Alarcon's journey is mostly associated with Coronado's expedition of 1540. He sailed up the Gulf of California and up to the shoals of the Colorado River. He had contact with the Yuman-speaking Indians along the Colorado. Most of the information he compiled consisted of the practices of the Native Americans, warfare, religion, curing, even sexual practices. He documented and compiled all the information into a book entitled, Treatise on the heathen superstitions that today live among the Indians native to this New Spain, 1629. This is an important work for it documents the practices of native americans in the area, many of which have been lost over time. He often made first contact with local Arizona Native Americans and he documented all of his information. He is a useful resource for those studying the Native Americans in the Southwest and in Arizona.

Websites

Lycos Zone Kids Almanac--Hernando de Alarcon
http://kids.infoplease.lycos.com/ce6/people/A0803013.html

Did Alarcon reach California?
http://www.greencity.org/discovery.html
 

Books/Manuscripts

Treatise on the heathen superstitions that today live among the Indians native to this New Spain, 1629 / by Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón ; translated and edited by J. Richard Andrews and Ross Hassig.
F1219.76 .R45 R8413 1984 read it online by clicking here

Warriors of the Colorado: the Yumas of the Quechan Nation and their neighbors
E99 .Y94 F59