] n.
Pimahaitu Indians, [115] n.
Pine Bluff, [225] n., [248] n.
Pine nuts, used as food, [96], [349], [350].
Piraguas, built by De Soto, [225].
Piros Indians, [104] n.;
villages of, [341] n.
Pizarro, Hernando, mentioned, [135].
Plot, against Narvaez, [34].
Pobares, Francisco, death of, [322].
Pojoaque, Tewa pueblo, [359] n.
Pontotoc county, Mississippi, [195].
Porcallo de Figueroa, Vasco, offers provisions to Narvaez, [15];
keeps his slaves from hanging themselves, [142];
mentioned, [143];
is made captain-general, by De Soto, [145];
is resisted by Indians, [146];
lodges with Ucita, [147];
is unable to make seizures of Indians, as slaves, [154];
and returns to Cuba, [154].
Pork, allowance of, to De Soto's men, [171].
Portuguese, with Hernando de Soto, leave Elvas, [138];
Spanish seek to get among the Portuguese, [139].
Potano, town, [156], [162].
Pottery, glazed, of Indians, [340];
where found, [340] n.;
made by
Indians, [355], [361].
Prairie de Roane, [239] n.
Prairie dogs, seen by Coronado on great plains, [338].
Prentiss County, Mississippi, [212] n.
Prickly pears, [61] n., [66]-67, [70], [71], [72], [73], [74], [75]-76, [77], [78], [80], [81], [93], [94], [96], [246].
See also Tuna.
Primahaitu Indians, [114].
Prostitution among the Tahus, [344]-345.
Puaray, settlement upon site of Tiguex, [317] n.
Pueblo Indians, [90] n., [104] n.;
rabbit hunts among, [98] n.;
ceremonials of, [384].
Pueblos, method of building, [352].
Puerto de Luna, [338] n.
Puerto Principe, town in Cuba, [142], [143], [144].
Puje, ruin of pueblo of, [340] n.
Quachichiles, see Guachichules.
Quachita River, [238] n.
Qualla, see Xualla.
Querechos Indians, mode of life of, [330];
description of, [362]-363.
Queres, pueblos of, [327] n., [352], [358] n.
Quevenes Indians, [59], [62], [85], [87].
Quigaltam, [227];
cacique of, sends message to De Soto, [229];
arouses the latter's suspicions, [230];
mentioned, [235].
Quigualtam, Indians of, attack Moscoso, [255].
Quiguate, [213], [215], [216].
See Aquiguate.
Quince juice, use of, as poison antidote, [376], [381].
Quipana, near plains, [222] n.
Quirex, province of, visited by Spaniards, [327].
Quitok Indians, [80] n., [87] n.
Quitoles Indians, [87] n.
Quivira, stories of, told by Turk, [313], [314];
mention of, [327];
departure of Coronado for, [328];
stories of Xabe of, [329];
arrival of Coronado at, [336];
route to, [337] n.;
Indians of, identified with Wichita Indians, [337] n.;
Coronado returns from, [341], [342];
description of, reference to, [362], [365], [366], [367];
return to, planned, [368];
Padilla remains in, [372], [373] n.;
death of Padilla at, [385];
route to, [378], [385].
Quizquiz, De Soto at, [202];
Indians of, present skins and shawls, [202];
direction of, [271].
Rabbits, on the great plains, [363];
skins of, used for garments, [350].
Rafts, use of, in crossing Colorado River, [304];
method of making, [304].
Ramirez, Fray Juan, establishes mission at Acoma, [311] n.
Ranjel, Narrative by, [130];
cited, [161] n., [165] n., [166] n., [167] n., [172] n., [175] n., [177] n., [178] n., [185] n., [188] n., [189] n., [194] n., [215] n., [216] n., [217] n., [222] n.
Rau, Charles, translator of Baegert's narrative, [346] n.
Redland, [195].
Red River, [225] n., [261] n.;
Moscoso at, [241] n.;
identification of, with Zuñi River, [299] n.
Relación del Suceso, [278];
cited, [337] n., [365] n., [367] n.
Relación Postrera de Síbola, [278].
Riberos, el Factor, companion of Coronado, [293].
Rio Grande, [99] n., [102], [103] n., [104] n.;
Indians attempt to cross, [323];
pueblos near, [327] n., [335] n.;
disappearance underground of, [341];
mention of, [339] n., [340] n.;
direction of, [359] n., [360].
Ritchey, W. E., cited, [302].
River, the, [228].
River Grande, see Grande River.
Rodriguez, Men., killed at Mauilla, [193].
Rojas, Juan de, made governor's lieutenant of Cuba, [146].
Romo, Alfonso, sent in quest of habitations, [171];
overtakes De Soto, [172].
Ruiz, Gonçalo, death of, [49].
Saabedra, Fernandarias de, appointment of, [297].
Saabedra, H. de, mayor of Culiacan, [297], [371], [372].
Sacatecas, see Zacatecas.
St. Clement's Point, landing of Narvaez at, [19] n.
St. Francis County, Arkansas, [205] n., [214] n.
St. Francis River, [213] n., [214] n.
St. Marks, seat of the Apalachee, [21] n., [30] n.
St. Marks Bay, [33] n., [37] n.
St. Marks River, [33] n.
Saline County, [236] n.
Saline River, [236] n.
Salt, made by Spaniards, [218], [238];
natural crystals of, in Arizona, [310];
lakes of, on great plains, [338], [362].
Salvidar, Juan de, companion of Coronado, [292];
explorations of, [296];
mentioned, [299];
at Tiguex, [319];
captures Indian village, [324];
escape of Indian woman from, [339].
Samaniego, Lope de, appointed army-master, [292];
death of, [295].
San Antonio Bay, [58] n.
San Antonio Cape, [143].
San Antonio River, [74] n.
San Bernardo River, [58] n.
Sanbenitos, described, [334] n., [347].
Sancti Spiritus, town in Cuba, [142], [144].
Sandia Mountains, [352].
San Gabriel de los Españoles, settlement of, [340] n.
San Hieronimo de los Corazones, founding of, [301];
dispatches from, [324];
disturbance in, [326];
transferred to Suya, [301], [326].
San Ildefonso, Tewa pueblo, [359] n.
San Juan, Tewa pueblo, [340] n., [359] n.
Sanlúcar, Bay of, [139].
Sanlúcar, muster of De Soto's forces at, [139].
San Lúcar de Barrameda, port in Spain, [3], [14] n.
San Luis, island, [57] n.
San Marcos-Guadalupe River, [74] n.
San Miguel, village, [120].
San Miguel Culiacan, [113] n.
San Pedro, river in Sonora, [371] n.
Sant Anton, Cape, westernmost point of Cuba, [18] n.
Santa Clara, Tewa pueblo, [359] n.
Santa Fé, seat of provincial government, [340] n.
Santa Maria, Rio, [105] n.
Santander River, called Rio de los Palmas, [14] n.
Santiago, use of, as war cry, [300] n., [308].
Santiago de Cuba, described by the Gentleman of Elvas, [140]-141;
bread there made of a root, [141];
natural products of, [141].
Sant Miguel, strait, [37].
Santo Domingo, Narvaez reaches, [14];
mentioned, [19] n.
Saquechuma, burned by Indians to deceive De Soto, [196].
Savannah River, [21] n., [172] n.
Sebastian, king, [272] n.
Seminole Indians, [19] n.
Senora, see Sonora.
Seri Indians, [108] n., [301] n.
Seven Cities, see Cibola.
Sheep, Rocky Mountain, [305], [348].
Shongopovi, Hopi pueblo, [358] n.
Shupaulovi, Hopi pueblo, [358] n.
Sia, identification of, [327] n., [359] n.;
mention of, [359].
Sichomovi, Hopi pueblo, [358] n.
Sierra, dies, [49].
Sierra Madre Mountains, [106] n.
Sign language, used by Querechos, [330];
by plains Indians, [363], [363] n.
Silos, Pueblo de los, [356], [358] n.
Silveira, Fernando da, epigram by, [133].
Silver, reports of, at Quivira, [313], [314], [329];
use of, in glazing, [340], [355], [361];
mine of, at Culiacan, [345].
Silver Bluff, [172] n.
Sinaloa, settlement of, [347].
Sinaloa River, [113], [117] n., [346].
Sipsey River, [194] n.
Slavery, Spanish, among the Indians, [64];
Indian, among the Spaniards, [110], [114], [116], [312], [329], [339];
Indians sought by Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa, [154];
taken by De Soto, [160], [181], [184]-185, [186], [195], [205], [206], [208], [209], [215], [216], [217], [218], [219], [222], [223], [225], [227], [232];
by Moscoso, [238], [239], [242], [254];
five hundred men and women abandoned, [254].
Smith, Buckingham, Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, cited, [19] n., [24] n., [25] n., [30] n., [31] n., [71] n., [79] n., [90] n., [92] n.;
translation of Oviedo's Letter, [68]-70;
Coleccion de varios Documentos para la Historia de la Florida, edited by, [130].
Snakes, worship of, [344].
Soacatino, guide to, furnished to Moscoso, [243];
Indians of, report seeing Europeans, [243];
Moscoso at, [244].
Sobaipuri, [349] n., [371] n.
Socorro, see Aymay.
Sodomy, among Pacaxes, [345];
at Petlatlan, [346];
at Suya, [348];
absence of, at Cibola, [351].
Solis, Alonso de, distributor and assessor, with Narvaez, [14];
enters Apalachen, [28];
embarks in open boat, [36];
is drowned, [46].
Sonora, Spanish settlement in valley of, [301], [302];
San Hieronimo abandoned for, [301], [326];
description of, [347];
rebellion at, [370]-371.
Sonora Indians, [106] n.
Sorcery, among Pacaxes, [345].
Soti, brothers, die at Aminoya, [249].
Soto, Hernando de, wishes services of Cabeza de Vaca, [8], [136];
Narrative of expedition of, by the Gentleman of Elvas, [127]-272;
geographical knowledge afforded by the Narrative, [129];
Indian tribes described, [129];
places mentioned, [129];
parentage of, [135];
captain of horse in Peru, [135];
marries Doña Ysabel de Bobadilla, [136];
is made governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida, [136];
members of his company, [136]-138;
sails with six hundred men and seven ships, [139];
reaches Santiago de Cuba, [140];
goes to Havana by land, [143];
lands in Florida, [146];
lodges with Ucita, [147];
loses his Indian interpreters, [147];
sends vessels to Cuba for provisions, [154];
moves toward Cale, in search of gold, [155];
finds the town abandoned, [155];
orders all the ripe grain in the fields to be secured, [156];
loses three men, [156];
reaches Caliquen and hears of the distress that overtook Narvaez at Apalache, but decides to go onward, [157];
takes cacique, and is attacked by Indians at Napetaca, [158];
divides some of the captives among his men and orders execution of the rest, [160];
seizes a hundred Indian men and women, [160];
starts in search of gold, reported to be at Yupaha, [164];
tells the cacique of Achese that he is the child of the Sun, [167];
plants a cross, [167];
receives four hundred tamemes from the cacique of Ocute, [168];
leaves the province of Patofa, [169];
an exorcism cures his guide, [169];
receives seven hundred tamemes, [170];
suffers many privations, [171]-172;
orders an Indian burned, [172];
hears speech of a kinswoman of the cacica of Cutifachiqui, [172]-173;
hears speech of the cacica, [173];
leaves Cutifachiqui, [175];
takes the cacica as a slave, [176];
distances traversed, [177];
begs maize of the cacique of Chiaha, [178];
hears speech of cacique of that place, [178];
sends men to see if there is gold at Chisca, [181];
hears speech of cacique of Coste, [182]-183;
and speech of cacique of Coça, [183]-184;
rests at Coça twenty-five days, [185];
hears speech at Tallisi, [186]-187;
hears speech of cacique of Tastaluça, [188];
distances traversed to Tastaluça, [188]-189;
wounded in encounter with Indians at Mauilla, [191];
hears that Maldonado is at Ochuse, [193];
his losses in the Florida expedition, [194];
leaves Mauilla, [194];
reaches Chicaça and takes some Indians, [195];
cuts off an Indian's hands for theft, [196];
repulses Indians, [197]-199;
leaves Chicaça and sustains two more attacks made by the natives, [199]-201;
sets out for Quizquiz, [202];
crosses the Mississippi, [204];
hears speeches of the cacique of Casqui, [206]-207;
preaches Christianity to the Indians, [207]-208;
finds many shawls and skins at Pacaha, [209];
makes friendship between the caciques of Casqui and Pacaha, [212];
burns part of Aquiguate, [214];
takes one hundred and forty-one Indians, [215];
makes other captures at Coligoa, [216];
at Tanico, [217];
subdues cacique of Tulla, [218]-220;
has now been gone three years, [221];
has lost two hundred and fifty men, [221];
winters at Autiamque, [222]-224;
goes to Nilco, [226];
and thence to Guachoya, [227];
sends a message to cacique of Quigaltam, [229];
is taken ill, [230];
sends expedition against Nilco, [230]-231;
farewell speech to his men, [232]-233;
names Moscoso to be his successor, [233];
dies, [233];
and is secretly buried, [234];
sale of his property, [235];
reference to discoveries of, [313], [339], [365];
crosses route of Coronado, [339];
mentioned, [362], [366];
route of, [386].
Soto-Mayor, Juan de, companion of Coronado, [293].
Soto-Mayor, kills Juan Pantoja, [15] n., [63];
dies and is eaten by Esquivel, [63].
Soto-Mayor, Pedro de, chronicler of Cardenas' expedition, [310].
South Carolina, [176] n.
South Sea, [105], [108], [111], [238].
See also California, Gulf of.
Staked Plains, [7], [97] n., [245] n., [361] n., [362] n.
Stevens, John, dictionary of, [300] n.
Susola Indians, [76], [80] n., [87].
Suwannee, river, crossed by Narvaez, [27] n.
Suya, see Sonora.
Swain County, [176] n.
Tabasco, mention of, [380].
Tabu, among Indians of Malhado, [51]-52.
Taguanate, cacique of, plots against Moscoso, [251];
comes to make excuses, [252];
town assaulted by Moscoso, [252]-253.
Tahu Indians, a tribe in Culiacan, [344].
Tali, De Soto at, [182];
speech of cacique of, [182]-183.
Taliepataua, [194].
Talise, nature of the country, [270].
See also Tallise.
Talladega County, [183] n.
Tallahassee, seat of the Apalachee, [21] n.
Tallahatchie River, [200] n.
Tallapoosa County, [186].
Tallapoosa River, [186].
Tallimuchose, without inhabitants, [185].
Tallise, [186];
cacique of, lends forty men to De Soto, [186];
presents the tamemes needed, [187].
See also Talise.
Tamemes, Indians who carry burdens, [168], [170], [176], [182], [184], [186], [187], [213].
Tampas Bay, reached by Narvaez, [20];
mentioned, [36] n., [125] n.
Tanico, De Soto at, [217].
Tanto River, [143].
Taos, identification with Braba, [340] n.;
visit of Spaniards to, [340];
Valladolid Spanish name for, [340];
mention of, [359].
Tapatu River, [228].
Tapile, equivalent of meirinho, [269].
Tarasca, a district in Michoacan, [286].
Tascaluça, De Soto seeks, [185];
cacique of, addresses De Soto, [186]-187;
distance to Mississippi, [215];
nature of the country, [270];
direction of, [271].
See also Tastaluça.
Tastaluça, cacique of, sends a chief to De Soto, [186]-187;
dwelling of, [187];
speech to De Soto, [188];
is taken by De Soto, [188];
asks to be allowed to remain, [189];
at Mauilla, [189].
See also Tascaluça.
Tatalicoya, De Soto at, [217].
Tattooing, among Indians, [348] n.
Tavera, one of Cabeza de Vaca's party, death of, [48]-49.
Tejas, see Teyas.
Tejo, stories told by, [285]-286;
death of, [287].
Tellez, captain, embarks in open boat, [36];
repulses Indians, [39];
overtaken by Cabeza de Vaca, [43];
reported killed by the Camones, [72].
Tennessee River, [181] n., [212] n.
Teocomo, settlement of, [347].
Tepoca Indians, [108] n.
Terceira, island, [123];
produces batata, [141].
Ternaux-Compans, Henri, translation of Castañeda by, [277], [290] n., [341] n.
Tesuque, Tewa pueblo, [359] n.
Tewa Indians, pottery of, [340] n.;
pueblos of, [359] n.
Teyas, tribe of plains Indians, [333];
identification with Tejas, or Texas, [333] n.;
guides of Coronado to Quivira, [335], [338];
Cicuye besieged by, [357];
name of, synonymous with braves, [357];
mentioned, [362];
cannibalism among, [363] n.
Theodoro, a Greek, makes resin, [35];
deserts, [40].
Tietiquaquo, chief of, comes to De Soto, [223].
Tiguas, [317] n.;
pueblos of, [358] n.
Tiguex, visited by Alvarado, [312];
identification of, [317] n.;
demands of Spaniards at, [318];
revolt of Indians of, [319];
Indians of, distrust Spaniards, [321], [328];
siege of, [322];
description of, [352];
pueblos of, [358].
Timucuan Indians, [19] n., [25] n.
Timuquanan or Timucuan Indians, [19] n., [25] n.
Tishomingo County, Mississippi, [212] n.
Tison, Rio del, reason for name of, [301].
See Colorado River.
Toalli, De Soto at, [165], [166];
houses made of grass, [165].
Toasi, [185] n.;
De Soto at, [186].
Tobar, Nuño de, at court, [135];
accompanies De Soto, [137];
is deprived of his rank as captain-general, [145];
leaves his wife at Havana, [146];
sent against Nilco, [231].
Tobosos Indians, [103] n.
Tocaste, town, [155] n.
Tombigbee River, [189] n., [194] n., [195] n.
Tomson, Robert, cited, [334] n.
Tonala, settlement of, [287].
Tonkawa Indians, Texas tribe, [363] n.
Topia or Tapira in Durango, [290] n.
Topira, expedition of Coronado to, [290].
Torre, Diego Perez de la, replaces Guzman, [287].
Torrejon de Velasco, death of Guzman at, [285] n.
Tovar, Fernando de, position of, [292].
Tovar, Pedro de, appointed ensign-general, [292];
visits Tusayan, [307];
sent to San Hieronimo, [326];
joins Coronado at Tiguex, [367].
Traslado de las Nuevas, [278].
Travois, dog saddles used by plains Indians, [362].
Trees, near Apalachen, [29];
of Santiago de Cuba, [140]-141;
named by Gentleman of Elvas, [206].
Trigeux, see Tiguex.
Trinidad, storm at, [15]-17;
town in Cuba, [144], [145].
Truxillo, adventure of, [298].
Tuasi, see Toasi.
Tuckaseegee River, [176] n.
Tula, direction of, [271].
Tulla, De Soto's encounter with Indians at, [218]-219;
cacique of, offers presents, [220];
is dismissed, [221].
Tuna, native American fruit, [347];
preserves made from, by Indians, [305] n., [348].
Tunica County, Mississippi, [204] n.
Turk, Indian slave at Pecos, [313], [372];
stories of, [314];
bracelets of, [315];
mentioned, [326], [329], [330], [331];
Spaniards grow suspicious of, [328], [334];
put in chains, [335];
motive of, in misleading Spaniards, [336]-337.
Turkeys in pueblo regions, [354].
Turquoises, presented to Cabeza de Vaca, [106],117;
found at Waco, [246];
collected by Estevanico, [288], [289]:
how obtained by Indians, [308] n.;
gifts of, made by Indians, [308], [312];
of pueblo Indians, [350].
Tusayan, description of, by Zuñi Indians, [307];
visited by Tovar, [307];
cotton cultivated at, [308] n.;
description of, [351];
names of pueblos of, [358] n.
Tutahaco, visit of Coronado to, [314];
problem of name of, [314] n.;
eight pueblos of, [358].
Tutelpinco, De Soto at, [225].
Tyronza River, [206] n., [208] n.
Ucita, an Indian chief, [146] n.;
town of, [146], [147];
temple thrown down, [147].
Uitachuco, burned by Indians, [161].
Ullibahali, chiefs of, approach De Soto, [185];
a fenced town, [185];
cacique of, offers tamemes to De Soto, [186].
Union County, Mississippi, [200] n.
Upanguayma Indians, [108].
"Upper Cross Timbers," [244] n.
Urine, use of, as a mordant, [354] n.
Urrea, Lope de, companion of Coronado, [293];
envoy of peace to Indians, [323].
Utinama, town, [156].
Uzachil, much food found at, [160].
Uzachil, cacique of, sends embassy to De Soto, [158];
presents him with deer, [160].
Uzela, De Soto at, [161].
Vaca, Cabeza de, see Cabeza de Vaca.
Vacapan, province crossed by Coronado, [305].
Vacas, Rio de las, [103] n.
Valdevieso, killed by Indians, [58], [64];
mentioned by Oviedo, [69].
Valençuela, captain, ordered by Narvaez to follow river to the sea, [26].
Valladolid, Spanish name of Braba, [340], [359].
Valley of Knaves, rebellion of Indians in, [326].
Vargas, Juan de, killed by Indians, [257].
Vargas, Luis Ramierez de, companion of Coronado, [293].
Vasconcelos, André de, of Elvas, [137], [138];
commands a ship in De Soto's expedition, [139];
slave of, espouses cacica of Cutifachiqui, [177];
dies at Aminoya, [249].
Vasconyados Indians, [115] n.
Vazquez, Juan, killed at Mauilla, [193].
Vazquez de Ayllon, Lucas, [21] n.
Vega, Garcilaso de la, "the Inca," author of Florida del Yunca, [131];
gives distance of Moscoso's journey down the Mississippi, [259] n.
Vegetation of the great plains, [362].
Velasco, island, possibly to be identified with Malhado, [57] n.
Velazquez, Juan, first man of Narvaez' exploring party to be lost, [27];
his horse affords supper to many, [27].
Venison, a thing little known, [74].
Vera, Francisco de, father of Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, [3], [125].
Vera, Pedro de, conqueror of the Canaries, grandfather of Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, [3], [13] n., [125].
Vera Cruz, Cabeza de Vaca at, [121];
mentioned, [265] n., [268].
Vessels, built by men under Narvaez, [34]-36;
by Spaniards at Aminoya, [250].
Vicksburg Bluffs, [255] n.
Villafarta, named by De Soto, [157].
Villalobos, R. L. de, voyage of, [360], [360] n., [378].
Virgins, treatment of, [355], [356].
Voth, H. R., studies on Oraibi marriage customs, [353] n.
Waco, Moscoso at, [244] n., [245];
turquoises and shawls of cotton found at, [246].
Walnut Bend suggested as the place of De Soto's crossing the Mississippi, [204] n.
Walnuts, found by Coronado, [334].
Walpi, Hopi pueblo, [358] n.
Watercress, native American, [349].
Whiskers, captain of Cicuye Indians, [310], [312];
taken prisoner by Alvarado, [315];
release of, [329].
White Oak shoals, Red River, [242] n.
White River, [216] n., [217] n., [253] n.
Wichita Indians, identified with Indians of Quivira, [337] n.
Wildcat, native American, [349], [350].
Wine, of pitahaya, [348].
Winship, George Parker, memoirs on the Coronado expedition, [276]-277, [337] n., [341] n., [360] n., [366] n., [374] n., [386] n.
Witchcraft practised by Pacaxes, [345].
Withlacoochee River crossed by Narvaez, [25] n.
Wolves on great plains, [363].
Women, work of, in pueblo building, [352];
functions of, [353].
Woodruff County, Arkansas, [216] n.
Xabe, Indian from Quivira, with Coronado, [329], [342].
Xagua, see Jagua.
Xalisco, establishment of, [287];
Alarcon's destination at, [294].
Xeréz de Badajóz, [135].
Xeréz de la Frontera, [126].
Ximena, see Galisteo.
Xuala, direction of, [271].
Xualla, mentioned, [176] n., [177];
distance to Tastaluça, [188];
distance to Coça, [189].
Xuarez, Juan, commissary of Narvaez' fleet, [14];
burns cases containing dead men, [21];
approves the plan for Spanish to continue inland exploration, [23];
joins inland march, [25];
one of party that goes to look for the sea, [33].
Yaqui Indians, [118] n., [346] n.
Yaqui River, [376] n.
Yaquimi, settlement of, [347].
Yeguaces Indians, [87] n.
Yguases Indians, see Yguazes Indians.
Yguazes Indians, [61], [87];
manners and customs of, [65]-66;
marriage among, [65].
Young County, Texas, [244] n.
Ysabel de Bobadilla, wife of Hernando de Soto, [136];
receives a waiting-maid from the governor of Gomera, [140];
and a mule from a gentleman of Santiago de Cuba, [140];
sails for Havana, [142];
is in much danger, [143];
remains in Havana, [145];
receives twenty women, sent by Añasco, [162];
has not heard from De Soto in three years, [221].
Ysopete, Indian of Quivira, with Coronado, [331];
supplants Turk in confidence of Coronado, [334], [337].
Ytara, town, [156], [162].
Ytaua, De Soto at, [185].
Yukiwingge, visited by Barrionuevo, [340];
location of, [340] n.;
pueblos of, [359] n.
Yuma Indians, description of, [303].
Yupaha, governed by a woman, [164];
reported to have much gold, [164].
Yuqueyunque,
see Yukiwingge.
Zacatecas, Mexican province, [385].
Zamora, printing press at, [126].
Zebreros, an alcalde, acts as guide to Cabeza de Vaca, [115];
goes to Culiacan, [116].
Zuñi Indians, pueblos of, [300], [358] n.;
pottery of, [340] n.;
tame eagles of, [348] n.;
dress of women of, [350] n.;
population of pueblos of, [351] n.
See also Cibola.
Zuñi River, crossed by Coronado, [299].
FOOTNOTES:
[1] This heading is taken from the title-page of the edition of 1542. The edition of 1555, generally followed in this book, has a title-page so phrased as to cover both the North American and the South American narratives of the author. The return really took place in 1537.
[2] The Emperor Charles V.
[3] He doubtless refers particularly to the services of his grandfather, Pedro de Vera, conqueror of the Canaries, to whom he refers at the close of this work. See the Introduction.
[4] He arrived in Florida with the Narvaez expedition in April, 1528, and reached New Spain overland in April, 1536—eight years later.
[5] The Spanish edition of 1542 has the date June 27.
[6] At the mouth of the Guadalquivir, in the province of Cadiz, Spain; noted as the point of debarkation of Fernão Magalhães, or Magellan, September 20, 1519.