61n.Kaw or Kansa Indians,328n.,364n.Kiakima, Zuñi pueblo,358n.Kyanawe, Zuñi pueblo,358n.Lacane, Moscoso at,242.Lake Michigamia,214n.Lakes, near Apalachen,29.Lanegados Indians, hold Castillo captive,71.Lara, Alonso Manrique de, companion of Coronado,293.Las Navas de Tolosa, battle of,3.La Vaca, Bay,58n.League, Spanish,22n.Lee County, Arkansas,214n.Lenox Library, manuscript of Castañeda in,277.Leopard,seeWildcat.Lewis, T. Hayes,132.Lions,seeMountain lions.Lisbon,123.Little Red River,216n.Little River,240n.Little Tennessee River,177n.Little Valley, settlement of,347.Llano River,95n.Lobillo, Juan Rodriguez, at court,135;sent by De Soto into the country,148;returns with four Indian women,149;sent in quest of habitations,171;overtakes De Soto,172.Lopez, Diego, death of,49.Lopez, Diego, appointed captain,292;succeeds Samaniego,296;adventure of, at Tiguex,319;visits Haxa,331.Lopez de Cardenas, G.,seeCardenas.Lowery, Woodbury,Spanish Settlements, 1513-1561, cited,19n.Luis, Friar,seeDescalona.Lusitanians, characterized,134.Mabila,seeMauilla.Macaco,150n.Macanoche, presented to De Soto,213.Maçaque,seeMatsaki.McGee, W. J., account of Seri Indians,301n.Magdalena River,33.Mago, a poisonous tree,108n.Maize, shown by Indians to Narvaez,21;found under cultivation,22,25;little seen by Cabeza de Vaca on march to Apalachen,28;is found growing in that place,28,29;secured with difficulty from Indians,35;mentioned,94,96,102,103,104,105,108,110,113,114,247,248,271.See alsoCorn.Malapaz, town,156.Maldonado, Doña Aldonça,125.Maldonado, Alonzo del Castillo,seeCastillo Maldonado, Alonzo del.Maldonado, Francisco, ordered to the coast,163;sent to Havana,163;at Ochuse,193;mentioned,175,204.Maldonado, Rodrigo, appointed captain,292;visits seacoast,301;Indians attack camp of,323;receives gift of buffalo skins,332;horse of, injures Coronado,368.Malhado Island, Spaniards at,5-6;named by Cabeza de Vaca,50;identification of,57n.;Christians leave, losing a part of their number,61;mentioned,72.Maliacones Indians,80,87.See alsoMalicones Indians.Malicones Indians,76n.See alsoMaliacones Indians.Mallery, Garrick, on sign language,363n.Mallets, use of, as weapons by Indians,321.Mamei, a fruit,141.Mançano, is lost,186.Mantelets of thread, found at Apalachen,28.Marcos, Fray,seeNiza.Margaridetos, a kind of bead,226.Mariames Indians, kill even their male children and cast away their daughters,64;mentioned,87.Marian Indians,61.Marjoram, wild,338,349,364.Marquis, Isle of the, name of, given to lower California,304,304n.Marriage, among the Tahus,344;at Cibola,350;at Tiguex,353.Mats, used in building houses,346,357n.Matsaki, Zuñi pueblo,315n.;description of,315-316,350;mentioned,358n.Mauilla, De Soto at,189;encounter with the Indians at,190-193;mentioned,195.Mayayes Indians,54n.Maye, cacique of, gives battle,239.Mayo Indians,346n.Meal, sacred, use of,307n.Meat, scarcity of, among De Soto's men,167-168.Meirinho,seeTapile.Melgosa, Pablo de, appointed captain,293;explores Colorado River Cañons,309;at Tiguex,319.Melons, native American,348.Memphis, near place of De Soto's crossing of the Mississippi,204n.Mendez, to seek Panuco,49;taken by Indians,58,62.Mendica Indians,87.Mendoza, Antonio de, first viceroy of New Spain,121n.,281n.;learns of the arrival of De Soto's men at Panuco,267;receives them at Mexico,269;appoints Coronado governor of New Galicia,287;plans expedition to Cibola,275,281;gives command to Coronado,275,281,291;names Compostela as rendezvous,293;addresses soldiers at Compostela,294;returns to New Spain,295;mentioned,296,297,302,326;letter of, relating progress of expedition,277;Coronado receives messages from,367;mentioned,377;disappointment of, over failure of expedition,378.Mesa, Spanish soldier,376.Mesquite flour,89.Mestitam, Mexico,268.Mexico,97n.;Cabeza de Vaca at,120,121;Moscoso at,269.Miakka River,150n.Michoacan, province in New Spain,286;journey of Mendoza through,294.Mico River,228.Mills, at Tiguex,354.Mindeleff, V., on pueblo architecture,354n.Miruelo, pilot,18,20.Mishongnovi, Hopi pueblo,358n.Mississippi River, reached by Narvaez and Cabeza de Vaca,41;the Great River,202;De Soto crosses,204;nature of country of, from Aquixo to Pacaha and Coligoa,270;described by Indians,330;reference to,339;description of,365;mentioned,385,386.See alsoGrande River, Great River, and Espiritu Santo River.Mobile,40n.Mochilagua, settlement of,347.Mochilla, presented to De Soto,213.Mocoço, town of,150n.;speech of cacique of, to De Soto,153.Moçulixa,194n.Monroe County, Arkansas,253n.Monroe County, Mississippi,195.Montejo, feats of, in Tabasco,380.Mortar, substitute for, among Indians,352.Moscoso de Alvarado, Luis, direction pursued by,131;mentioned,135;joins De Soto at Seville,137;is master of the camp,146;lodges with Ucita,147;at Cale,156;overtakes De Soto,157;sent forward to Tastaluça,187;advises a halt,189;fails to keep a careful watch over the Indians at Chicaça,197;succeeds De Soto as governor,233;holds a conference,235-236;leaves Guachoya,236;at Chaguate,236-237;at Aguacay,238;at Naguatex,240-242;reaches the Red River,241;hangs his Indian guides,242;marches from Nondaco,243;encounter with Indians at Aays,243;hears of other Europeans seen by the Indians of Soacatino,243;decides that reports are false,244;holds a council and decides to return to Nilco,245-246;causes resentment among his followers,247;reaches Nilco,248;goes to Aminoya,249;directs the building of brigantines,250;learns of Indian plot,251;commands that right hands of thirty Indians be cut off,252;mutilates other Indians,252;proceeds against Taguanate,253;embarks with his followers,253-254;is attacked by Indians,255-259;puts out to sea,261;is separated from the other brigantines,263;after fifty-two days reaches the river Panico,265-266;is received at the town of the same name,267;and at Mexico,269.Mosquitos,67,263.Meta Padilla, M. de la, cited,356n.,365n.,366n.Mountain lions, in Chichilticalli,349;in Cibola,350.Mountains seen by Cabeza de Vaca,92n.Mud Island,57n.Mulberries, wild,334,364.Musetti, Juan Pedro, book merchant,126.Musical instruments of Indians,312,354.Muskhogean tribes,21n.Naçacahoz, Moscoso at,244.Naguatex, mentioned,238;Indian advance at,239;cacique of, addresses Moscoso,241;found full of maize,247;pottery made at,247.Najera, birthplace of Castañeda,276.Nambe, Tewa pueblo,359n.Napetaca, engagement at, between De Soto and the Indians,158.Naquiscoça, Moscoso at,244.Narvaez, Pámfilo de, receives grant,3;sets sail,3,14;failure of his expedition,7;size of his fleet,14;reaches Santo Domingo where one hundred and forty men desert,14;arrives at Santiago de Cuba,15;loses ten of his ships and sixty men in storm at Trinidad,3-4,15-17;major portion of his fleet reach Trinidad and winter there,17;at Xagua,17;sights Florida,18;reaches the mainland,19;takes possession of country in the royal name,4,19-20;explores inland,20,21;holds conference regarding further penetration of interior,22;takes up march into country, with three hundred men,4,25;accepts Indian allies against the Apalachees,26-27;takes Apalachen,28;departs for Aute,31;attacked by Indians,31;reaches Aute,32;departs from Aute,33;calls a council, which decides to build vessels in which to get away,34-36;loses ten men killed by Indians, and forty, who die of disease,36;leaves Bay of Horses, and meets with many privations,37-38;lands and is wounded by Indians,38-39;embarks once more and proceeds along the coast,39-41;reaches the Mississippi,41;exhibits selfishness in saving his life,42;fate of, narrated by Esquivel,62;mentioned by Oviedo,70;is carried out to sea,72;fate of his voyage foretold,124;his Panuco fleet,124-125;mentioned,157,288;skulls of his horses found at Ochete,162;his disaster frightens the followers of Moscoso,248;survivors of his expedition return to New Spain,288.Natividad, departure of Alarcon from,294.Nebraska, description of,364.Negroes, island of,386.Negroes, with Coronado,333.Neosho River,217n.New Albany,200n.Newfoundland, Spanish name for,343n.,360.New Galicia, province of New Spain,113,285n.,286,344;Coronado appointed governor of,287;Coronado deprived of governorship of,378.New Spain, mentioned,124,254;direction from Rio de las Palmas,272.Nicalasa, an Indian chief,195n.Nilco, mentioned,224,225,228,230,231;De Soto at,226;most populous town that was seen in Florida,226;attacked, by orders of De Soto,230-232;cacique of, plots against Moscoso,251;and comes to make excuses,252.Nilco, river of, De Soto crosses,227.Nissohone, a poor province,242;a woman of, acts as guide to Moscoso,242.Niza, Marcos de, expedition of, to Cibola,9,275,288-290;narrative of,277,290n.;reports of, verified by Diaz,277,296;made father provincial of Franciscans,291;sermon of,298;mentioned,300;return of, to Mexico,302.Nondacao, reported to have plenty of maize,242;mentioned,243.North Carolina,176n.Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar.SeeCabeza de Vaca, Alvar Nuñez.Nuño de Guzman,116,119,120.Nut pine,96.Nuts,271.Oaxaca, Marqués del Valle de, title given to Cortes,286n.Ochete, skulls of horses found at,162.Ochus, province,163;mentioned,175.Ochuse, Maldonado at,193.Ocilla River, boundary of Muskhogean territory,21n.Oçita,seeUcita.Ocmulgee River,166n.Oconna-Luftee River,176n.,177n.Oconee River,167n.Ocute, described to De Soto,167;De Soto at,167,168;mentioned,179;land is fertile,270;distance to Cutifachiqui,270.Ogechee River,170n.Ohoopee River,170n.Oñate, Christobal de, governor of New Galicia, entertains Coronado,294.Oñate, Count of, nephew of, appointed captain,292.Oñate, Juan de, settlement made at Yukiwingge by,340n.Opata Indians,305n.,348n.;poisoned arrows of,326n.;mentioned,376n.Opossum, first allusion to,29n.Oraibi, Hopi pueblo,358n.Ortiz, Juan, rescued by De Soto,10;found by De Gallegos,149;his adventures among the Indians,149-152;reports Indian plan to attack De Soto,158;acts as interpreter,170;not to speak of Maldonado's proximity,193;secures release of Osorio and Fuentes,197;dies at Autiamque,224.Osorio, Antonio, ascends river at Pacaha with five men,210,211.Osorio, Francisco, condemned to death by De Soto,197.Otter,350,357.Ovando, Francisco de, companion of Coronado,292;treatment of, by Indians,354.Oviedo, Gonzalo Fernández de, edits report to Audiencia of Española,8,10;edition cited,21n.,25n.,31n.,39n.,68-70,92n.,112n.Oviedo, Lope de, at Malhado,6;deserts,6;among the Indians,44-45;rescued by Cabeza de Vaca,57;returns, through fear,59.Oxitipar, district of, in New Spain,285.Oyster creek,57n.Oysters, found by Cabeza de Vaca,33.Pacaha, sought by De Soto for its gold,205,208;probably to be located in the vicinity of Osceola, in Arkansas,209n.;De Soto at,209-213;cacique of, flees from De Soto,210;is brought to the governor and submits to him,211;and accepts friendship of the cacique of Casqui,212;distance to Aquiguate,215;mentioned,227,270;direction of,271.Pacaxes, a tribe in Culiacan,345.Padilla, Juan de, companion of Alvarado,279;accompanies Tovar to Tusayan,307;remains in Quivira,372;death of,364,373,385.Pafalya,194.Pajarito Park,340n.Palachen,22n.Palacios, death of,49.Palisema, De Soto in,216.