1. Chapter 5: The Search for Empire Lesson: 2 The Quest for Gold and Glory

2. Coronado Explores the Plains Cabeza de Vaca returns to Mexico. He reports to the viceroy of New Spain of hearing stories of riches. Cabeza de Vaca

3. Viceroy-an official who rules in the name of the king or queen. Coronado Explores the Plains

4. Coronado Sets Out in Search of Gold Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza organized an expedition to investigate the stories of riches.

5. Francisco Vasquez de Coronado- conquistador leader of expedition. Coronado’s Expedition Coronado Sets Out in Search of Gold

7. Coronado, young nobleman, who was a governor of a province in New Spain. Province-a district of a colony or country; similar to a state. Coronado Sets Out in Search of Gold

9. Feb. 1540: Coronado sets out with 300 solders, several hundred natives, a herd of sheep and cattle to find Cibola. Cibola-legendary city of gold. 1,250 mile journey. Coronado Sets Out in Search of Gold

10. June 1540: reach a Zuni settlement which he thought was Cibola. Zuni were a Puebloan people living in present day New Mexico. Instead of gold they found adobe buildings. Coronado Sets Out in Search of Gold

11. Coronado refused to give up. –Sent out small search parties. –One group saw the Grand Canyon. –No gold! He decided to head east, met a Pawnee whom they called Turk. A Failed Mission

12. Turk told them of riches at a place known as Quivira. Turk will serve as the expedition’s guide. A Failed Mission

13. Traveled across Texas Panhandle Llano Estacado Humpbacked cow. Buffalo A Failed Mission

14. Caprock Escarpment Palo Duro Canyon A Failed Mission

15. Reached “Quivira” in present-day Kansas. Found only grass huts and corn. A Failed Mission

16. Turk confesses the story was a lie to make the explorers leave. Coronado executes Turk. 1542: Returns to Mexico, expedition seen as a failure. A Failed Mission

17. Moscoso Reaches East Texas Hernando de Soto explores for Cibola to the East. Two years exploring SE U.S. May 1542: dies of a fever. Hernando de Soto

19. Moscoso Reaches East Texas Moscoso Alvarado assumes command. Finds no treasure, decides to return to Mexico. Led explorers into East Texas where they met the Caddo Indians.

20. Moscoso Reaches East Texas Returned to the Mississippi River and made boats. 1543: 300 of 600 original explorers reach Mexico. Expedition considered a failure.

21. Moscoso Explores East Texas Spanish terminated explorations in Texas after failing to find gold. Terminate-to end.

22. 1598: Juan de Onate led an expedition to found a settlement along the upper Rio Grande. –600 people –83 wagons –7,000 animals Spaniards Settle on the Rio Grande

23. Claimed the Rio Grande Valley for Spain. Follows the Rio Grande north into present day New Mexico. Founded settlements including Santa Fe (1609) Spaniards Settle on the Rio Grande