History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . rmy rested, CaptainGarcia Lopez de Cdrdenas set out with twelve mento explore said river. Some say the direction he tookfrom Moqui was westerly; some intimate it was tothe north of west; I am inclined to the latter view.In either event it is not probable that the territorynow called Nevada was entered, or that any portionof it was seen by the members of that expedition,though .such discovery is possible. There may have been expeditions into the countryof the Yutas from Cibola, or Zuni, from Moqui, orfrom the country of the Mojaves, of which
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History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . rmy rested, CaptainGarcia Lopez de Cdrdenas set out with twelve mento explore said river. Some say the direction he tookfrom Moqui was westerly; some intimate it was tothe north of west; I am inclined to the latter view.In either event it is not probable that the territorynow called Nevada was entered, or that any portionof it was seen by the members of that expedition, though .such discovery is possible. There may have been expeditions into the countryof the Yutas from Cibola, or Zuni, from Moqui, orfrom the country of the Mojaves, of which there is no CORONADO A2fD CAEDENASl record. After the occupation of New Mexico by theSpaniards, excursions in every direction were com-mon; so that it is unsafe to say of any one of themthat it was the first. It is true that in making andplacing upon record an expedition of any considerableimportance, any other important excursion then knownto have taken place at some former period wouldbe likely to receive mention; and, indeed, was oftenmentioned.. Pkobable Route of Cardenas, The first European to enter within the presentlimits of Nevada of whom we now have knowledge, and without doubt in my mind absolutely the first toenter, was Father Francisco Garces, of the order ofSt Francis, who set out from Sonora in 1775 with aparty under Colonel Anza for California, and whostopped at the junction of the Colorado and Gila toexplore for a mission site. Of the expedition to Cali-fornia was Father Pedro Font who wrote a narrativeof it, and drew a map which included not only his ^ EARLIEST EXPLORATIONS. own waiulerini^s l»ut tliose of Oarces.^ If Garcds isriulit ill liis ivc-k()iiiii«, % and Fonts map is correct, thefriar was in Xevacla at the time. The month of January 177G was occupied in estab-lisliinu^ a residence on the spot wliere later stood FortYuma, the i-xumination of the ranehfiia of San liable, historyofnevadac00banc