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Show KINO'S LAST ENTRADA, 1706. 555 Santa Gertrudis del Saric, and San Bernardo del Aquimuri, 27th. Kino and Ojuela thus reached Tubutama on the 28th, and were welcomed by Father Geronimo Minutili. Thence they passed by Santa Theresa to San Antonio del Uquitoa, 29th; by San Diego del Pytqiiin ( Pitiqui) to Caborca, 30th; to San Eduardo del Baypia, 31st; through San Luis Beltran de Bacapa and far beyond, Nov. 1; to San Marcelo Sonoydag ( Sonoita), 2d; remained 3d; to a good aguage del carrizal ( reedy watering place), 4th; to Santa Clara mountain at a water- tank in rocks, 5th. Ascending the heights, Kino took his last view of the waters of the gulf, noting the continuity of California with Pimeria, and returned to San Marcelo on the 7th. Thence the route was: San Rafael del Actum and Aguage de San Martin, 8th; Santa Bibiana, 9th; San Estanislao de Octam, 10th; Busanic and Tubutama, nth, remaining 12th and 13th; Santa Maria Magdalena, 14th; Dolores, 16th. This was the last long earthly pilgrimage of the great Jesuit and typical missionary, whose Afanes were geographic exploration and the salvation of souls. He continued to labor with tongue and pen, indeed, from 1707 t o i 7 i o o r i 7 i i , when he went his eternal way. The date of his death, like that of his coming to Mexico, is in question by one year. All agree that his labors lasted 30 years; the author of the |