[6] Sutro Col. Pub. Southern California Hist. Socy.
[7] Prof. George Davidson identifies the Rio de los Reyes as Rogue River
in 42deg. 25'.
[8] About Cape San Quintin, the latitude of their northernmost mission.
[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.
[10] So-called from the cuera, a leathern jacket worn by them as a
defensive armor.
[11] Out West. March-July, 1902.
[12] Pancakes.
[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.
[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.
[15] Carga, 275 lbs.
[16] Hence the presidial soldiers were called Soldados de Cuera and so
distinguished from soldiers of the regular army.
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