History and government of New Mexico . ian messengercame back bringing a very large cross, as tall as a man! The Indian also told him that there were seven greatcities in the first province, with large houses two, three,and four stories high. They were built of stone and lime,and the doorways were ornamented with turquoises, ofwhich there was great abundance. There were otherprovinces further on much greater than these Seven Cities. 20. New Mexico Discovered. — Friar Marcos nowpressed forward over the burning deserts of northern Mexicoand southeastern Arizona, in eager search for the SevenCiti
History and government of New Mexico . ian messengercame back bringing a very large cross, as tall as a man! The Indian also told him that there were seven greatcities in the first province, with large houses two, three,and four stories high. They were built of stone and lime,and the doorways were ornamented with turquoises, ofwhich there was great abundance. There were otherprovinces further on much greater than these Seven Cities. 20. New Mexico Discovered. — Friar Marcos nowpressed forward over the burning deserts of northern Mexicoand southeastern Arizona, in eager search for the SevenCities. But he did not overtake Stephen. The Negro THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN 23 reached Zuni first, only to be taken for a spy and quaint Indian legend runs that their wise men tookhim out of the pueblo during the night and gave him apowerful kick, which sped him through the air back to thesouth, whence he came ! Black Stephen, fully two hundred miles ahead, had seenNew Mexico first; but it was Friar Marcos, the first white. The Terraces of Zuni man to set foot on her soil, who discovered New Mexicofor the world and started the tide of civilization movingthis way. From the top of a near-by mesa, late in May,1539, he beheld the Zuni pueblo of Hawikuh (ha-we-koo)in the western part of McKinley County. It was the firstof the Seven Cities henceforth to be known as the SevenCities of Cibola (sebo-la). The Zunis had been so arousedby the coming of Stephen that Friar Marcos was not allowedto come nearer. Like Moses of old, he beheld the Promised 24 THE HISTORY OF NEW MEXICO Land, but was not allowed to enter. He erected a crossand took possession of the country for Spain, naming it the Kingdom of St. Francis. 21. The Return of Friar Marcos. — Hastily retracinghis steps, with far more fright than food, Marcos wassoon back in New Spain, reporting to the viceroy. He haddiscovered New Mexico, seen the many-storied houses ofthe Zunis, some of whose people wore turquoises suspe
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