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Show THE SEARCH FOR DINETAH 67 Rio Grande, and probably from Hopi. There were also six other clans. To the Spaniards, and later the Americans, the large number of clans was confusing. Both groups thought only in terms of "Indians" or, at best, "Navajos." They did know how important a Navajo's clan really was. When Coronado marched on Zuni in 1540, he saw smoke signals from the mesa and mountain tops around him. It is generally agreed that these were signs of Navajos. Later the People often joined Pueblo groups to fight the Spaniards. They seem to have had special, if unclear, ties with Zuni. At first, Spaniards saw only Navajo smoke signals. Unseen, curious Navajos watched the mounted troops from mesa tops. Soon, however, the "marchers" (Naakaii) and the Navajos would meet face to face. / |