History and government of New Mexico . triotic and missionary zeal of theSpanish pioneers. No sooner had the soldiers returnedto Santa Barbara and reported the death of Santa Maria and the leaving of Ro-driguez and Lopez atPuaray than the Fran-ciscans bestirred them-selves to send out a rescueparty. Father Bernal-dino Beltran (ber-nal-deno bel-tran;, of Dur-ango, volunteered asleader, and was imme-diately joined by Antoniode Espejo (es-pa/ho), anative of Cordova (kor-do-va) in Spain, now awealthy gentleman of Mexico engaged in working theSanta Barbara mines. Espejo offered not only to furnishm
History and government of New Mexico . triotic and missionary zeal of theSpanish pioneers. No sooner had the soldiers returnedto Santa Barbara and reported the death of Santa Maria and the leaving of Ro-driguez and Lopez atPuaray than the Fran-ciscans bestirred them-selves to send out a rescueparty. Father Bernal-dino Beltran (ber-nal-deno bel-tran;, of Dur-ango, volunteered asleader, and was imme-diately joined by Antoniode Espejo (es-pa/ho), anative of Cordova (kor-do-va) in Spain, now awealthy gentleman of Mexico engaged in working theSanta Barbara mines. Espejo offered not only to furnishmilitary protection for Father Beltran, but to pay the wholeexpense of the expedition. In July the Indian servantswho had been left in New Mexico suddenly appearedin Santa Barbara and told of the death of another of thefriars. Espejo and Beltran, however, experienced manydelays. Not until November io, 1582, did they set out downthe Conchos from San Bartolome. Espejo had a commandof fourteen soldiers. Father Beltran was accompanied by a. Prehistoric Pictographs EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST 37 few friends. With them came Indian guides and pack train of a hundred and fifteen horses and muleswas loaded with baggage, provisions, munitions, merchan-dise, and trinkets — for trade with the Indians was not lostsight of. In the country below El Paso the Jumano (hoo-ma/no)Indians told them of three Christians and a negro (Cabeza de Vaca and his companions) passing throughtheir country many years before. Just before reaching Puaray, Espejo and Beltran learnedfrom the Tigua Indians that all three of the Friars weredead. When the expedition camped at the pueblo, Febru-ary 17, 1583, the guilty natives fled to the hills. 41. Exploration and Prospecting. — The object of gettinginformation about the friars was now attained. Thehope of rescuing any of them was at an end. But Espejohad still other interests at heart. A wealthy mine operatorand man of affairs, he naturally turned his
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