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The people of America are not lucky enough to have the Diary of

Leif Ericksen, nor fJJlJ of his Horsemen, to tell forever the stoq of the-

Those of the Little Santa Clara Valley are more fortunate, for down

to today there exist the day by dayDiaries of FatherCrespi, the

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Franciscan, and Costanso, Lieutenant of Gaspar de Portola, to tell of

1769.

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legc. l cv1deuoe .oven Court of' Law). 1'he follov11ng exoerta a.re from ,.' • , \_. _
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Bolton' s · tra _ on of tho Ore p1 ""nd Costanno :Diaries.

From tho Dia.17 of F ther Or,.s1Ji, . i a · taken the tollowUSg story

of .August the eighth on<l ni.uth. 1769.
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, !th.,~ • .Augu.sl 8 . .About halt past isx i11 the morning we l eft

the lace and traveled thni. the same valley, approaobUig the mountains • .

Foll 1:im their course about .c1alf a l eagae, we asoellded by a sharp ridge

a. high pass .• the asoe:n.t end doaoent of which was pailltult the desoen1i bei ng

made on toot because of the steel'1ll.•ss. Once down we entered a :.- .. ll vallq
( ove-.. Femando ~ass to lfewhal.l) in which there was a village 0£ he;~~

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wllo had alroad1. sent • •uumgers 'to us a, the valle, tt Santa Cataline de
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onon1$ to guide ua and show tis the 'bes1J :road.. and pas:, througJ). the mount-

< ·ns. Theao poor Indians had~ provisions re~ io reoeive us. See-

ing that it was our intention to go O:tl in..1order not to l ose the march,

they u1'aently S.,.,.sisted that we nhould go t their -vil lage, which was·
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some distance ott the road; and we were obliged to consct in orde,Y' -

not t diapl se 'h•• We enJoyed their good w1l1land theL :_2:eeents,
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which coMisted of some baskets of ptnole, made ot sage ~d othel" ltlnd.s

of gr8.$ses • and at the aid.e of

drinlJ from. ~ey gave us also ..c. , and acorns, and•~ ·presented with