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SENDS "REGRETS." 323 ther, tie says, the General raised a cross at chis place, at the foot of which he made letters with a chisel, which said that "Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, general of that army, had arrived here. ' ' The history of Kansas ^ives the inscription to be: "Thus ip.r catne Francisco de Coronado, general of an ex;joi.li- tion." la the reports to headquarters, Coronado report- ed that he went as far north as the 40th degree, v,'hero he erected a cross: so considering the fact that the matter of calculating the distance traversed was by a man or men counting their steps, and taking the mouth of Independence creek as being the location of the erection of the cross, it only lacked tweDty-foar miles of being on the true 40th parallel as now designated, which surely was a remarkably accurate reckoning, all things considered. Again, here is what Jaramillo wrote of Ysopete: "The Indian, 'Isopete,' was left here where the cross waj erected, and we took five or six of the Indians from these villages to lead and guid e us to the fiat-roofed hou ses . " S ince arriving at the City of the Twenty-four, Coronado has learned that it will be out of his way to visit the Little Osage Chief, as promised, so he has hired some Indian mes- senger to transmit to the chief the regrets of the gen- eral at n it keeping his promise, but informed the Little Osage Chief that the party is to visit the Great Osage village, and requests the chief to meet him there, and to temper the disappointment, Coronado sent the chief nice presents. ^ So we must forever leave the noble, true, brave Indian guide, Yaopete, at his home located about