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.A mu.l ti tud of lndiru1 c&1e to the c: mp wi th r es en ts of seeds,

aeo1~, aud honeyaomba formed on .fr~.mes of cane. ~ ey n ero o. vocy

eood-na~u 'ed 1.d affectionat peo1,le.

ciir,abl1 b.. s igns, and understood all 'tliat w it&id to them 1n the same

mountainous and rough, vthile that alo.ng the coast was levG and. ea.~y of

&oce s ; tl at lf we llent till the interior of the oou.nt~r we ~oiu.d have

to ».ass over t ive r.aountain r& ()8St and s. mwr:, valleys, and tha't ou

descending the last :ranee we would have to crusa a full and ~apid Yiver

tllat flowed bEf 1;reen steep ball.k.:s •

.Du.ring he night the so uts retur.11ed and reJor·~ed. that the ln:nd

which led to the coast wa.a level alld contained ~)lenty of we.ter and pasture;
hey :iJ.ad. not been able to see the ocean, al tho the3· llad travelled fo:r.~

a.bout a1:r leagues following the oourae of tl fl canyon.

other n~tters , H!ll.ch mor b:t"1 fly tell histoq of he entry -to the

Valley ot the Lit.il l Santa Clara ..

.Au.gq.at 8 tll, We proceeded £ o r 6 hours ovo1" o:n.e of the high.as t

and steepest moim.tains · and halted in a gu.lly where the.re was much water

villages which v:1s.s :nea: ; there w found a villages together which musi
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have numbered more than 300 inhabitant - - - wi"Gh a great grain.We

res tad for one day whero there was a village of about 5u na.U ve ,, I J

For the be:nefi t of tliose uot aa1uainted .d th ear~v California

lli:stocy, it rney be v,1se o remind t om ha in 1769, Ql' therea outs,

~he vtilii' rnia Geest ha ,pened to be attracting international. attention.

sia had oommenc the stablishment o£trad.1ng posts fOl" the
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"'oast as far a. Ft .. Boss. England also had some claims based n ,

l>ra.ko"s voyages searching tor a northwest passage. Spain ,was already