Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján
Cardenas. Alarcón's fleet was tasked to carry supplies and to establish contact with the main
body of Coronado's expedition, but was unable to do so because of the extreme distance to
Cibola. He traveled up the Colorado river until the river entered the lower half of the Grand
Canyon. In this exploration he hauled some supplies for Coronado, but eventually he buried
them with a note in a bottle. Melchior Díaz was sent down from Cibola by Coronado take
charge of the camp of Corazones and to establish contact with the fleet. Soon after arriving at
the camp he set out from the valley of Corazones in Sonora and traveled overland in a
north/northwesterly direction until he arrived at the junction of the Colorado River and Gila
River. There the local natives, probably the CocoMaricopa (see Seymour 2007b), told him
that Alarcón's sailors had buried supplies and left a note in a bottle. The supplies were
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