[4]The tuna mentioned probably refers to cactus; and the maize and calabashes to corn and squash. The name, Parrusis, equivalent to Parrusits, undoubtedly referred to the Virgin River Indians. It simply means people living on the Par-roos River. Fifty years later, in 1826, Jedediah Strong Smith, found Indians on the Santa Clara Creek raising corn and pumpkins. Maurice Sullivan, _The Travels of Jedediah Smith_ (Santa Ana, California, 1934), pp. 27-28. [5]Cf. H. S. Auerbach, ed., “Father Escalante’s Journal,” in _Utah Historical Quarterly_, Vol. XI, pp. 85, 91. [6]G. H. Heap, _Central Route to the Pacific, Journal of the Expedition of E. H. Beale and G. H. Heap in 1853_ (Washington, D.C., 1854), p. 99. [7]Escalante, “Diario,” in _Documents para la historia de Mexico_ (Mexico City), ser. 2, Vol. 1, p. 37. Cf. also: H. S. Auerbach, “Father Escalante’s Journal, 1776-77” in _Utah Historical Quarterly_, Vol. XI, pp. 1-142; H. L. Bolton, “Escalante in Dixie and the Arizona Strip,” _New Mexico Review_ (Santa Fe, 1928), Vol. III, No. 1; H. E. Gregory, “Spanish Entradas in Kaiparowits Region,” _U. S. Geological Survey Prof. Paper_ (Washington, D.C., 1931), p. 164; W. R. Harris, _The Catholic Church in Utah_ (Salt Lake City, 1909); Philip Harry, “Brief of Escalante’s Journal” in _Simpson’s Explorations, 1859_, Appendix R. (Washington, D.C., 1860), p. 490. [8]Cf. Auerbach, _loc. cit._, pp. 85-86. [9]_Ibid._, p. 5. [10] H. H. Bancroft, _History of Utah_ (San Francisco, 1884-86), pp. 22, 23. H. M. Chittenden, _The American Fur Trade of the Far West_ (New York, 1935), 2 Vols. Robert Glass Cleland, _From Wilderness to Empire_ (New York, 1944). H. C. Dale, _The Ashley-Smith Explorations_ (Los Angeles, 1918). T. E. Farish, _History of Arizona_, (Phoenix, Arizona, 1916). Albert Gallatin, _Synopsis of Indian Tribes_ (Worcester, Mass., 1836) map, p. 265. P. T. Hanna, “California’s Debt to Jedediah Strong Smith,” in _Touring Topics_ (Los Angeles, California, September 1926). C. H. Merriam, “Earliest Crossings of the Deserts of Utah and Nevada to Southern California; Route of Jedediah S. Smith,” _California Historical Society Quarterly_, 1923, Vol. 2, pp. 228-237. J. G. Neihardt, _The Splendid Wayfaring_ (New York, 1920). Maurice Sullivan, _The Travels of Jedediah Smith_ (Santa Ana, California, 1934). A. M. Woodbury, “The Route of Jedediah S. Smith in 1826 from the Great Salt Lake to the Colorado River,” _Utah Historical Quarterly_, 1931, 4:35-46. [11]From letter of Jedediah Strong Smith, Maurice Sullivan, _The Travels of Jedediah Smith_, pp. 15, 27-28. [12]C. L. Camp, ed., “The Chronicles of George C. Yount,” _California Historical Society Quarterly_, 1923.