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42 42 BLACK MAN EEMINDERS. Moor had had so many experiences in his long life with the other three that he was undaunted, so he continued on until the first city of Cibola was reached, but instead of being allowed to awe the officers of the city, he, himself, was arrested, aU the turquoises and other articles which he had extorted from the Indians were taken from him, and he was then incarcerated with his Indian guides for the night without food. The next morning Stephen tried to escape, but he was killed, and to this day the legends of that coun- try commemorate the event, and particularly by names which survive; e. g., in the northwest corner of Apache county i.T found "Lana Negro"; also twen- ty-five miles south is "La Vaca," southwest from these are the "Black Hills," and the south boundary of the country is the "Black river"; then there was for- merly a town called "Kiakima," or "Black Mexican," the ruins of which are stUl to be seen. It must be remarked that although the above names were on one map of Arfzona, yet when a later one was examined, no such names could be found, especially the first two, which are the most important ones. For the purpose of this narrative it should be remembered that although the JBarbary Negro ]tiad done no overt acts ill this first city of Cibola, yet the news of his concluci; iVad gone before. It must not be supposed tliat in those days there were not messengers, for it is freqiK'"'tly i"ecf»i'ded that Iridian runners thought notliitiR of cKvefihg from .elj^hty to.onehua^ired mile* iaadivy;**o word had preceded the negro, telling of Ij.s uni>oc-oaiio(conduct, and this people could not be hn»uttii»ljod by liin *'hocu« pocus" scheme, fi»r,