. History and civil government of Louisiana . lver, and where the doorways of the houses were orna-mented with precious stones. Aroused by these tales,Mendoza, the Viceroy of Mexico, sent out an army underFrancisco Vasquez Coronado to subdue this wealthycountry. For two years (1540-1542) Coronado wan-dered about in search of treasures, but found penetrated, it is believed, to the boundary of thepresent State of Nebraska. He saw the herds ofbuffaloes, and conquered many of the Indian villagescalled pueblos, but he was compelled to return homewith no other fruits of his long marches. 3.
. History and civil government of Louisiana . lver, and where the doorways of the houses were orna-mented with precious stones. Aroused by these tales,Mendoza, the Viceroy of Mexico, sent out an army underFrancisco Vasquez Coronado to subdue this wealthycountry. For two years (1540-1542) Coronado wan-dered about in search of treasures, but found penetrated, it is believed, to the boundary of thepresent State of Nebraska. He saw the herds ofbuffaloes, and conquered many of the Indian villagescalled pueblos, but he was compelled to return homewith no other fruits of his long marches. 3. The Expedition of DeSoto. — The story of DeVacas adventures stirred thespirit of another explorer,who, a few years later, wasto penetrate far into the in-terior of the continent andto become the second dis-coverer of the great was Hernando De Soto. De Sotos ambition was tomake himself master of thecountry which Narvaez had failed to , in 1539, he sailed from Cuba andlanded in what is now Tampa Bay. He had with. HERNANDO DE SOTO. 30 HISTORY OF LOUISIANA him more than six hundred men, well armed andprovided with a number of cannon to frighten andsubdue the natives. These, as a result of the haughty,overbearing conduct of the Spaniards, soon provedthemselves either treacherous friends or open was not long before De Sotos dream of conqueringa great kingdom and carrying back to Spain vasttreasures from the Land of Flowers began to growdim. The Indians frequently cut off his men whenthey wandered from the camp, and on more than oneoccasion De Sotos own life was in danger. But heknew no fear, and courageously marched on in searchof the gold and pearls which the natives assured himcould be found if he would only penetrate farther tothe north. The savages doubtless adopted this as askillful method to rid themselves of their unwelcomevisitors; for De Soto never found any treasures excepta few little pearls, which were given to him by onetribe an
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