Early Explorers if Texas

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Across
  1. 5. founder of New Mexico
  2. 6. Turk told Spanish explorers tales about this city
  3. 9. The spanish called the seven cities of gold
  4. 12. spanish soldiers and adventurers in search of gold, glory, and land
  5. 13. widespread outbreaks of disease
  6. 14. French Settlement founded by La Salle
Down
  1. 1. Aztec city conquered by Hernan Cortes
  2. 2. spaniard who spent 8 years among teh Texas Indians in the 1500s
  3. 3. spanish adventurer whose expedition ended in shipwreck on the Texas Coast
  4. 4. conqueror of the Aztec
  5. 7. Native American group helped the Spanish expedition stranded on Malhado
  6. 8. wild offspring of Spanish horses
  7. 10. royal governor of New Spain
  8. 11. hoped to find a westerly route to Asia