The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San FranciscoEldredge, Zoeth Skinner
History
The March of Portola and the Discovery of the Bay of San Francisco
Eldredge, Zoeth Skinner
California -- History; California -- History -- To 1846; Portolá's Expedition, Calif., 1769-1770; San Francisco Bay (Calif.)
[Footnote 5: The second voyage of Vizcaino is of particular interest to
Californians for the reason that the names given by him to the various
geographical features of the coast still remain. The particulars of the
first voyage are taken largely from the publications of the Southern
California Historical Society of documents in the Sutro collection.]
[Footnote 6: Sutro Col. Pub. Southern California Hist. Socy.]
[Footnote 7: Prof. George Davidson identifies the Rio de los Reyes as Rogue River
in 42 deg. 25'.]
[Footnote 8: About Cape San Quintin, the latitude of their northernmost mission.]
[Footnote 9: Instruccion qua ha de observer el Teniente de Infanteria. Dn Pedro
Pages, 5 enero de 1769. Provincial State Papers; i, 38.9, Ms. Spanish
Archives of California.]
[Footnote 10: So-called from the cuera, a leathern jacket worn by them as a
defensive armor.]
[Footnote 11: Out West. March-July, 1902.]
[Footnote 12: Pancakes.]
[Footnote 13: Dead Men's Point. The name has disappeared from the modern maps,
but is found on all of the old ones. It is the foot of H street where
the cars for the Coronado ferry turn on to the wharf.]
[Footnote 14: I am well aware that this claim will be disputed by one whose
study of original documents and power of analysis make him perhaps the
greatest authority on early California History; but I am nevertheless
prepared to maintain my position.]
[Footnote 15: Carga, 275 lbs.]
[Footnote 16: Hence the presidial soldiers were called Soldados de Cuera and so
distinguished from soldiers of the regular army.]
[Footnote 17: Diario Historico de los viages de Mar y de tierra hichos al norte
de la California. Ms. Original in Sutro Library.]
[Footnote 18: The league is the Spanish league of 5,000 varas. 2.63 miles.]
[Footnote 19: They also gave it the name of Santa Ana, whose day, July 26th, they
had just observed.]
[Footnote 20: Sometimes called the Grand Pardon of Assisi--the great indulgence
of the Franciscans. Originally granted to St. Francis for the Church
of Our Lady of the Angeles of Porciuncula, it was, by apostolic indult,
expanded to accompany the child of St. Francis wherever he may be. It is
enough for him to erect an altar and that altar will be to him St.
Mary of the Angels, and he will there find the Porciuncula of the
revelations. Whoso confesses and receives the sacrament in the church of
Porciuncula is granted plenary remission of his sins in this world and
the next. This indulgence is only for August 2nd--that is, from the
afternoon of August 1st until sunset of August 2nd.]
[Footnote 21: It is to this incident that the city of Los Angeles owes its name.
The full baptismal name of the city is Nuestra Senora La Reina de los
Angeles--Our Lady the Queen of the Angels. It was founded in 1781, by
royal order, the second pueblo established in California.]
[Footnote 22: Rancheria is the name given to an Indian village or town.]
[Footnote 23: The Valley of the Bears.]
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