MARCOS DE NIZA (c. 1495–1558)  , a Franciscan See also:

• FRIAR (from the Lat. (rater, through the Fr. frere)

friar See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in See also:

• NICE

Nice about 1495 . He went to See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1531, and after serving his See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order zealously in See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru, See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala and See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, was chosen to explore the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of Sonora, whose See also:

• WEALTH

wealth was pictured in the hearsay stories of Alvar See also:

• NUNEZ, PEDRO (PETRUS NoNlUS) (1492—1577)

Nunez Cabeza de Vaca . Preceded by Estevanico, the See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro See also:

• COMPANION (through the O. Fr. compaignon or compagnon, from the Late Lat. companio,—cum, with, and panis, bread,—one who shares meals with another; the word has been wrongly derived from the Late Lat. compagnus, one of the same pages or district)

companion of Cabeza de Vaca in his wanderings and the " See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Mexican " of Zuni traditions, Fray Marcos See also:

• LEFT

left Culiacan in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1539, crossed See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-eastern See also:

• ARIZONA (from the Spanish-Indian Arizonac, of unknown meaning,—possibly " few springs,"-the name of an 18th-century mining camp in the Santa Cruz valley, just S. of the present border of Arizona)

Arizona, penetrated to Zuni or the "Seven Cities of Cibola," and in See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September returned to Culiacan . He saw Zuni only from a distance, and his description of it as equal in See also:

• SIZE

size to the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Mexico was probably exact; but he embodied much See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere hearsay in his See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report, the Descubrimiento de See also:

• LAS

las siete ciudades, which led F . V. de See also:

• CORONADO, FRANCISCO VASQUEZ DE (c. 1500-c. 1545)

Coronado to make his famous expedition next See also:

• YEAR

year to Zuni, of which Fray Marcos was the See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide; and the realities proved a See also:

• GREAT

great disappointment . Fray Marcos was made Provincial of his order for Mexico before the second trip to Zuni, and returned in 1541 to the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, where he died on the 25th of March 1558• The Descubrimiento is one of the See also:

• WORLD

world's famous narratives of travel . It may be found in J . F . See also:

• PACHECO, FRANCISCO (1571-1654)

Pacheco's Documentos (vol. iii.) and See also:

• HAKLUYT, RICHARD (c. 1553—1616)

Hakluyt's Voyages (vol. iii.) ; also in G . See also:

• RAMUSIO

Ramusio, Navigazione (vol. iii.) and H . Ternaux-Compans, Voyages (vol. iii.) . See A .

F . A . See also:

• BANDELIER, ADOLPH FRANCIS ALPHONSE (184o- )

Bandelier, The Gilded See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man (El Dorado), (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1893) ; H . H . See also:

• BANCROFT, GEORGE (1800—1891)
• BANCROFT, HUBERT HOWE (1832– )
• BANCROFT, RICHARD (1544–161o)
• BANCROFT, SIR SQUIRE (1841– )

Bancroft, Arizona and New Mexico (See also:

• SAN

San Francisco, 1888), and, for See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical opinions, G . P . Winship, " The Coronado Expedition," in U.S . See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

Bureau of See also:

• ETHNOLOGY

Ethnology, Fourteenth See also:

• ANNUAL

Annual Report (for 1892–1893), (See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington, 1896) .