#24 The Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest Part 2
The History of the Americans
Jack Henneman
4.9 • 632 Ratings
🗓️ 5 June 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
In this episode we conclude the story of the Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest. By the spring of 1540, a few hundred Spaniards, a few free and enslaved Blacks, perhaps a thousand Indios Amigos – literally, friendly and free Indians – hundreds of horses, and herds of cattle, sheep, and pigs, were making their way up the west coast of Mexico aiming for supposed riches of Arizona and New Mexico, all on the basis of a massive intelligence failure. There were no Seven Cities of Gold, but Coronado and his men would be the first Europeans to see the Grand Canyon and they would name Texas, which ain’t nothing.
Selected references for this episode
George Parker Winship, The Journey of Coronado, 1540-1542
F. S. Dellenbaugh, “The True Route of Coronado’s March”
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the History of the Americans podcast, Episode 24. |
| 0:10.1 | I'm your host, Jack Heneman. |
| 0:12.6 | And today we are concluding the story of the Coronado Entrada into the American Southwest. |
| 0:18.7 | I'm recording this episode very early in the morning on June 5th, |
| 0:23.2 | 2021 in Austin, Texas. I'm again a bit tardy this week, having recently had more than the usual |
| 0:30.6 | paying work obligations. I may yet have to make good and my threat to take a week off, |
| 0:37.2 | but I love the momentum we have now, more than 16,000 downloads. I may yet have to make good and my threat to take a week off. |
| 0:42.2 | But I love the momentum we have now, more than 16,000 downloads and listens. |
| 0:43.6 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:45.9 | And I'm loath to put on the brakes. |
| 0:48.5 | Sanity shall return at some point. |
| 0:54.0 | In the meantime, thank you again for listening, and please consider writing a review on Apple or your favorite podcast platform. |
| 0:57.6 | During the last two episodes on the timeline, we have looked at the advanced team work for the Coronado Expedition, |
| 1:04.8 | particularly the reconnaissance mission of friar Marcos Denisa, who, for reasons that remain unclear, to me at least, |
| 1:12.6 | grossly overstated the conquest potential of the American Southwest. |
| 1:17.6 | The Good Brothers report, and especially the tall tales he seems to have spun in the taverns |
| 1:23.6 | of Mexico City, created great excitement among Mexico's Spanish leadership, and catalyzed an |
| 1:30.5 | invasion for exploration, the Spanish term being Entrada. |
| 1:35.8 | Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza, the normally sober and deliberative top dog in Mexico City, |
| 1:42.6 | rounded up as protege, the young and decidedly dashing Francisco |
| 1:46.5 | Vasquez de Coronado to lead the expedition, and the two of them put up much of the cost. |
| 1:52.9 | By the spring of 1540, a couple of thousand Spaniards and Indios amigos, literally friendly and free Indians, |
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