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Coronado’s Return to New Spain.

SUMMARY

The history of Kansas begins with the first exploration of this country by white men nearly four hundred years ago. Spain was the first nation to explore the New World. The chief purpose of the Spaniards was to find gold. They had heard from the Indians of rich cities to the northward, and when Cabeza de Vaca told them similar tales the people of New Spain decided to explore the country. They sent Coronado with a large army on a journey of exploration lasting two years. He failed to find gold, but his expedition is of interest because he was the first white man known to have traversed what is now Kansas.

REFERENCES

 Prentis, History of Kansas, pp. 1-23.

 Foster, A History of the United States, p. 29.

 Spring, Kansas, pp. 17-19.

 Andreas, History of Kansas, pp. 44-45.

 Bourne, Spain in America (vol. III, of The American Nation, a History).

 Blackmar, Kansas, Selected Topics.

 Historical Collections, vol. VII, pp. 20, 40, 268, 573; vol. VIII, p. 152; vol. X, p. 68; vol. XII, p. 219.