The marvellous country, or, Three years in Arizona and New Mexico.: Containing an authentic history of this wonderful country and its ancient civilization ... together with a full and complete history of the Apache tribe of Indians .../ By Samuel Woodworth Cozzens. Illustrated by more than one hundred engravings.

ESTEVA PUT TO DEATH.
mighty province, replenished with infinite store of riches;
and in the said kingdom they wear woollen cloth made of
the fleece of animals, and they are a very civil people."
They showed him "a hide half as big again as the hide of
an ox, which belonged to a beast with one horn. The
color of the skin was like that of a goat, and the hair was
a finger long." Father Niza was still fifteen days' journey
from the great city of Cibola, following in the course of the
negro Esteva.
He started once more on the 9th of May, determined to
accomplish the journey without any further delay. He travelled for twelve days, when he met one of the Indians who
had accompanied Esteva, and "in great fright, and covered
with sweat," he hastily informed Father Niza that the
inhabitants of Cibola had seized the negro, and after
imprisoning him, had put him to death, together with
several of the Indians of his party.
This statement greatly disconcerted the good father, who
much feared to put his life in sueh jeopardy. Still, witb
the indomitable pluck that always characterized those earl3
adventurers, he determined to see the great city, if he could
not enter it. To this end he made one more day's jouruey, where, ascending a mountain, he viewed the city.
He says: "It is situated upon the plain at the foot of a
round hill, and maketh show to be a fair city. It is better
seated than any I have seen in these parts. The houses are
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