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Show 466 BETWEEN DISTANT POINTS. San Bernardino; from San Bernardino to Santa Cruz; from Santa Cruz to the confluence of the Rios Gila and San Pedro; hence to that of the Rio de la Asumpcion; from Rio de la Asumpcion to Rio de Santa Maria; hence to the Rio Colorado, and by the route that I took to the Rio de San Felipe, or crossing the sierra through the Chemeguet Cajuala to come out upon the same Rio de San Felipe; and if also it is wished to cross the Sierra de California, it is possible by way of the Jecuiches, or Jenegueches, to reach San Gabriel. This conception have I formed on the supposition that it will not be possible to succeed in what is thus far set forth until our arms cut off retreat from the Apache. The Jamajabs assured me that the nations of the north possessed horses, and as I noted in the Diary I myself saw the trail of the Yabipais Tejua that led to the Chemeguabas who live on the other side of the Rio Colorado, where it seems to me probable there will be brought ( baya d parar) a great part of the numerous horse- herds that they have stolen from us, and that thence they pass beyond. It 10 miles north of old Camp Grant, in Pinal county. Garces would continue this route to the place on the Rio de la Asumpcion, or the modern Rio Verde, where he hoped to see the presidio established, and thence onward to his Rio de Santa Maria, or present Bill Williams' fork of the Colorado; from which last river he offers alternative routes in California to reach the mission of San Gabriel. |