[556] That is, he travelled from the Quivira province, in the present Kansas, southwestwardly to Mexico.
[557] Zacatecas.
[558] This wild tribe inhabited chiefly the region of the present state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. They were known also as Cuachichiles and Quachichiles.
[559] The dictionary of Dominguez says: "Isla de negros; ó isla del Almirantazgo, en el grande Océano equinoccial; grande isla de la América del Norte, sobre la costa oeste." Apparently the location of this island gradually drifted westward with the increase of geographical knowledge, until it was finally located in the Philippine group. (Winship.)
[560] This would indicate that the bronze cannon which Coronado left at Sia pueblo were worthless.
[561] The Gulf of California (which had been navigated by Cortés) and the Rio Colorado.
Transcriber's note:
Variations in spelling, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained except in obvious cases of typographical error, and in the following cases: Castaneda has been changed to Castañeda and Relacion to Relación.
The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
In the index for Mesa, "Spanish soldier", the transcriber has changed the page number 538 to 376.