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Show FRANCISCO VASQUEZ 179 CORONADO The viceroy seems to have been a man of prodigious energy and He was determined, so far as he was concerned, in the foresight. matter of the disposition of the naval or to alTHE EXPEDITION BY SEA UN- military forces at his command, supthe in unturned be to stone no low — ALARCON DE DER HERNANDO port of his expedition. perhaps, In all probability he was possessed of the idea, obtained, follow would Coronado that Marcos, Friar with ions from conversat ordered he view, in idea a route along the western coast. With this de Alarcon, to call at two vessels, under the command of Hernando Coronado had been which equipment the of all on take and Jalisco with the captaintion communica unable to transport and to keep in on the 9th of sail set Alarcon ly According general, if possible. Catalina, Santa the and May, 1540, in command of the San Pedro He pro** Acapuleo.1 from possibly or from the port of Natividad, learned of the departure he where , Aguaauale of port the to ceeded fleet and he At this point the San Gabriel joined his of Coronado, proceeded up the coast and, after great difficulties in navigation, To the the Gulf of California. owing to powerful currents, entered the flowed wastes, sandy through Ahead, east were high mountains. 80 Colorado of the West. His ships could hardly hold their own, rush of the waters of the great strong was the tide and incoming river. up the river in two small Alarcon finally concluded to proceed With , awaiting his return. boats, leaving the third with hi s ships up stream, ney jour his n bega he twenty men and some small cannon, ‘The le agues the first day): dragging his boats a distance of six : de Cibola, p. 302. o ‘ into re Alé 197 ee report was translated oar a a 198 is not ah ee ed. 1556), and the Spanish 363, : fol. r ari iii, _ (vol. one ¢ sio Ramu , from the which nt accou an gives wig oe " Herrera, however, exist. y of the style, must have nalit perso the from and 0 DEF give t Ramusio’s text The Ramusio text does not tive. a ee from Alarcon’s own narra Acapulco. that the ships sailed from y says ra nan Herre _ n ture. matio depar but his infor idad, Nativ from made - 1e vie plies that the start was second hand. He may have known what one than r pom days north have been bette bade the army farewell, two mane wp ne intended to do, when he ago de put into the port ot Santi aor “ > . Alarcon reports that he bout 1s south of herea coast the on ago ane rai as the only Santi of Colima, H. H. cy ct distri the en of ‘ ies coast is on the poet Ani the fleet probably started , y: States, vol. i, p. 90, says the conclusive av se, suppo I is, who does not mention Herrera, |