No internal evidence points specifically to either Drake's or Bodega Bay--the accounts lack geographical detail,[123] the ethnographic Coast Miwok culture was in operation in both bays, and contemporary maps are so inaccurate and open to variable interpretation that nothing definite can be ascertained from their inspection. What is needed, therefore, is some hint or lead which will break this stalemate. There are two such leads. The first is the plate of brass left by Drake and recently found at Drake's Bay. Granted the authenticity of the Drake plate, it now does not rank as an isolated find, however spectacular, but rather as good supporting evidence of the conclusion based upon my ethnographic analysis. The second point of evidence is Fletcher's statement that "this country our generall named _Albion_, and that for two causes; the one in respect of the white bancks and cliffes, which lie toward the sea: the other, that it might have some affinity, euen in name also, with our owne country, which was sometime so called." The _Famous Voyage_ version says almost the same, except that the country was named _Nova Albion_, which agrees more closely with the wording of the Drake plate. Wagner has discussed the white cliffs,[124] but his argument is unconvincing. There is no good reason to doubt that the cliffs mentioned were at the bay, since Fletcher implies that the naming took place before the departure.[125] And it must be remembered that white cliffs which face toward the sea[126] are at Drake's Bay and _not at Bodega_. In June, 1579, then, Drake probably landed in what is now known as Drake's Bay. He remained there for five weeks repairing his ship, and found the Indians the most remarkable objects of interest with which he came in contact. From a comparative analysis of the detailed descriptions of the native ceremonies, artifacts, and language I conclude that in the fullest authentic account, _The World Encompassed_, it is the Coast Miwok Indians that are referred to. FOOTNOTES: [1] Alfred L. Kroeber, _Handbook of the Indians of California_, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 78 (Washington, D.C., 1925). [2] Robert F. Heizer and William W. Elmendorf, "Francis Drake's California Anchorage in the Light of the Indian Language Spoken There," _Pacific Historical Review_, XI (1942), 213-217. [3] George C. Davidson, "Directory for the Pacific Coast of the United States," _Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey ... 1858_ (Washington, D.C., 1859). App. 44, pp. 297-458. [4] George C. Davidson, "An Examination of Some of the Early Voyages of Discovery and Exploration on the Northwest Coast of America from 1539 to 1603," _Report of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey ... June, 1886_ (Washington, D.C., 1887), App. 7, pp. 155-253; and _Identification of Sir Francis Drake's Anchorage on the Coast of California in the Year 1579_, California Historical Society Publications (San Francisco, 1890).