Awesome video! I’m working on my family genealogy, and one horseman that accompanied Coronado maybe a relative, or at least we share the same surname. Been reading about this all afternoon, so I recommend the following: A Most Splendid Company by Shirley and Richard Flint’s analytical history, and Spanish Explorations of the Southwest by H. E. Bolton, both are free downloads. Thanks for your video! : )
Nice! The writer, Pedro de Castañeda, who accompanied Coronado, is my 15th great-grandfather! Pretty fun coincidence that we are the exact same number of generations from our connected ancestors.
Fun fact: the reason foreigners thought the tribes had gold, was because the adobe huts were made out of mud and yellow straw. When the sun sets to the West, the reflection bounces off the sides of the adobe straws, creating an optical illusion of shimmering gold
Yes! wonderful coincidences. We all are our great grands descendants. Although we were not there then, here we are now. My 15th Great Grandfather is told of in another video series regarding Desoto and Alabama.
@@Scottadamsfan3481 your the only person in the comments that clearly is offended…by the immature use of your verbiage (Crap) 👈🏼🙄We know our genealogy…do you know yours?
There are a number of people in the comments of many videos with genealogy stories. I would not be surprised if multiple people featured in the videos were in one family tree.
i would like to know how you came up with the date of 1540 .. i have found a rock wall painting of what i believe is Coronado or Cortez it has two dates in front of the painting . 1536 and 1537....? this painting was found in the Superstition Mountains in AZ .i found the site in 2004 and i believe the site to be Cibola ...home of the seven caves ...
Hi Robert, that is a great discovery! My dates come from the translation of the original writings. Outside of thos writings, I have not done any date verification. Your painting might be Cortez related because he was earlier. Quite the find!!!
@@HistoricalContextUSA your correct i do believe it Cortez , the fact he had been seeking silver mines and a few hundred feet away is the lost Tayopa mine ... that was a silver mine , the painting shows him on a horse but looks like he is part of the horse , it shows his high coat and frill neck shirt his hair is back in a bony tail ..those were the only two years that Cortez could have been in the area it is at seven caves site and old Hohokam i believe the site maybe the real Cibola ...i found a volcanic vent blow out on a near by hill sounds a lot like the Cibola when the normal window is up wind from the site .that means if the volcanic blow out blew gold dust it would in fact land on top of the Hohokam village that has been destroyed and is almost totally gone now ,but i have found a chicomoztoc or Olmec shaman stone and a bone knife at the site ...and yes id find gold dust at the site and at the vent area ..
@@HistoricalContextUSA yes treasure net ,under the name Blindbowman . i shared pictures of the shaman stone and the bone knife in my past replies there ..
I'm referring to the links in the description. This is where I share my primary sources. In this case, I'm referring to www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BCGLKQS/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01BCGLKQS
Thank you for your reply. I apologize for missing the reference in the video description. I'll have to get that book. There are a couple of other books about the Coronado expedition that look interesting. One by the University of New Mexico Press and the University Press of Colorado.
@@MrDahrens Thanks for sharing. No worries on missing anything. I'm glad when people ask. I hope you find other episodes interesting as well and reach out about any of my research information.
I'm always skeptical. There are several different legends of treasure in the American southwest, but when using the primary resource test, few pass beyond a single source.
Prickly pear is called tuna in my native tongue. The stuff the Spanish are is good for you, but when you eat the amount they did you will not be able to shit and get all the other symptoms lol
