Palmas, Rio de las, western limit of grant to Narvaez,3,14;mentioned,22,260,264,265,266;direction from, to New Spain,272;direction of, from Espiritu Santo,272.Palmitos, sustenance of Narvaez and his men,25.Palos, Juan de, friar, with Narvaez,25.Panico,268.See alsoPanuco.Pantoja, Juan, ordered by Narvaez to proceed to Trinidad,15;possibly the Pantoja killed by Soto-Mayor,15n.;advises Narvaez,42;made lieutenant,62;killed by Soto-Mayor,63.Pánuco, Narvaez orders ships to find,4;mentioned,63;to be sought by four men of Cabeza de Vaca's party,49;Guzman, governor of,285n.;mention of,385.See alsoPanico.Pánuco River,265n.Papa, title given priests at Zuñi,351.Papagos, tribe of Sonora,348n.Paracoxi, province,153,154,155.Partidos, seduce one hundred and forty men from Narvaez,14.Pasquaro, visited by Mendoza,294.Patent, to Narvaez,3.Pato, Moscoso at,238.Patofa, speech of,168-169.Patoqua, Jemez pueblo,359n.Pawnee Indians, mention of,328n.,337n.,365n.Paz, Augustin de, printer,126.Peace, form of making, at Acoma,312;at Tiguex,319.Pearls, found by De Soto,174;burned at Mauilla,193.Pecos, identification of Cicuye with,329n.;visit of Indians from,310;visited by Alvarado,312;visit of Coronado to,327;siege of,341;route of army to,361n.;description of,355-356;history of,355n.;mention of,359.Pecos River, crossed by Spaniards,99n.,329,338.Pedro, Don, lord of Tescuco, killed,31.Pedro, Indian guide, is baptized,174;regarded with suspicion,176.Pemmican, used by Indians,363.Peñalosa, embarks in open boat,36;repulses Indians,39;overtaken by Cabeza de Vaca,43;reported killed by the Camones,72.Pensacola, Muskhogean territory,21n.Pensacola Bay,38n.,40n.See alsoChuse, Bay of.People of the Figs,79,87.Peru, exploration of,380.Petachan River,seePetlatlan.Petates, or mats used for houses,346,377n.Petlatlan, description of Indian settlement of,346;houses at,346,377n.;mention of,376.Petlatlan, Rio, identification of, with Rio Sinaloa,346n.Petutan River,111,117n.Philip II., king of Spain,288.Philippine Islands, location of isle of negroes in,386n.Piache,seePiachi.Piache River,188,189.Piachi,188n.Picardo, Juan, printer,126.Picones, catfish,349n.Picuris, pueblo of,352n.Pima Indians,115n.,348n.Pimahaitu Indians,115n.Pine Bluff,225n.,248n.Pine nuts, used as food,96,349,350.Piraguas, built by De Soto,225.Piros Indians,104n.;villages of,341n.Pizarro, Hernando, mentioned,135.Plot, against Narvaez,34.Pobares, Francisco, death of,322.Pojoaque, Tewa pueblo,359n.Pontotoc county, Mississippi,195.Porcallo de Figueroa, Vasco, offers provisions to Narvaez,15;keeps his slaves from hanging themselves,142;mentioned,143;is made captain-general, by De Soto,145;is resisted by Indians,146;lodges with Ucita,147;is unable to make seizures of Indians, as slaves,154;and returns to Cuba,154.Pork, allowance of, to De Soto's men,171.Portuguese, with Hernando de Soto, leave Elvas,138;Spanish seek to get among the Portuguese,139.Potano, town,156,162.Pottery, glazed, of Indians,340;where found,340n.;made byIndians,355,361.Prairie de Roane,239n.Prairie dogs, seen by Coronado on great plains,338.Prentiss County, Mississippi,212n.Prickly pears,61n.,66-67,70,71,72,73,74,75-76,77,78,80,81,93,94,96,246.See alsoTuna.Primahaitu Indians,114.Prostitution among the Tahus,344-345.Puaray, settlement upon site of Tiguex,317n.Pueblo Indians,90n.,104n.;rabbit hunts among,98n.;ceremonials of,384.Pueblos, method of building,352.Puerto de Luna,338n.Puerto Principe, town in Cuba,142,143,144.Puje, ruin of pueblo of,340n.Quachichiles,seeGuachichules.Quachita River,238n.Qualla,seeXualla.Querechos Indians, mode of life of,330;description of,362-363.Queres, pueblos of,327n.,352,358n.Quevenes Indians,59,62,85,87.Quigaltam,227;cacique of, sends message to De Soto,229;arouses the latter's suspicions,230;mentioned,235.Quigualtam, Indians of, attack Moscoso,255.Quiguate,213,215,216.SeeAquiguate.Quince juice, use of, as poison antidote,376,381.Quipana, near plains,222n.Quirex, province of, visited by Spaniards,327.Quitok Indians,80n.,87n.Quitoles Indians,87n.Quivira, stories of, told by Turk,313,314;mention of,327;departure of Coronado for,328;stories of Xabe of,329;arrival of Coronado at,336;route to,337n.;Indians of, identified with Wichita Indians,337n.;Coronado returns from,341,342;description of, reference to,362,365,366,367;return to, planned,368;Padilla remains in,372,373n.;death of Padilla at,385;route to,378,385.Quizquiz, De Soto at,202;Indians of, present skins and shawls,202;direction of,271.Rabbits, on the great plains,363;skins of, used for garments,350.Rafts, use of, in crossing Colorado River,304;method of making,304.Ramirez, Fray Juan, establishes mission at Acoma,311n.Ranjel, Narrative by,130;cited,161n.,165n.,166n.,167n.,172n.,175n.,177n.,178n.,185n.,188n.,189n.,194n.,215n.,216n.,217n.,222n.Rau, Charles, translator of Baegert's narrative,346n.Redland,195.Red River,225n.,261n.;Moscoso at,241n.;identification of, with Zuñi River,299n.Relación del Suceso,278;cited,337n.,365n.,367n.Relación Postrera de Síbola,278.Riberos, el Factor, companion of Coronado,293.Rio Grande,99n.,102,103n.,104n.;Indians attempt to cross,323;pueblos near,327n.,335n.;disappearance underground of,341;mention of,339n.,340n.;direction of,359n.,360.Ritchey, W. E., cited,302.River, the,228.River Grande,seeGrande River.Rodriguez, Men., killed at Mauilla,193.Rojas, Juan de, made governor's lieutenant of Cuba,146.Romo, Alfonso, sent in quest of habitations,171;overtakes De Soto,172.Ruiz, Gonçalo, death of,49.Saabedra, Fernandarias de, appointment of,297.Saabedra, H. de, mayor of Culiacan,297,371,372.Sacatecas,seeZacatecas.St. Clement's Point, landing of Narvaez at,19n.St. Francis County, Arkansas,205n.,214n.St. Francis River,213n.,214n.St. Marks, seat of the Apalachee,21n.,30n.St. Marks Bay,33n.,37n.St. Marks River,33n.Saline County,236n.Saline River,236n.Salt, made by Spaniards,218,238;natural crystals of, in Arizona,310;lakes of, on great plains,338,362.Salvidar, Juan de, companion of Coronado,292;explorations of,296;mentioned,299;at Tiguex,319;captures Indian village,324;escape of Indian woman from,339.Samaniego, Lope de, appointed army-master,292;death of,295.San Antonio Bay,58n.San Antonio Cape,143.San Antonio River,74n.San Bernardo River,58n.Sanbenitos, described,334n.,347.Sancti Spiritus, town in Cuba,142,144.Sandia Mountains,352.San Gabriel de los Españoles, settlement of,340n.San Hieronimo de los Corazones, founding of,301;dispatches from,324;disturbance in,326;transferred to Suya,301,326.San Ildefonso, Tewa pueblo,359n.San Juan, Tewa pueblo,340n.,359n.Sanlúcar, Bay of,139.Sanlúcar, muster of De Soto's forces at,139.San Lúcar de Barrameda, port in Spain,3,14n.San Luis, island,57n.San Marcos-Guadalupe River,74n.San Miguel, village,120.San Miguel Culiacan,113n.San Pedro, river in Sonora,371n.Sant Anton, Cape, westernmost point of Cuba,18n.Santa Clara, Tewa pueblo,359n.Santa Fé, seat of provincial government,340n.Santa Maria, Rio,105n.Santander River, called Rio de los Palmas,14n.Santiago, use of, as war cry,300n.,308.Santiago de Cuba, described by the Gentleman of Elvas,140-141;bread there made of a root,141;natural products of,141.Sant Miguel, strait,37.Santo Domingo, Narvaez reaches,14;mentioned,19n.Saquechuma, burned by Indians to deceive De Soto,196.Savannah River,21n.,172n.Sebastian, king,272n.Seminole Indians,19n.Senora,seeSonora.Seri Indians,108n.,301n.Seven Cities,seeCibola.Sheep, Rocky Mountain,305,348.Shongopovi, Hopi pueblo,358n.Shupaulovi, Hopi pueblo,358n.Sia, identification of,327n.,359n.;mention of,359.Sichomovi, Hopi pueblo,358n.Sierra, dies,49.Sierra Madre Mountains,106n.Sign language, used by Querechos,330;by plains Indians,363,363n.Silos, Pueblo de los,356,358n.Silveira, Fernando da, epigram by,133.Silver, reports of, at Quivira,313,314,329;use of, in glazing,340,355,361;mine of, at Culiacan,345.Silver Bluff,172n.Sinaloa, settlement of,347.Sinaloa River,113,117n.,346.Sipsey River,194n.Slavery, Spanish, among the Indians,64;Indian, among the Spaniards,110,114,116,312,329,339;Indians sought by Vasco Porcallo de Figueroa,154;taken by De Soto,160,181,184-185,186,195,205,206,208,209,215,216,217,218,219,222,223,225,227,232;by Moscoso,238,239,242,254;five hundred men and women abandoned,254.Smith, Buckingham,Relation of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca, cited,19n.,24n.,25n.,30n.,31n.,71n.,79n.,90n.,92n.;translation of Oviedo'sLetter,68-70;Coleccion de varios Documentos para la Historia de la Florida, edited by,130.Snakes, worship of,344.Soacatino, guide to, furnished to Moscoso,243;Indians of, report seeing Europeans,243;Moscoso at,244.Sobaipuri,349n.,371n.Socorro,seeAymay.Sodomy, among Pacaxes,345;at Petlatlan,346;at Suya,348;absence of, at Cibola,351.Solis, Alonso de, distributor and assessor, with Narvaez,14;enters Apalachen,28;embarks in open boat,36;is drowned,46.Sonora, Spanish settlement in valley of,301,302;San Hieronimo abandoned for,301,326;description of,347;rebellion at,370-371.Sonora Indians,106n.Sorcery, among Pacaxes,345.Soti, brothers, die at Aminoya,249.Soto, Hernando de, wishes services of Cabeza de Vaca,8,136;Narrative of expedition of, by the Gentleman of Elvas,127-272;geographical knowledge afforded by the Narrative,129;Indian tribes described,129;places mentioned,129;parentage of,135;captain of horse in Peru,135;marries Doña Ysabel de Bobadilla,136;is made governor of Cuba, and Adelantado of Florida,136;members of his company,136-138;sails with six hundred men and seven ships,139;reaches Santiago de Cuba,140;goes to Havana by land,143;lands in Florida,146;lodges with Ucita,147;loses his Indian interpreters,147;sends vessels to Cuba for provisions,154;moves toward Cale, in search of gold,155;finds the town abandoned,155;orders all the ripe grain in the fields to be secured,156;loses three men,156;