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Excerpt from The Marvellous Country: Or, Three Years in Arizona and New Mexico
The Marvels of the New World. Cortez in Mexico. - Mon tezuma's Wealth. The Kingdom of Cibola. - Montezuma's Treasure-house. The Spanish Conqueror's Expedition to Cibola. Father Niza's Exploration in 1535. Coronado's Expedition in 1540. - The Jesuits. Father Kino's Visit to the Country, 1658. The Cross his only Protection; the Wilderness his only Purveyor. The Country. - its In habitants. Their Home. The Arts. Their Manufac tures. Their Flocks and Herds. Gold and Silver Mines. Mining. Diamonds. Rubies. The fire-worship pers. The Establishment of Missions in 1670. The Missions destroyed by the Apaches. Final Abandonment of the Settlements by the Jesuits.
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