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 218

POSTSCRIPT OF THE SCHOLIAST. 503 and mission on the Rio Colorado under the auspices of the Yuma Captain Salbador Palma, who was pre-gives us approximately the date of the whole transcription of Garces' Diary; for Garces says that he finished writing it on January 3, 1777, and the transcription was necessarily made be­tween the two dates here in mention- 1777- 1785. For the matter of which this postscript speaks, refer to what is said of Palma and the Yuma massacre in the Biography of Garces, onteo, p. 21 seq.; and to other mention of Palma in the Diary, as at p. 155. I will amplify the curious memorandum which I happened upon in the Documentos para la Historia de Mexico, 1st series, vol. i, pub. Mexico, 1854,- which includes among other things an article entitled: Diario Curioso de Mexico de D. Jose Gomez, Cabo de Alabarderos. On p. 11 of this Diary we read: " £ 1 dia 4 de Noviembre de 1776 en Mexico, en el real palacio, el Sr. virey D. Antonio Maria Bucareli y Urzua dio el baston de capitan a un indio meco, y por bien le hizo poner un vestido de uniforme azul con veulta encarnada, la chupa galoneada de oro: este indio se Uamaba el capitan Palma, no tenia otro nombre porque no era cristiano: no se sabe cuando se bautizara: y fu6 en lunes el dia de San Carlos." And again, p. 17: " £ 1 dia 13 de Febrero de 1777 en Mexico, en el Sagrario de la santa iglesia, se bautizaron cinco indios mecos, y entre ellos uno que era el capitan Palma, y les pusieron los nombres de Carlos, y fue su padrino . . . y fue en jueves." That is to say, p. 11: " on Nov. 4, 1776, at Mexico, in the royal palace, Viceroy Bucareli gave a captain's baton to a wild Indian, and kindly clothed him in a blue uniform with red facings and gold- laced waistcoat; this Indian was named Captain Palma, having no other name be­cause he was not a Christian; it is not known when he will be baptized; this was on Monday, the day of San Carlos." And p. 17: " On Feb 13, 1777, at Mexico, in the sacristy of the holy church, were baptized five wild Indians, among whom was Cap-