1 6 HOOPES AND BROOM ALL : 



Lumniis transliterates and translates it at page 173. It is 

 represented on I^umniis' plate in Coues, page 377. 



Arellano " was one of the Spanish ' garrison ' of three men 

 left to guard far-off Zuiii, and slain by the Indians in 1700." * 



Se p(a)sa(ron) a 23 de M(arz)o(le 1632 a(n)o 

 a la beng(an)sa de in(uer)le del p(adr)e Lelrado 



Lvijati 



They passed on 23 of March of 1632 year 

 to the avenging of (the) death of the father Letrado. 



Liijan. 



Represented by Simpson on plate No. 68. His attempted 

 translation at page 124 is a failure. Lummis, on page 180, 

 reproduces, transliterates and translates it, accrediting its inter- 

 pretation to " a gi'eat student of ancient writings '" whom he 

 does not name. Coues, page 377, repeats L,ummis' translation 

 and reproduces a photograph of the inscription taken by him. 



Father Francisco Letrado was sent to Zuiii upon the found- 

 ing of the mission there in 1629. He was killed by the Indians 

 in 1630 or 1632. lyUJan, the writer of this inscription, was a 

 soldier of the expedition sent in 1632 to avenge the death of 

 Letrado. t 



PLATE III. 



El dia 28 de Sep(lienil)r)e de 1737 a(fi)os 

 llego aqui el B(achille)r D{o)n Juan Ygnacio 

 de Arrasain 



The day 28 of September of 1737 years 

 arrived here the Bachelor Don Juan Ignacio 

 de Arrasain. 



Represented by Simpson on plate No. 66 and translated on 

 page 123. Mentioned by Lummis on page 179. 



Don Juan Ig-nacio de Arrasain probably accompanied the 

 Bishop of Durango, whose arrival on the same day is recorded 

 on Plate IX. 



*Liunniis, loc. cit. I Lnnnnis, loc. cit., pages 180-81. Cones, loc. 



cit., Vol. II, ])ages 375-7. 



