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History of the Pacific States of North America (20); Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming. 1890
History of the Pacific States of North America Nevada Colorado and Wyoming 1890 - 20 Author:Hubert Howe Bancroft Volume: 20 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1890 Original Publisher: A.L. Bancroft Subjects: Pacific States Mexico Central America British Columbia History / Canada / General History / Latin America / Central America History / Latin America / Mexico Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprin... more »t of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II. EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS. 1540-1833. Approach or Coronado's Expedition, And Especially Of Pedro De Tobae -- Partt Of Spaniards Under Anza -- Wanderings Of Father Francisco Garces -- Peter Font's Journal And Map -- Mythical Streams -- Other Ancient Maps -- Approach Of Domin- Guez And Escalante To Nevada -- Peter Skeen Ooden For Thk Hudson's Bay Company -- Discovery Of Mary Or Ogden River -- Advent Of Free Trappers -- Hknry, Ashley, Bridger, And Green -- Expedition To California Of Jedediah S. Smith -- Nevada TravErsed From West To East -- Influx Of Trappers From The North -- The Wolfskill Expedition -- Parties Under Nidever, Frapp, And Wyatt -- Encounter With The Savages -- Joseph Walker's Visit To California And Return -- Ill-treatment Of Indians -- Meek's Statement -- Something Of Carson And Beckwourth. In my History of Utah and elsewhere I make mention of the visit of Pedro de Tobar, of Coronado's expedition of 1540, to the Moqui villages, then called Tusayan, where he heard of a large river to the north and west. I have told how, when Tobar returned to Cibola, or Zuni, where the army rested, Captain Garcia Lopez de Cardenas set out with twelve men to explore said river. Some say the direction he took from Moqui was westerly; some intimate it was to the north of west; I am inclined to the latter view. In either event it is not probable that the territory now called Nevada...« less