Pioneer Spaniards in North America . itter disappointment. But theystill hoped that other regions would prove moresatisfying. They heard of a country to thenorthwest of Zuni, called Tusayan. Accordingly,Coronado sent off Don Pedro de Tobar to exam-ine it and report. He found a group of pueblosquite similar to those of Zuiii, namely, the Hopior Moqui villages still existing in northeasternArizona, and in our time objects of curious in-terest on account of the famous snake-danceperiodically celebrated there. He met with noopposition and came back to report that therewas not anything attractive t
Pioneer Spaniards in North America . itter disappointment. But theystill hoped that other regions would prove moresatisfying. They heard of a country to thenorthwest of Zuni, called Tusayan. Accordingly,Coronado sent off Don Pedro de Tobar to exam-ine it and report. He found a group of pueblosquite similar to those of Zuiii, namely, the Hopior Moqui villages still existing in northeasternArizona, and in our time objects of curious in-terest on account of the famous snake-danceperiodically celebrated there. He met with noopposition and came back to report that therewas not anything attractive there, but that he hadbeen told of a great river, many days journey tothe west, whose banks were inhabited by a raceof giants. To investigate this statement, Coro-nado dispatched a force under Garcia Lopez deCardenas. The little band of horsemen traversedthe whole width of Arizona from east to westand reached the great river. For the first timethe eyes of white men looked on the most stu-pendous wonder of our continent, the Grand 238. FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE CORONADO Cailon of the Colorado, in the same month ofAugust, 1540, in which Alarcon, exploring thecoast with his vessels, discovered its gazed in wonder at the river winding likea thread at the bottom of the enormous gorgewhose precipitous side defied them. One daringofficer, with two agile men, attempted the descent,but after several hours came back and reportedthat they had not been able to accomplish morethan one-third of the distance. The horsemenmade their weary way back to Zuni empty-handed. Clearly there was not anything to the westwardto reward their exertions, and the Spaniards nowlooked to the east. Don Hernando de Alvaradowas sent in a southeasterly direction, to visitinhabited countries of which the Indians first stopping-place was Acoma, called bythe Spaniards Acuco. The pueblo occupies oneof the most extraordinary situations in the world,on the top of a perpendicular rock, says anold Spanish c
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