▁seemed ▁to ▁them ▁un reason able ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁the ▁people ▁were ▁white ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁came ▁and ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁sent ▁by ▁them , ▁being ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁black . ▁Besides ▁these ▁other ▁reasons , ▁they ▁thought ▁it ▁was ▁hard ▁of ▁him ▁to ▁ask ▁them ▁for ▁tur qu o ises ▁and ▁women , ▁and ▁so ▁they ▁decided ▁to ▁kill ▁him . ▁They ▁did ▁this , ▁but ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁kill ▁any ▁of ▁those ▁who ▁went ▁with ▁him , ▁although ▁they ▁kept ▁some ▁young ▁fell ows ▁and ▁let ▁the ▁other , ▁about ▁ 6 0 ▁persons , ▁return ▁freely ▁to ▁their ▁own ▁country . ▁As ▁these , ▁who ▁were ▁badly ▁sc ared , ▁were ▁returning ▁in ▁flight , ▁they ▁happened ▁to ▁come ▁upon ▁the ▁fri ars ▁in ▁the ▁desert ▁ 6 0 ▁le agues ▁from ▁C ib ola ▁[ H aw ik uh ], ▁and ▁told ▁them ▁the ▁sad ▁news , ▁which ▁fright ened ▁them ▁so ▁much ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁not ▁even ▁trust ▁these ▁fol ks ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁with ▁the ▁negro , ▁but ▁opened ▁the ▁pack s ▁they ▁were ▁carrying ▁and ▁gave ▁away ▁everything ▁they ▁had ▁except ▁the ▁holy ▁vest ments ▁for ▁saying ▁mass ." ▁▁ ▁He ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁killed ▁when ▁he ▁unw itting ly ▁al ar med ▁Z uni ▁tribes men ▁with ▁decor ations ▁that ▁symbol ized ▁death , ▁but ▁it ▁is ▁just ▁spec ulative . ▁ ▁Francisco ▁V ás quez ▁de ▁Cor on ado ▁conquer ed ▁the ▁pueblo ▁in ▁ 1 5 4 0 , ▁hoping