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Show October 22 left Santa Barbara headed north-northeast we the Olivares. About two leagues away we found for said looking him near a scanty poo I of water wh i ch on I y P rov i ded enough for the men to drink, and for a sma1 I barrel we brought along in case we came upon water tonight. We continued over the plain and, after going four leagues northeast, saw a path which went south; then, when the interpreter said that the Ybuincariris had told him that this was the one we had to take to reach the On the 22nd it one league south, we took it; but, after fol lowing found that the interpreter was ambiguous about the signs, because the path mentioned turned back after a short distance. And so, heading west, we went up the low sierra we had been river, we trying across of it to avoid which stretched almost from north to south al I We crossed it with plenty the eastern side of the plain. difficulty and fatigue experienced by the horse herds, very rocky besides having many gulches. because was side Night along gone five us whi Ie we were descending on the other From very high ridge, steep and ful I of rubble. it we saw several fires below, beyond a short plain. We thought that Andres the interpreter and Joaquin the Laguna, who had gone ahead looking for water for tonight, had bui It them to let us know where they were. But, after we had finished descending and making overtook a leagues some east-northeast upon leaving the path mentioned, in the sierra's ravines, we came to the fires detours where there were interpreter and three tiny, camps of Indians, We decided to spend Joaquin. and with them our the night here since a I ittle distance away to the east and west there was water and pasturage for the horse herd, which by now was almost totally spent, naming the place San Juan Capistrano. Today twelve leagues. it was already dark when we reached these camps, Indians could not make out the number of people coming, they became so much alarmed that, in spite of the pleadings of the interpreter and Joaquin the Laguna, most of them ran away Since and the we arrived, only three men and two women remaining behind. Greatly worried, the latter were saying to our Laguna, "Little brother, you belong to our very own kind, do not let these people as with whom you come us." kil I We treated them al I fondly, and tried by every possible means could think of to rid them of the suspicion and fear they bore us. They calmed down a bit, and in an effort to please us pre Two of sented us with two roasted jackrabbits and some pinon nuts. we them, although very much afraid, went to show the servants where This place is located east of the the horse herd Gould drink. northern point of the little sierra mentioned, close to a number South of these, very near, on the red earthen bluffs. cl iffy hi I Is with some pinon and juniper trees, are two deposits of rain water. Closer to them in a sma I I arroyo there of small of some -155- top good are |
