“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.
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Because they were written on the same day and seemingly in the same handwriting, we presume that this inscription and the one to the west were written by the same man. The first one says:
“The 28th day of September of 1737, arrived here the Bachelor Don Juan Ignacio of Arrasain.”
The second reads:
“The 28th day of September of 1737, arrived here the illustrious Señor Don Martin de Elizacochea, Bishop of Durango, and the day following, went on to Zuñi.”