By: Dave Lewis, Nevin Kempthorne
The people of Hawikuh laid down a line of sacred corn meal and asked the strange men riding strange animals not to cross. The Spaniards crossed and the battle was on. Zuni bows and arrows were no match for armored men on horseback with swords and lances. The proud but half-starved Spaniards swept into the village and feasted on the provisions the natives were lying by in the summer of 1540.