A little farther and he heard of the negro Estevan again and the reason why the Cibolans had killed him, which was to prevent the Spaniards, whom he described, from finding their way into the Cibola country.

This man also described the bison and a people who lived in painted tents in summer and in winter in houses of wood two or three storeys high.

And thus the expedition continued up the river, inquiring as they went on all subjects.

On September 6th the old man who had been a particular friend and interpreter was called on shore by the natives, and there was immediately an animated discussion which Alarcon discovered related to himself.

Information had come from Cibola that there were there men like these Spaniards who said they were Christians.