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Show CENSUS OF THE INDIANS. 445 Cuabajai; extends to the canal [ de Sta. Barbara] and on the East to the Cobajis, J* Noche ; extends beyond San Luis [ Obispo], and on the East to the Cobajis, K. Cobaji; extends on the East to the Chemeguc and on the West to the Noches, L. The space between the Rios Colorado and Gila is all occupied by the Yabipais. To the south of the Moqui is all Yabipais, noting that the name Yabipais is the same as Apaches; from which may be inferred how extensive is the territory that this nation occupies. Also I note that the number of souls is unmarked ( senalado es corto), inasmuch as never could I succeed in seeing the whole nation. For those that I mark no number of souls, it is because I was only in the nearest ( primeras) rancherias, or because I met the Indians in other nations, as happened to me with the Serranos and others; but I infer from their reports and from others I have obtained that they are neither so numerous nor restricted to so small a district as those of the Rios Colorado and Gila. Let it be borne in mind ( tengase presente) also that in the names I set down there may be variation, seeing that the Indians call by different names one and the same nation, as I have observed in the case of the Jamajabs, whom the Jalchedunes and Cocomaricopas call Cuesninas2 9 It is notable to find Garces speaking of the Mojaves by the name he uses, for this is almost invariably applied to the Hava- |