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173 PRESENTING CHIEF WITH GJPTG. l73 ing in liie breeze, all oiE which was a sight that awe^ the chief and his army; for up to tliis time they h»d never conceived such a wonder fal display; but the chief had been informed of the flying animal aifi.:0M as of the bows which shot fire, also of the m^c clothes which a,n arrow would not peiietrate; and thus he was not as non-plussed as he would have been had he not been advised. Goronado, Alonso and Jaramillo aad^ Friar Juan de Padilla ride* toward the ■ chief, saluting him in military style. By the instruction of Ysopete, Alonso has learned the sign of friendship as understood by the "Kansans." This he has conveyed to his companions, so that aU salute the chief by the salutation sign of friendship, which he understood, and by reason thereof was pacified and convinced of the friendliness of the strangers; and to further demonstrate the desire of the white men for peace, the commander presented the chief with a pair of brass bracelets, which Goronado placed on the two wrists of the big Indian chief; and althoujjh these or- > naments cost about two dollars, yet owing to the bur- 1 nish and remarkable brilliancy of the metal, the native |
 * who had never seen the like before, thought them |

very precious. Then Father Juan de PadDla took! a necklace of colored beads with a cross pendant of some white metal, which was put around, thai chief's neck. The holy man placed the emblem of Ghrist reverently about the person of the chief, whose people he desired to bring to the cross, and with it the priest with uplifted hands, face toward heaven, offered up a fervent prayer to the Son of God to assist him in converting tlicsc pornk-: and it was impressive