History and government of New Mexico . be-fore the viceroy at Compostela and the next day startedaway to the north. Two hundred gentlemen on horse-back, clad in shining helmets and coats of armor, withlances erect and swords hanging by their sides, were fol-lowed by seventy footmen carrying crossbows or swordsand shields. Seven or eight hundred Indians drove thegreat pack train loaded with baggage and supplies andherded the stock furnished to supply the expedition withfresh meat. Turning away up the coast to the northwest by Culiacan,Coronado followed the route of Friar Marcos and Stephenthe y
History and government of New Mexico . be-fore the viceroy at Compostela and the next day startedaway to the north. Two hundred gentlemen on horse-back, clad in shining helmets and coats of armor, withlances erect and swords hanging by their sides, were fol-lowed by seventy footmen carrying crossbows or swordsand shields. Seven or eight hundred Indians drove thegreat pack train loaded with baggage and supplies andherded the stock furnished to supply the expedition withfresh meat. Turning away up the coast to the northwest by Culiacan,Coronado followed the route of Friar Marcos and Stephenthe year before. Going ahead from Culiacan with an ad- 26 EXPLORATION AND CONQUEST 27 vance guard, he reached Zuni on July 7. The main armyfollowed more slowly. 23. Beginning of the Conquest. — The Zufiis had sentaway their women and prepared to defend their a sharp fight led by Coronado in person, the Spaniardscaptured it and secured a large amount of provisions, whichwere now needed a great deal more than gold or Coronado Captures Zuni They named it Granada (gra-natha) after the famousMoorish stronghold in southern Spain. But they found no wealth there; and the soldiers com-plained so bitterly that Friar Marcos, the old hero-priestand guide, now broken in health and spirit, returned toNew Spain. Nor were the Indians any better satisfied than the Span-iards. These pale-faced foreigners, riding on horses, andfighting with thundersticks that shot out flashes of lightning,filled the Zufiis with dismay. The red men, therefore,gathered up such property as they could carry and fled to 28 THE HISTORY OF NEvV MEXICO the top of Thunder Mountain, the home of their wargod. 24. Tusayan and the Grand Canyon. — From ZuniCoronado began to direct the exploration of the de Tovar (pa/thro da to-var) with twenty followerswent to the northwest and discovered the Tusayan (too-sayan) village in the Moqui (moke) province of north-eastern Arizona. Then Garcia Lopez
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