later years and death of,9;goes to find the sea,33;embarks in open boat,36;repulses Indians,39;loses his boat and overtakes Cabeza de Vaca,48;on the mainland,54,55;returns to Malhado,55;accompanies Indians to find walnuts and meets with Cabeza de Vaca,59-60;escapes from slavery,64;escapes from the Yguazes,65;mentioned by Oviedo,69,70;joins Cabeza de Vaca in escape from Indians,71,73;mentioned,72;performs cures among Avavares,78;goes to the Maliacones,80;receives a hawk-bell of copper,95;is presented with over six hundred open hearts of deer,108;rejoins Cabeza de Vaca and attaches himself to a Spanish exploring party,113;returns to Spain,121,125;swears not to divulge certain things he has seen in New Spain,136;a survivor of Narvaez's expedition,288;traces of, found by Coronado,332.Dorantes, Diego, killed by Indians,58,64,69.Double Mountain fork,245n.Dragoon pass, location of,349n.Dreams, respected by the Indians,64;citation from Oviedo regarding,70.Dulchanchellin, Indian chief,27.Eagles, tame, kept by Indians,348,348n.Earthquakes, near Colorado River,325.Elvas, Gentleman of, narrative by,127-272;may have been Alvaro Fernandez,130;related narratives,130-131;bibliography of the Narrative,131-132.Emeralds presented to Cabeza de Vaca,106,108.Enequen, used in making rope,248.Enriquez, Alonso, comptroller of Narvaez's fleet,14;lands on island off Florida coast,19;joins conferences regarding inland exploration,22;embarks with Xuarez in open boat,36;boat of, found bottom up,61;rescued by Narvaez and loses his commission,62;is cast away on the coast,72;is mentioned by Oviedo,70.Espejo, Antonio de, on the Rio Grande,7;cited,102n.;Mexican Indians at Cibola found by,374n.Espíritu Santo, Bay,58n.;mentioned by Oviedo,70.Espiritu Santo, port,153;adjacent country described,169;distance to Palache,188;direction from Apalache,271;distance to Ocute,270;land between the two places,270;direction to Apalache and Rio de las Palmas,272.Espiritu Santo River identified with Mississippi,339n.Esquivel, Hernando de, among Indians,62;informs Figueroa of fate of Narvaez and the others,62-63;feeds on flesh of Soto-Mayor,63;is slain because of a dream,58,64,68;mentioned,72;mentioned by Oviedo,70.Estévanico, with Cabeza de Vaca,4,6;with Fray Marcos de Niza,9;put to death by Zuñis,9;brought by Indians, with Dorantes and Castillo, and meets with Cabeza de Vaca,59;stay of, with the Yguazes,65;escapes from Indians,71,73;performs cures among Avavares,78;goes to the Maliacones,80;cause of death of,95n.;accompanies Alonzo de Castillo on reconnoissance towards Rio Grande,102;is useful in securing information from the Indians,107;accompanies Cabeza de Vaca in search of Spanish exploring party,112;acts as guide,113;mentioned as a survivor of Narvaez's party,126,288;guide for Fray Marcos,275,288-289;death of,275,290.Estrada, Alonzo de, treasurer for New Spain,287.Estremadura,216,341.Estufas, at Braba,341;at Cibola,350,350n.;description of,353.Evora,272.Feathers, trade in,286;use of, in dress,350;symbolism of,384n.Ferdinand, king of Spain,287.Fernandes, Benito, drowned,166.Fernandez, Alvaro, a Portuguese sailor to seek Panuco,49.Fernandez, Alvaro, may have been the Gentleman of Elvas,130.Fernandez, Bartolomé, sailor,22.Fewkes,Aborigines of Porto Rico, cited,19n.Fifteen-Mile Bayou,205n.Figueroa, a native of Toledo, to seek Panuco,49;found by the fugitives from Malhado,58n.,61;relates his experiences,62-63,68;escapes by flight,64;seen by the Avavares,79.Figueroa, Gomez Suarez de, companion of Coronado,293.Figueroa, Vasco Porcallo de,seePorcallo de Figueroa, Vasco.Firebrand, use of, by Indians in travelling,303.Firebrand River,seeColorado.Fish, taken by De Soto,209-210.Fisher County, Texas,245n.Fleet of Narvaez, size of,14;visited by hurricane on southern coast of Cuba,3-4,15-17;brigantine bought in Trinidad,18;another vessel purchased,18.Flint River,164n.Florida, eastern limit of grant to Narvaez,3,14;fleet of Narvaez sights,18;grains, fruits, and nuts of,271;bad character of country of,386.Flowers, use of, in Indian ceremonials,384.Food of Indians,312,333,348,354.Fort Belknap,244n.,245n.Fort Prince George,176n.Fort Smith,222n.Fowls, domestic, among the Indians,348,354.Franciscans, with Narvaez,14;in Cuba,142;in New Spain,288;elect Marcos de Niza father provincial,291.Fruits of Florida,271;of the great plains,364.Fuentes, De Soto's chamberlain, condemned to death,197.Galena,96n.Galeras, Juan, explores Grand Cañon,309.Galicia, New Kingdom of, in New Spain,285n.,286.Galisteo, pueblo of,356,358n.Gallego, Juan, companion of Coronado,292;messenger from Coronado to Mendoza,302;sword of, found in Kansas,302n.;messenger to Coronado,371,372;meets Coronado on his return,375;exploits of,380.Gallegos, Baltasar de, is chief castellan,138;leaves his wife at Havana,146;at the town of Ucita,147;sent into the country,148;returns with a survivor of the party of Narvaez,149;is sent to the province of Paracoxi,154;hears speech on part of the absent cacique, asks where gold may be found,154;sent in quest of habitations,171;in affray with Indians at Mauilla,190;responds to De Soto's dying speech,233.Galveston Island, resembles Malhado, in certain particulars,57n.Gamez, Juan de, killed at Mauilla,193.Gaytan, Juan, takes an Indian boy of Yupaha,164.Giant Indians,302,304.Gibraleon, mentioned,125.Gifts, exchange of, on Cabeza de Vaca's line of march,97n.Giralda, great tower of Seville,309n.Giusiwá, a Jemez pueblo,359n.Goat, mountain, seen by Spaniards,304,305,348.Gold, sought by the Spaniards,21-22,145,154,164,180,181,205,212;traces of, found,19,21,111;tales of, at Quivira,328,329;discovered at Suya,371.Gomera, one of the Canary Islands,139.Gorbalan, Francisco, companion of Coronado,293.Government of Indians,308,347,351.Granada, Coronado's name for Hawikuh,277,300n.Grand or Neosho River,217n.Grand Cañon, discovery of,309.Grande River,201,202,205,208,209,215,224,227,245,246,247,248,249,270,271.See alsoMississippi River.Grapes, wild, found by Coronado,334,338.Graves, at Tutahaco,384.Great plains, Spaniards lost on,336;description of,362.Great River, the,202.SeeMississippi River and Grande River.Greene County, Alabama,189n.Grey Friars, origin of name,385n.Guacay, distance of, to Daycao,270-271;nature of the country,271.Guachichules, Indians,385.Guachoya, De Soto reaches,227;cacique of, comes to him,227;makes an address,228;and assists in attack of Nilco,231;death of De Soto at,233;Spaniards leave,236;mentioned,245,248;cacique of, plots against Moscoso,251;exposes plot of caciques of Nilco and Taguanate,252;and kills Indians of Nilco,252;direction of,271.Guadalajara, beginning of,285n.,287.Guadalaxara,seeGuadalajara.Guadiana, Spanish river,341.Guaes, province near Quivira,328,328n.,364.Guahate, province, mentioned,222.Guaniguanico, storm at,18.Guasco,seeWaco.Guatemala, conquered by Alvarado,380.Guaxulle, De Soto at,177;mentioned,178.Guayaba tree,141.Guaycones Indians,87.Guaymas Indians,108n.Guevara, Diego de, captures Indian village,324.Guevara, Juan de, appointment of son of,292.Guevara, Pedro de, appointed captain,292.Guevenes Indians,59n.Gutierres, Diego, appointed captain,292.Gutierrez, Juan,seeXuarez, Juan, and14n.Guzman, Diego de,111.Guzman, Francisco de, goes away with his Indian concubine,238.Guzman, Juan de, made captain of infantry,164;crosses Mississippi with infantry,204;sent against Indians,231,256;is taken by them,257.Guzman, Nuño de, position of, in New Spain,285;career of,285n.;cruelty to natives,285n.;expedition of, to the Seven Cities,286;Culiacan settled by,276,287;imprisonment of,287.Hacanac, cacique of, gives battle,239.Hailstones, in Coronado's camp,333.Hair dress, of pueblo women,350.Halona, Zuñi pueblo,358n.;excavations at,351n.Hano, Hopi pueblo,358n.Hans Indians,54,87.Hapaluya, De Soto passes,160.Harahey, identification of,328n.,365n.Havana, fleet of Narvaez nears,18;Miruelo to return to, if harbor is not found,20;Cabeza de Vaca at,121,122;mentioned,125,142.Hawikuh, scene of Estévan's death,275;called Granada by Coronado,277,300n.;history of,300n.,358n.Haxa or Haya, settlement near Mississippi River,330,331.Hearts, town of,7,108n.SeeCorazones, Pueblo de los.Hearts of animals, as food,301.Hearts Valley,seeCorazones.Hemes,seeJemez.Hempstead County,240n.Henry, cardinal, archbishop of Evora,272.Hermosillo,109n.Hewett, on Pecos,355n.Hirriga, town of Ucita,147n.Hodge, F. W.,11,280;on route of Coronado,337n.Hope, camp near,239n.Hopi, tribal name of Indians at Tusayan,307n.;as cotton growers,308n.;pottery of,340n.;tame eagles of,348n.;hair dress of women,350n.;population of pueblos of,351n.;pueblos of,358n.Hornachos, mentioned,124.Hornaday, W. T., on wool of bison,383n.Horseflesh, eaten by Spaniards,27,35,36,253.Horses, Bay of,37n.,162n.See alsoCaballeros, Bahia de.Horses, fear of Indians of,386.Houses of Indians,165,346,350,356,364.Huelva, Diego de, killed by Indians,58,64.Huhasene, an Indian chief,255.Iguaces Indians,61n.Inca, the,seeVega, Garcilaso de la.India, believed to be connected with America,343,360.Indian Bay,253n."Indian giving,"100n.Indians, stature and proportions of,32;fine archery of,32;customs of, at Malhado,54;weeping of,54n.;as a sign of obedience,241,242-243;barter among,56-57;subsist on walnuts,59-60;eat prickly pears three months of the year,60-61;kill even their male children,64,70;have great reverence for dreams,70;call Spaniards children of the sun,78;marriage relations of,83;methods of warfare of,84-86;nations and tongues of, beyond Malhado,86;peculiar customs of, in drinking a tea of certain leaves,87-88;method of, in preparing flour of mesquite,89;plunder those who welcome Cabeza de Vaca,91,92;and plunder one another,97;rabbit hunts of,98;eat spiders and worms,98;offer all they have to Cabeza de Vaca,99;women of, may negotiate in war,100,102;chastise children for weeping,101;have fixed dwellings,102;go naked,103;eat powder of straw,106;languages of,107;believe Spaniards are from heaven,107;women of, wear grass and straw,108;worship the sun,107-108;promise to be Christians,118;and to build churches,119;worship the devil with blood sacrifices,151;approach, playing on flutes,158,183,189;costumes of,166;have abundance of meat at Ocute,168;description of, at Cutifachiqui,173-174;mortuary customs of,234,351;described by the Gentleman of Elvas,272;use poisoned arrows,326,371.Intoxication, among Indians,66.Iron,93n.,95n.Isleta,358n.Jacona,359n.Jagua, Cabeza de Vaca at,17n.;Narvaez reaches with a pilot,18.Jaramillo, Juan, narrative of,279,337n.,365n.Jefferson County,225n.Jemez, pueblos of,339n.,352,359n.;visited by Barrionuevo,339.Jeréz de la Frontera,3.John III., king,272n.Juamanos Indians,102n.,103n.;know something of Christianity,102n.;the Cow nation,103;method of cooking among,104-105;have fixed residences,112.Juana, Queen of Spain,292.Kansas, description of,364.Karankawan Indians,51n.,57n.,