History and stories of Nebraska . p and down the fair valley of the Rio Grandethere were fear and hatred of the white men. At this time Coronado heard for the first time the storyof the land of Quivira, far to the northeast. An Indianslave whom the Spaniards called the Turk, because theysaid he looked like a Turk, told the story. His home wasfar out on the plains, but he had been captured by thePueblo Indians and held as a slave. It is supposed thathe was a Pawnee Indian, for the Pawnees wore their hairin a peculiar way so that they resembled Turks. Thestory of Quivira told by the Indian slave
History and stories of Nebraska . p and down the fair valley of the Rio Grandethere were fear and hatred of the white men. At this time Coronado heard for the first time the storyof the land of Quivira, far to the northeast. An Indianslave whom the Spaniards called the Turk, because theysaid he looked like a Turk, told the story. His home wasfar out on the plains, but he had been captured by thePueblo Indians and held as a slave. It is supposed thathe was a Pawnee Indian, for the Pawnees wore their hairin a peculiar way so that they resembled Turks. Thestory of Quivira told by the Indian slave was of a wonder-ful land far across the plains. There was a river six mileswide, and in it were fishes as big as horses, and upon itfloated many great canoes with twenty rowers on a of these canoes carried sails, and the lords sat underawnings upon them, while the prows bore golden king of Quivira, Tatarrax, slept under a great treewith golden bells on the branches. These bells swung to THE STORY OF CORONADO. The First Printed PictureOF A Buffalo and fro in the winds which always blew, and their musiclulled the king to sleep. The common people in Quivirahad dishes of plated ware and the jugs and bowls were ofgold. The king of Quivira worshiped a cross of gold andan image of a woman, the goddess of heaven. Stories like these filled the hearts of the Spaniards withlonging to reach the land of Quivira and to help the peoplethere to take care of its the 23d of April, 1541, Coro-nado and his army marched awayfrom the Rio Grande valley, guid-ed by the Turk and by anotherIndian from the same region,whom they called Isopete. Forthirty-five days they traveled outupon the high plains. Thesewere so nearly level they couldlook as far as the eye would pierceand see no hill. They found great herds of buffalo, orhumpbacked cows as they called them, on these plains,and Indians who traveled around among these cows, killingthem for their flesh and skins — eating
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