In a 1962 Plains Anthropologist article, Albert Schroeder proposed a reconstruction of the 1541 Coronado expedition’s route into the Plains. His reconstruction included identification of the Rio de Cicuye as the Canadian River and siting the bridge by which the expedition crossed the river near modem Conchas Dam in extreme southeastern San Miguel County, New Mexico. The authors re-examine the sixteenth century documentary evidence in order to critically appraise Schroeder’s hypothesis. They determine that (1) the distance from Pecos Pueblo to the bridge site was probably between 48 and 65 miles, and (2) the Rio de Cicuye was the modem Pecos River. As a result, they find Schroeder’s hypotheses at significant variance with the documents. They propose alternatively thatthe 1541 bridge was located on the Pecos River in modem Guadalupe County, New Mexico, between the communities ofTecolotito and Colonias.