History and stories of Nebraska . food. A great council was held and peaceproposed. That night the warriors of the Escanzaque tribe stole awayfrom the Spanish camp and raided the city of Quivira, kill-ing, plundering, and burning. In the morning it was inashes and thousands of its peaceful people dead or its blackened ruins the Spanish commander sought invain for chiefs who met him in friendly council the day be-fore. The great city was destroyed never to be rebuilt andits few survivors scattered never to return. On June 11,1662, Don Diego de Penalosa with his great train marchedsa
History and stories of Nebraska . food. A great council was held and peaceproposed. That night the warriors of the Escanzaque tribe stole awayfrom the Spanish camp and raided the city of Quivira, kill-ing, plundering, and burning. In the morning it was inashes and thousands of its peaceful people dead or its blackened ruins the Spanish commander sought invain for chiefs who met him in friendly council the day be-fore. The great city was destroyed never to be rebuilt andits few survivors scattered never to return. On June 11,1662, Don Diego de Penalosa with his great train marchedsadly back to the RioGrande there to relatethe destruction of thegreat city of Quivira. A Nebraska author,Judge Savage, of Oma-ha, has traced the routeof Penalosa upon themap, has measured themiles marched fromSanta Fe and found thatPenalosa reached thePlatte near beUeves that Penalosa marched one day west to thesite of Ashland where the Platte makes a bend and flowsfrom the north, that the Elkhorn was the first river. A Spanish Stirrup Found in Nebraska.{From photograph collection of ) is : 8 STORIES OF NEBRASKA flowing from the north to join the Platte and the Loupthe second river, and that between the Loup and theElkhorn rivers not far from the present town of Columbuswas the city of Quivira destroyed by the Escanzaques, whoWere the Kanzas tribe. The numerous sites between theLoup and Elkhorn rivers whiere fragments of pottery andother Indian relics are found to-day are remains of the greatcity of Quivira destroyed two hundred and fifty years ago. The legend of Penalosa is too wonderful to be true. It_ now known to be a fiction. There was a Governor DonI Diego de Penalosa of New Mexico but no such army as re-I lated was led by him across the plains and there certainly was: no great city of Quivira with houses three and four storiesi high covering the plain between the Loup and ElkhornI rivers. We must part with Penalosas expedition as anhistorical eve
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