History and government of New Mexico . later the Spanish king ap-pointed him captain general andgovernor of this New Spain (modern Mexico). But the ambition of Cortes,one of the greatest Spaniards ofhis age, was not satisfied. FromMexico City as a new base ofSpanish power in America hepushed his operations in all direc-tions. By October, 1531, a per-manent settlement on the westcoast had been planted as farnorth as Culiacan (koo-lya-kan)in the modern state of SinaloaHernando Cortes (Se-na-loa). 14. Spaniards Arrive from the North. — Indian gossipsfilled the ears of these northward-moving pione
History and government of New Mexico . later the Spanish king ap-pointed him captain general andgovernor of this New Spain (modern Mexico). But the ambition of Cortes,one of the greatest Spaniards ofhis age, was not satisfied. FromMexico City as a new base ofSpanish power in America hepushed his operations in all direc-tions. By October, 1531, a per-manent settlement on the westcoast had been planted as farnorth as Culiacan (koo-lya-kan)in the modern state of SinaloaHernando Cortes (Se-na-loa). 14. Spaniards Arrive from the North. — Indian gossipsfilled the ears of these northward-moving pioneers withstrange stories of the country of the Seven Cities faraway across the northern deserts where people lived inlarge houses and possessed great wealth. Interest in thosefar-off and unknown regions was suddenly multiplied whenone day in April, 1536, a group of white men came out ofthe northern wilderness and walked into the village ofCuliacan, the northern outpost of New Spain. Who werethese strangers? And whence had they come?. THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN 19 15. The Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca. — Their leaderwas Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca (alvar noonyas ca-ba/sada va/ka), who had started out from Spain in 1527 as royaltreasurer of the Narvaez (nar-va/as) expedition for the set-tlement of Florida. Sharing all the misfortunes of thatill-fated expedition in Cuba, Florida, and on the Gulf, hewas finally shipwrecked on the coast of Texas in November,1528. With him came also Andres Dorantes (an-drasdo-rantas), Alonso del Castillo Maldonado (a-lonso delkas-teyo mal-do-na/tho), and Stephen, the Negro slaveof Dorantes. For seven years they had been slaves among the Indiansof the Texas coast. Then in the summer of 1535 theyescaped and started on their journey across the their way from tribe to tribe as traders, medicinemen, and jugglers, they went westward through Texas,crossed northern Mexico, and reached the Spanish settle-ments on the Gulf of California befo
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