The snow and cold are woont to be great, for so say the inhabitants of the Countrey:  and it is very likely so to bee, both in respect to the maner of the Countrey, and by the fashion of their houses, and their furres and other things which this people haue to defend them from colde.  There is no kind of fruit nor trees of fruite.  The Countrey is all plaine, and is on no side mountainous:  albeit there are some hillie and bad passages.  There are small store of Foules:  the cause whereof is the colde, and because the mountaines are not neere.  Here is no great store of wood, because they haue wood for their fuell sufficient foure leagues off from a wood of small Cedars.  There is most excellent grasse within a quarter of a league hence, for our horses as well to feede them in pasture, as to mowe and make hay, whereof wee stoode in great neede, because our horses came hither so weake and feeble.  The victuals which the people of this countrey haue, is Maiz, whereof they haue great store, and also small white Pease:  and Venison, which by all likelyhood they feede vpon, (though they say no) for wee found many skinnes of Deere, of Hares, and Conies.  They eate the best cakes that euer I sawe, and euery body generally eateth of them.  They haue the finest order and way to grinde that wee euer sawe in any place.  And one Indian woman of this countrey will grinde as much as foure women of Mexico.  They haue most excellent salte in kernell, which they fetch from a certaine lake a dayes iourney from hence....

The kingdome of Totonteac so much extolled by the Father prouinciall, which sayde that there were such wonderfull things there, and such great matters, and that they made cloth there, the Indians say is an hotte lake, about which are fiue or sixe houses; and that there were certaine other, but that they are ruinated by warre.  The kingdome of Marata is not to be found, neither haue the Indians any knowledge thereof.  The kingdome of Acus is one onely small citie, where they gather cotton which is called Acucu.  This is a town whereinto the kingdom of Acus is conuerted.  Beyond this towne they say there are other small townes which are neere to a riuer which I haue seene and haue had report of by the relation of the Indians.  I would to God I had better newes to write vnto your lordship:  neuerthelesse, I must say the trueth:  And as I wrote to your lordship from Culiacan, I am nowe to aduertise your honour as wel of the good as of the bad.  Yet this I would haue you bee assured, that if all the riches and the treasures of the world were heere, I could haue done no more in the seruice of his Maiestie and of your lordshippe, than I haue done in comming hither whither you haue sent mee, my selfe and my companions carrying our victuals vpon our shoulders and vpon our horses three hundred leagues; and many dayes going on foote trauailing ouer hilles and rough mountaines, with other troubles which I cease to mention, neither purpose I to depart vnto the death, if it please his Maiestie and your lordship that it shall be so.