[36] Vizcaino to the King, May 23, 1603. Pub. Hist. Socy. of Southern
California, Vol. ii, Part 1.
[37] On the day of the Holy Innocents it was not possible to say mass.
We are sorry for it, because it is the only feast day in all the journey
up to the present that we have been without mass. We are stuck in a mud
hole and are unable to move from the place where we are all wet through,
and it is not possible to make a journada to a plain that is dry for
this is bubbling up water - Crespi, Diario.
[38] Crespi: Diario.
[39] Palou: Noticias de la Nueva California.
Data Regarding Don Gaspar de Portola After He Left California
by
E. J. Molera
Portola and Costanso sailed, on July 9, 1770, for Mexico, to give to the
viceroy an account of their discoveries. Costanso remained in the
capital and took part in several engineering works, among others, the
map of the Valley of Mexico and its drainage. Diligent search instituted
by the writer in Mexico and Spain regarding Portola's further history,
has so far discovered little beyond the fact that the commander's return
to the capital was followed by promotion from Captain to
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Royal Spanish Army, and his appointment as
Governor of Puebla, February 23, 1777.
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