The Catholic Church in Utah; Including an Exposition of Catholic Faith by Bishop Scanlan. a Review of Spanish and Missionary Explorations. Tribal Divisions, Names and Regional Habitats of the Pre-European Tribes. the Journal of the Franciscan Explorers an
The Catholic Church in Utah; Including an Exposition of Catholic Faith by Bishop Scanlan. a Review of Spanish and Missionary Explorations. Tribal Divisions, Names and Regional Habitats of the Pre-European Tribes. the Journal of the Franciscan Explorers an
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...where we saw, in the leafy grove and on the plain, that those who made the tracks had been but a short time before us. We proceeded along the plain across low ground and halted on another plain with good pasturage, by the bank of the river, naming the halting place Las Llagas de San Francisco (the Wounds of Saint ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...where we saw, in the leafy grove and on the plain, that those who made the tracks had been but a short time before us. We proceeded along the plain across low ground and halted on another plain with good pasturage, by the bank of the river, naming the halting place Las Llagas de San Francisco (the Wounds of Saint Francis); and, having crossed the hills, rough ground, mountains and the plains already spoken of, we had journeyed six leagues to the southwest; in all the distance eight leagues. As soon as we stopped, two of our companions went over the tracks to the southwest, to explore the immediate country, and they concluded that the tracks were made by the Comanches. 17th day of September. We left the plain of Las Llagas de N. P. San Francisco, going southwest, ascending some low hills, a league farther on, we left the road we were going, which followed the tracks of the men and horses. Silvestre told us they were Comanches that were pursuing the Yutas, who probably had been out hunting buffalos. He convinced us of this as much by the direction in which they went as by other signs that they left. We crossed a dry stream, ascended a low hill, and proceeded a league and a half to the west, over good ground, somewhat arid, and came to a high mountain summit, from which the guide showed us the junction of two rivers, the San Clemente and the San Buenaventura, that from here join on the south. We descended to a large plain bordering another river and went a league and a half to the west, reaching the junction of the two rivers that flow from the mountain which is near here, and to the north of the river of San Buenaventura and flow together to the east, until they join with the river of San Buenaventura. The more eastern river before its junction flows to the so..
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