Francisco Vázquez de Coronado y Luján
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
retrieved and the note stated that Alarcón's men had rowed up the river as far as they could,
searching in vain for the Coronado expedition. They had given up and decided to return to
their departure point because worms were eating holes in their ships. Díaz named the river the
"firebrand" river because the natives used fire brands to keep their body warm in the winter.
Díaz died on the trip back to the camp in the valley of the Corazones. Don Garcia Lopez de
Cardenas saw the Colorado River from the rim of the South Rim of the Grand Canyon while
looking for a route that would connect them with Alarcón's fleet.
The Legend of the Seven Cities
The Legend of the Seven Cities of Gold dates back to the eighth century, when the Moors of Africa
conquered Spain for Islam
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