Stan Hoig

"Guided by myths of golden cities and worldly rewards, policy makers, conquistador leaders, and expeditionary aspirants alike came to the new world in the sixteenth century and left it a changed land. Came Men on Horses follows two conquistadors -- Francisco Vázquez de Coronado and Don Juan de Oñate -- on their journey across the southwest. Driven by their search for gold and silver, both Coronado and Oñate committed atrocious acts of violence...