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• 85 Continuing in the same region another two days’ journey, you will run into the province of Tiguex. It has quite an advantage over the last province in the beauty and strength of its buildings. Coming from Cíbola, the first city—which should by rights be the great city of the king of this province—is named Tiguex. It has four thousand or more houses, all quite large, in each of which live from ten to fifteen neighbors. There are very high corridors1 and terraces, and very high towers. This whole city is connected on its flat roofs and terraces by means of passageways.2 The city was situated on a plain on the banks of a river and enclosed by rock walls, set not with lime3 but with gypsum.4 And so the Spaniards were simply awestruck with its beauty.5 38. Tiguex (Tihues) ...

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