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74 74 THE Kansas' INDIAN guide, was very plentiful. This made the Spaniards crazy with the desire to restch the goal of gold. The seven cities of Cibola had been exploited and found wanting, hence became eclipsed by the promise of wealth in this promising country, Quivira. So all was ex- citement when the general announced his intention of personally conducting an expedition with the whole of his army to the new province of Quivira and camp was struck April 23rd, 1541. Most of the sol- diers still had visions of wealth untold. The army was guided by Turk, a Pawnee, and another Indian named by the Spaniards "Ysopete," who was a Kansas Indian, having been captured and brought to Bernalillo. It is known for certain tiiat they went thr'ough the city of Pecos, and assuredly they traversed the south bank of the Canadian river in TexaSj until they reached a point east of the town of Mora in the Indian Territory. The river was crossed here, and inasmuch as the Indian guides had bwt their bearing they then went nearly due north aatil th«y reached Barber County, Kansas; from whence they traveled northeast until a point was reached somewhere near Hutchinson, or about fifty miles northwest of Wichita.