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Show 334 SPREADING THE GOSPEL. I enabled to acquire a clear understanding of the situation of all the nations. The married Indian who came with me, and who said he was from near Moqui, remained here with his wife to continue his journey to his home through a level and well- watered valley. With them I could have gone to Moqui; but the captain of this rancheria and all those who had come to see me urged me to proceed to view their land. Being under obligations for their services (& cuyo obsequio obUgado) I could not refuse, and so I determined to go with them whithersoever they wished; the occasion being favorable to see yet other peoples and discover new regions. This length of time gave me an opportunity to speak to them of God and of the things divine, to which they showed that they gave credence. They all kissed the crucifix, and held it up toward the sky, passing it thus from hand to hand, even unto the least of them. In this and other rancherias I had much to announce, for the halt, the blind, the sick and the weary ones came to beg me to lay hands upon them and teach them somewhat; I gave them some gospel, or the Magnificat, and thus did I continue in all the land of the Yabipais, even unto my return to the Jamajabs. I was at a loss to discover whence arose this good faith, sufficing unto salvation. Here I tarried one day [ 18th]. |