The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . p near the pres-ent location of Wichita, Kansas, or, according to hischronicler, at the junction of the St. Peter and , now the Big and Little Arkansas. Finallydiscouraged, the little band retraced their steps tothe Mississippi, where they built boats, and floateddown to the Gulf. In September, 1543, the miser-able remnant reached safety at Tampico. Coronados Search for the Seven Golden Cities At almost the identical time that De Soto beganhis struggles westward from Florida, another Span
The great plains; the romance of western American exploration, warfare, and settlement, 1527-1870 . p near the pres-ent location of Wichita, Kansas, or, according to hischronicler, at the junction of the St. Peter and , now the Big and Little Arkansas. Finallydiscouraged, the little band retraced their steps tothe Mississippi, where they built boats, and floateddown to the Gulf. In September, 1543, the miser-able remnant reached safety at Tampico. Coronados Search for the Seven Golden Cities At almost the identical time that De Soto beganhis struggles westward from Florida, another Span-ish officer, Coronado, Governor of New Galicia,was leading his soldiers eastward from the coast ofthe Pacific. The story of De Vaca about the fabu-lous seven golden cities of Cibola, filled with treas-ure, had aroused a spirit of adventure among theSpaniards of Mexico. As early as 1539 Fray Mar-cos de Nizza left Sinaloa, taking with him as guidethe negro Stephen who had been De Vacas com-panion. The negro lost his life on the trip, but hiswhite comrade returned, and his report served only [46]. •fw. .^*^-;,:Vi„ •t,^- ^ j;iJ^!ymB^^^\i:^s,,m^ M
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