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1	Title: Muster Roll Source(s): Majestic Journey: Coronado’s Inland Empire Author(s): Stewart L. Udall (Author) Before Coronado’s expedition into New Mexico, a muster roll was taken describing each traveler in detail. We know a lot about events that day at Compostela— exactly 192 years before George Washington was born in 1732—because Don Antonio had issued an order that each soldier would pass before an inspector and declare his possessions. Thus, diligent sc... Show Keywords:
2	Title: The Wedding of the Louse and the Nit Source(s): La Musica de los Viejitos: Hispano Folk Music of the Rio Grande del Norte Author(s): Abade Martinez, arranger (Musician); Jack Loeffler (Editor) A song the conquistadores may have sung as they marched to New Mexico. The louse and the nit were going to be wed, but marry they couldn't, because there was no bread. chorus: Dee-da-la, dee-da-la, dee-da la dee-da-la, dee-da-la,dee-da-dam A cow calls out, from her corral “Carry on with the wedding, sinc... Show Keywords:
3	Title: Letter from Coronado to Mendoza Source(s): The Journey of Francisco Vásquez de Coronado, 1540-1542 Author(s): Francisco Vásquez de Coronado (Author); George Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) Francisco Vásquez de Coronado wrote this report to Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza describing his expedition into New Mexico in 1540. Ferrando Alvarado came back to tell me that some Indians had met him peaceably, & that two of them were with the army-master waiting for me. I went to them forthwith and gave them some paternosters and some little cloaks, telling them to return to th... Show Keywords:
4	Title: Castañeda's History of the Expedition Source(s): The Journey of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado 1540-1542; Coronado Cuarto Centennial Publications, 1540-1940 Author(s): Pedro de Castañeda (Author); George P. Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) How the Zunis kill the negro Esteban at Cibola, and how Fray Marcos flees in flight. CHAPTER III — How they killed the negro Esteban at Cíbola, and how Fray Marcos returned in flight. When Esteban got away from the said friars, he craved to gain honor and fame in everything and to be credited with the boldness and daring of dis... Show Keywords:
5	Title: Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers Author(s): Kenji Kawano (Author); Thomas H. Begay (Author); Samuel Tom Holiday (Author) A Navajo Code Talker remembers fighting with the Marines in the South Pacific during World War II. Thomas H. Begay, Tsi’ najinii and Ashiihi Clans, was a member of the 5th Marine Division and saw combat on Hawai`i, Enewetak Atoll, Guam, Tinian, Saipan, and Iwo Jima. We were disciplined....I learned to survive combat. The first hour, I was wit... Show Keywords:
6	Title: Truth of a Hopi Author(s): Edmund Nequatewa (Author) Edmund Nequatewa talks about the time when some Hopis refused to send their children to the boarding school at Keams Canyon. How some Hopis resisted sending their children to school and the trouble that resulted. About this time [1883] the [Bureau of Indian Affairs] agency was established at Keams Canyon, and of course the Hopis knew that this meant peace. So all the ch... Show Keywords:
7	Title: Barboncito’s Speech to General Sherman at Fort Sumner Source(s): Dinétah: An Early History of the Navajo People Author(s): Barboncito (Author); Lawrence D. Sundberg (Author) The Navajo leader Barboncito tells General Sherman to release the Navajos from captivity at Fort Sumner. Bringing us here has made many of us die, also a great number of our animals. Our Grandfathers had no idea of living in any other place except our own land, and I don't think it is right for us to do what we were taught not to do. When the Navajo wer... Show Keywords:
8	Title: Acoma Author(s): Southwest Crossroads Spotlight An introduction to the history and culture of the people of Acoma. Tribal elders say that Acoma (sometimes spelled Akome, Acuo, Acuco, Ako and A’ku-me) means “a place that always was.” Archaeologists have found artifacts at digs on Acoma Mesa that speak of prehistoric times. Like its near neighbors Hopi and Zu... Show Keywords:
9	Title: Alvarado’s Route Source(s): Narratives of the Coronado Expedition 1540-1542 Author(s): Don Hernando Alvarado (Author); George P. Hammond (Editor); Agapito Rey (Editor) An account of Don Hernando Alvarado’s travels among the Pueblos in 1540. “We came to an old edifice resembling a fortress; a league farther on we found another one, and a little farther on still another. Beyond these we came to an ancient city, quite large but all in ruins, although a considerable portion of the wall, w... Show Keywords:
10	Title: The Bird Man Source(s): Two Guadalupes: Hispanic Legends and Magic Tales from Northern New Mexico Author(s): Traditional; Marta Weigle (Editor) A traditional Spanish tale about a prince who became a bird and then a king. Once upon a time there lived a king who had three sons. Now the first wife of the king had died and the king had married again. The stepmother of the three boys was very mean. She treated her stepsons very badly. One day she stood in the door of t... Show Keywords:

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