On the trail of a Spanish pioneer; the diary and itinerary of Francisco Garces (missionary priest) in his travels through Sonora, Arizona, and California, 1775-1776; translated from an official contemporaneous copy of the original Spanish manscript, and ed., with copious critical notes

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 manscript, and e - Page 217

502 EXPLANATION. gathered now it will be simply because no laborers are sent. In this Diary will be found many defects, but I con­fess that all are unavoidable ( por no akanzar mas). If there be found any discrepancy between the Diary and the map in number of leagues, points of the com­pass, and observations for latitude, I advise that always must the map prevail; for it has been drawn since the Diary was written, and pains have been taken to make some corrections, though none of much con­sequence, and for this purpose the map was made in my presence. The figures which were promised to be put upon it to show each day's journey have since been omitted, there being so many.- Tubutama and January 3 of 1777.- Fray Francisco Garzes [ sic]. [ Postscript, manu aliena.**] As a result of all this, and of the expeditions of Captain Don Juan Bautista de Ansa to Monterrey and San Francisco, it was determined to put a presidio * This postscript or addendum is in another handwriting, which is the same as that of the scholiast who makes his mar­ginalia passim throughout the Diary. It is without heading, and is in fact nothing more than the annotator's final note. Fortunately it is dated and signed in autograph, and tells us who Miguel Valero Olea was. Also, the date of Aug. 4, 1785,