I owe them that much because of the name I bear.

Did you ever hear of Coronado, the conqueror of New Mexico, the stormer of the seven cities of Cibola?
It was he who gave the final shock to this antique civilization.

He was the Cortes of this portion of the continent.

I bear his name, and his blood runs in my veins." He held down his head as if he were painfully oppressed by the sense of his crimes and responsibilities as a descendant of the waster of aboriginal New Mexico.

Mrs.Stanley, delighted with his emotion, slily grasped and pressed his hand.
"Oh, man! man!" she groaned.