The Spanish in the Southwest . the lesstheir surroundings looked like the rich places which theguide had promised to show them, and the more the Span-iards doubted the Indi-ans story. They be-gan to think that hehad been sent by theIndians of New Mexicoto lead them on and onin these endless plainsuntil they died or werekilled by the last the soldiersbegged not to be takenfarther into this awful, unknown country. Coronadothought that it was unnecessary for the whole army togo on, and therefore sent back all but about thirty these he decided to take all the risks and push ont
The Spanish in the Southwest . the lesstheir surroundings looked like the rich places which theguide had promised to show them, and the more the Span-iards doubted the Indi-ans story. They be-gan to think that hehad been sent by theIndians of New Mexicoto lead them on and onin these endless plainsuntil they died or werekilled by the last the soldiersbegged not to be takenfarther into this awful, unknown country. Coronadothought that it was unnecessary for the whole army togo on, and therefore sent back all but about thirty these he decided to take all the risks and push onto Quivira, the city about which he had heard in Cibola,and which the guide had told him was so rich. Coronado and his men marched onward until theyreached the plains of southern Kansas. Almost in fear theylooked around. The plains, so great, so wide, so unbounded,seemed to them like the ocean. In all directions was thelow horizon line, unbroken by trees or mountains. Therewas nothing to guide them, and the men asked themselves. Picture of buffalo drawn by Spaniards 74 Discoverers and Explorers if they should ever be able to find their way back toMexico. There are no paths here, they complained to eachother, except those made by the wild cows, and they leadnowhere. The earth is so level that we do not know wherewe are or where we have been. If one of us wandersaway after the cows, and loses sight of the rest of theparty, he is lost forever, and will die miserably. Finally Coronado reached Quivira. But how differentit was from the stories he had heard from the lips of theguide! Instead of large houses there were only huts ofstraw. Instead of cities there were wretched, dirty littlevillages; for the Indians kept moving from place to place,wherever they were hunting the buffaloes which fur-nished them with nearly everything needed to eat andto wear. The natives did not know what Coronado meant by goldand silver, and they had no jewels. They did have a fewcopper vessels, which they
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