Half a degree Northward of Rio de Sal was said to be the River culiacan, with a rich Spanish town of the same name.
"History of the Buccaneers of America"
James Burney
And of all places we have crossed since culiacan was left behind us, none seems more fitting than this for the telling of his story.
"The Flute of the Gods"
Marah Ellis Ryan
In the chapter "Tovar and the Discovery of the Grand Canyon," brief reference is made to the reconnaissance undertaken by Fray Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan friar, to determine the truth of the reports brought into culiacan by Cabeza de Vaca.
"The-Grand-Canyon-of-Arizona-how-to-see-it"
James, George Wharton