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Show 538 KINOES THIRD ARIZONA ENTRADA, 1694. Meanwhile, some Indians from Bac confirmed at Dolores the report of Casas Grandes on the Gila, and in November, 1694, the tireless Kino went alone to examine them. This time he reached the Gila, and said mass in the Casa Grande. The journey is thus notable. 5 Kino reported upon the venerable ruins; named two Piman rancherias, Encarnacion and San Andres, 4 leagues apart; Ortega uses the name Rio Azul for the main branch of the Gila, though this is perhaps not in Kino's MSS. of that date ( it appears on his map of 1701 as " R. Hila"); and speaks of Kino's being persuaded that the region of the Casa Grande was that called the Seven Cities ( of Cibola) by Marcos de Niza ( 1539). Kino's return to his mission is not noted; no doubt it was soon after this flying visit to the Gila. * I have already ( p. 92) noted Kino's discovery, on Mange's authority, but will here quote from the latter, p. 259, the whole paragraph concerning it: " En el interin de esta campana [ which Mange made] mismo mes y aiio [ Nov., 1694] salio por si el reverendo padre Francisco Eusebio Kino, a descubrir el rio [ Gila] y casas grandes dentro de las cuales dijo misa porque cuando a mi me noticia-ron los pimos de ellas estuvo incredulo su reverencia algun tiempo hasta que viniendo a verlo a los Dolores algunos indios de la poblacion de San Javier del Bac, preguntandolos, se lo certificaron y le acompafiaron de guias para ir a verlas y descu-brirlas, contando mucho gentio por el camino que anduvo de ida y vuelta fue* de mas de 200 leguas, y lo apunto en embrion por no haber ido yo a este descubrimiento." |
