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Show 544 KINO'S SEVENTH ARIZONA ENTRADA, 1699. tun or Actum, 15th; San Marcelo de Sonoita, 16th; down the arroyo to a carrizal, 17th; to an Aguage de la Luna, 18th; and thence, it is said, 33 leagues about northwest to the Gila, some three leagues from its mouth, on the 21st. We owe this itinerary to that capital fellow Mange- I wish Kino had gone nowhere without him! In broad outline, this trip was from Rio Magdalena over to and up Rio Altar, over to and down Rio Papago, and thence obliquely to Rio Gila three leagues from Rio Colorado; arrived Feb. 21st. There they met Pimas, Yumas, Opas, and Cocomari-copas; named two rancherias San Pedro and San Pablo; and heard of Indians beyond called Iguanes, Cutganes, and Alchedomas, besides many more wonderful things not necessary to specify here. On the 23d they started up the Gila, and continued on that course to the 27th inclusive. Kino then first called this river Rio de los Apostoles, and the Colorado he named Rio de los Martires; he also grouped the four Gilan branches ( Verde, Salado, Santa Cruz, San Pedro) as Los Evangelistas- to such an absurd extent did he carry his craze for theological geography.* Rancherias passed thus far along the Gila were called • Mange's record of this nomenclature is on Feb. 27, 1699, p. 305, as follows: " Uam6 a este rio grande de los Ap6stoles, al Colorado por el terreno sanguino, de los Martines [ sic, mis- |
