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239 JUAN aAIiliOGO'S SJABBR 2S9 t- of Gallego; and here is verbatim the langi^age coa- tnhiied la v(dume X, l4tb Aunual fSeport of th^ Bureau of Bthil0logir;'pafi:e-484: "Abauithe middle of Octo- ber,, Captain ^elchior Diaz and. Juan Gaij^bgo came from Cibckla, Juan Gallego, on his ' jf ay to New S^pain. ' ' Also, "after Meleliior i)iaz and Juan GallbgO' had arrived in the town of Sonora, it was ai;inounced that the ariny was to depart for Cibola; ^elchior DiW was to remain in charge of that town v?itii eighty men; that Juan Gallego, was going tOy New Spain with missives for the vieeroy^ and that E^iar Marcos was going bacik with him; because he did not think it was safe for him to stay in Cibola, seeing thafc his re- port had turned oiit to; be entirely false." The fact of Father Marcos returning back to New Spain with Gtallego surely makes the date the middle of October, 1540. Of course, it was possible for Gallego to get back from New Spain so as to take part in the expei- dition the following spring. But did he? Was it not a strange co-incident that a sword had been awarded to Ysopete before it was known of the one on exhibi- tion atTopeka? Another remarkable' thing about the saber is its being found in Finney county, for in aU probability that was the route gone over on their re- turn home. It is understood that the next performance is to be the principal event of the day, for by the use of the bow and arrow these people are able to exist, and when nature compels something, rest assured it wUl be acquired. The targets are stuffed buffalos, there being ten; that number is necessary to accommodate the num-