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Title: On the trail of a Spanish pioneer; the diary and itinerary of Francisco Garcés (missionary priest) in his travels through Sonora, Arizona, and California, 1775-1776; translated from an official contemporaneous copy of the original Spanish manuscript, and ed., with copious critical notes
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Garcés, Francisco Tomás Hermenegildo, 1738-1781 Coues, Elliott, 1842-1899
Subjects: Missions -- Mexico Sonora (State) Missions -- Arizona Missions -- California Southwest, New -- Description and travel
Publisher: New York : F. P. Harper
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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Jo-seph; route 5 leagues W. N. W. from Arroyo de San Josephinto Valle de San Joseph at foot of a hill; mark 58. Dec. 31, 8 leagues W. N. W. in the valley to Rio de Santa Ana; mark59. Here the expedition is at or near modern San Bernardino.(Observe that Fonts other map, of 1777, connects Rio de SantaAna with R. de los Martires or Mojave river, making the latterrun to the Pacific—at least, such is the connection on the copyof the map in my hands; but there is no such blunder on theoriginal Font map of 1776.) Jan. 1, 1776, remained. Jan. 2, 6leagues W. N. W. to Arroyo de los Alisos; mark 60. Jan. 3,some 6 leagues W. N. W. to an arroyo which joins another toform the Rio de San Gabriel; mark 61. This seems to havebeen at the place now known as El Monte; wherever it was,Garces camps there this night of Mar. 23, for he gets into themission to-morrow at a couple of leagues, just as Font doesJan. 4; camp mark 62, and big letter B of his maps. * This long note on San Gabriel begins on p. 258.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO MISSION NOTED. which was added that of seeing this mission so ad-vanced, both in the spiritualities and the temporali-ties, since the former occasion when I was here.28My principal intention since I departed from the Ja-majabs was to see if I could go directly to the missionof San Luis,27 or further upward, in order that thusmight be facilitated (quedasc facil) the communica- 24 In March, 1774: see antea, Garces Fourth Entrada. p. 43. San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the fifth in order of time ofthe Californian conversions, founded Sept. 1, 1772; named forSt. Louis, bishop of Toulouse, son of Charles of Anjou (Kingof Naples), and nephew of San Luis Rey de Francia (Louis IX..King of France, 1226-70); b. 1275, became Franciscan 1294,d. 1298, canonized 1317; his day, Aug. 19. The mission wassometimes called San Luis de los Tichos, an Indian tribe, andmust not be confounded with the other of similar name, SanLuis Rey, so called from the King of France just said, foundedJune 13,

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