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Show KINO ON THE GULF COAST IN I7OI. 549 Mange at Cucurpe, and before the end of the month Salvatierra was with Kino at Dolores- par nobile fra-trum. These congenial souls immediately planned a new journey, of which Mange gives us the itinerary. According to this, the expedition went from Dolores over Sierra del Comedio to San Ignacio, Feb. 27; by Santa Maria Magdalena to Tups or Tupo, 28th; San Pedro del Tubutama, Mar. 1; Ati or Addi, and Uqui-toa, 5th; Pitquin or Pitiqui, and Caborca, 6th. Kino appears to have followed a little later, starting March 1, by way of Cocospera, San Simon, Busanic, etc., to Caborca. On March 10 both padres and Mange left Caborca, reaching San Eduardo Baipia or Paipia that day; northwest to a dry camp, nth; San Luis de Bacapa, 12th; San Marcelo de Sonoita, 14th; whence they took up a route directly toward the mouth of Rio Colorado. This is barely indicated by Ortega as approximately down the arroyo sometimes called Rio Papago and so on to the coast of the gulf, around the lower end of the Santa Clara mountains ( modern Gila range?). Places named by Mange are: Coma-quidam or Anunciata, 10 leagues from Sonoita, 16th; Sicobutovabia or Totonat, 10 leagues down the dry arroyo, 18th; Basotutcan or San Jose Ramos Ayod-sudao, 8 leagues more westerly over a plain at foot of mountains, 19th; Tupo or Aibacusi, 8 leagues west over volcanic malpais, 20th; Cabo Guasivavia or Du- |