All the men who went with them did it for gold, God, and glory.
Coronado
The first Europeans to map out the Gulf of Mexico.
La Salle
They explored Floride - Narvaes Expedition. They got shipwrecked on Galveston Island. The Karankawas kidnapped them, but also provided them with food and on 1536 they finally arrived to the fabled city of gold.
My Discovery
NOOO! I SWEAR I WILL FIND WHOEVER KILLED MY FRIEND AND TAKE REVENGE.
They discovered the Grand Canyon, Pacific Ocean, and Kansas. They were considered failures since they found no gold or silver.
NO GOLD FOUND
They arrived in Matagorda Bay. Only 45 out of the 400 that went survived. La Salle was killed by his own men. At the end of their trip, only 7 of their men survived. Spanish came and built missions in East Texas.
I was going hiking when I stopped in my tracks and found someone dead. It was La Salle. He was one of my best friends. I swear on God that I would track down whoever killed him and take revenge.