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14. The fourteenth was called Alume, which signifies to raise the 

 head in looking upward. This alludes to this rancheria having been 

 located at the foot of a very high mountain which today is called El 

 Trabuco. Its chief was named Cusuol, which means severed, or cut. 



15. The fifteenth was called Uxmc, which signifies rose, and in 

 this country there are many of these roses. They are small, having 

 5 or 6 petals, very odoriferous, and bear a fruit shaped like a pear, 

 but tiny or small, which also served the Indians as food. Its chief was 

 named Chululeck, which means hair tied up on top of the head, or 

 insignium of a chief. 



These are the 15 rancherias or towns which were founded by the 

 first settlers of this Canyada of San Juan Capistrano and its en- 

 virons. It is to be reflected that they must have been settled not all 

 at a single time, but little by little, some later than others, according 

 as was found more convenient and to the purpose. It also should be 

 noted that since these Indians never lived fixed in a single place, but 

 moved from time to time from one place to another depending on 

 the seeds, there were always some unoccupied rancherias. 



