Mary J. Clendenin - Gonzalo, Coronados Shepherd Boy
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America--Discovery and exploration--Fiction, Explorers--Fiction, Coronado, Francisco Vsqeuz de,--1510-1554--Fiction.
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1990
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PZ7.C593Go 1990eb
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808.8381
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America--Discovery and exploration--Fiction, Explorers--Fiction, Coronado, Francisco Vsqeuz de,--1510-1554--Fiction.
Gonzalo
Coronado's Shepherd Boy
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Gonzalo
Coronado's Shepherd Boy
By Mary Joe Clendenin
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FIRST EDITION
Copyright 1990 By Mary Joe Clendenin
Published in the United States of America By Eakin Publications, Inc. P.O. Drawer 90159 Austin, Texas 78709-0159
ISBN 0-89015-700-6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Clendenin, Mary Joe. Gonzalo, Coronado's Shepherd Boy. Summary: In 1540, eleven-year-old Gonzalo and his father journey from Spain to accompany Coronado in his travels through the American South west in search of the Seven Cities of Gold. 1. AmericaDiscovery and explorationFiction. 2. ExplorersFic tion. 3. Coronado, Francisco Vsquez de, 15101554Fiction. I. Title. PZ7.C593Go 1990 [Fic] 89-15980 ISBN 0-89015-700-6
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This book is dedicated to all young people who have the privilege to be members of two or more cultures, and to Caroline Ysasaga's fourth-grade class at Whiteside Elementary. They were the first class to hear of Gonzalo's adventures and drew pictures, suggested names for the book, and wrote letters to me.
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Preface
When I taught in public school, for twenty-two years, I read to my students. Most of my years were spent in junior high and high school, and I found that even juniors enjoyed being read to. We would finish our week's quota of math or English in four days and have one day to share a book. I read, several times, Steinbeck's The Pearl, Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, Haggard's King Solomon's Mines, Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House, and others. Certainly, I wouldn't put this author in that group of favorites, but I think Gonzalo, Coronado's Shepherd Boy would be enjoyed as a read-aloud book.
However, it is not one just to be read to youngsters; it is one they can enjoy alone. Especially when they are involved in history of the Southwest, Gonzalo can open eyes to conditions of that time.
Gonzalo and his pap are fictional characters, as are some of the others. But everything that happens could have happened, given the conditions and knowledge people of the sixteenth century had.
In the Spanish chronicles, which are the only written records of the area at the time, there was a boy from Quivira named Xabe. In this book he becomes Zabe. Castaeda was the author of one of the reports sent to the king of Spain. He wrote his report about twenty years after the fact in an effort to obtain a pension from the king. Translations of his report reveal gossipy, descriptive details. I've used a man by that name as the news exchan-
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ger who talks around the campfire. Castaeda probably wouldn't have minded being in another book.
One purpose of this book is to help fill the void of role models in history for the Mexican-American student today. Mexicans in our history books are usually the bad guys. Actually, we are in their debt for the rich culture we can claim. They and the Native Americans were the first citizens of the area. Learning to live in harmony with land "fit only for buffalo and jack rabbits," as our lawmakers dubbed it when they traded over three million acres, the XIT Ranch, for the construction of the state capitol, took knowledge and skill.
My grandson, Adrian Ramos, has a Mexican father. He can claim Aztec ancestors who were in America thousands of years before his Mayflower ancestors heard of the country. He and others like him are richer for backgrounds of at least two cultures. A pride in such wealth can be nurtured and serve as a rich resource of self-esteem. Perhaps Gonzalo will open the way for some.
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Chapter 1
The north wind howled and whined as it tore at the tops of mountain peaks and slid down the cold sides. In gaining strength as it leveled out on the plains, it carried the promise of snow. With fierce force the norther didn't bother to dodge the pine trees but burst through them, stripping needles to carry along as small weapons. The blue thunderclouds seemed to laugh with pleasure at the helplessness of the warriors and ragged band of followers. They had walked from a warmer climate more than 1,000 miles southward.
It was November 1540, and Gonzalo had never before experienced cold weather. Every move that he made was torture. His cold feet throbbed. With each step on the rough frozen ground they sent the message, "pain," up his stiff body to his brain. He and his pap walked with arms around each other, sharing any body warmth that was not snatched away by the greedy wind. They ducked their heads so that the sheepskins, fastened to become makeshift hats, broke the force of the wind before it stole
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