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