Francisco Vázquez de Coronado

Picture a vast scope stretching from the Red River Basin to the Plains of Colorado to the Arkansas River to the Rio Grande. Envision the diverse groups of Natives that live on the land peacefully. Imagine the golden Pueblos of the Acoma Indians, the Hogan huts of the Navajo, and the wiki-ups of the Lipan. Then imagine this picturesque view shattered by European imperialism. The Europeans during the 16th and 17th centuries took several different approaches to the New World. The French saw…

the Island in the play. It is significant to the American experience because the term “Brave New World” is used to describe the unexplored and the economically rich, which to them was almost another planet to explore and exploit. Samuel De Champlain: Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer who is credited with the discovery of Lake Champlain and the founding of “New France” or the city of Quebec in 1608. He is significant to the American Experience because he founded one of the first major…

migrated from Texas and Mexico to find a new home elsewhere. They traveled for years settling in Oklahoma, Kansas, and parts of Nebraska around 1750 C.E. (“Pawnee Tribe History, Facts, and Culture”). Around the 1540s, Spanish explorer, Francisco Vazquez de Coronado, reported that the Pawnee tribe had “large and organized farming and hunting villages, situated along rivers” (“Native Americans House”). The tribe lived in permanent villages for most of the year. In addition to living on rivers,…

historian to tell that some of the old Spanish cities have been in America long before the “American Dream” was even thought of. Something I didn’t mention earlier is that I am related to the first European explorer to set foot in Kansas. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a Spanish Conquistador around the 1500’s, who after exploring, married and spent the rest of his years in Mexico City, Mexico (biography.com). My mother was working on our family tree and happened to come across his name. He is…