38 EXPLORATION OF 
Jueves 17 de idem [17 de Agosto, 
1769|.—Salimos de este paraje 4 las 
siete y media siguiendo el rumbo de 
Oeste subimos unas lomas tendidas de 
buena tierra de zacate que van 4 re- 
matar acantiladas 4 la playa, aunque 
entre ellas y la playa hay paso por los 
arenales: andariamos como media 
iegua y lHegamos 4 una punta de 
tierra que con la otra en que esta el 
pueblo antecedente forma la playa 
como ensenada; sobre esta punta en- 
contramos otro pueblo muy grande en 
el que contamos treinta y ocho casas 
de la forma de las ya dichas y algunas 
de ellas tan grandes que se hospedan 
muchas familias. A la orilla del 
pueblo estaba toda la gente aguardaén- 
donos que no era menor el gentio que 
el de la Asumpta, llegamos 4 la ran- 
cheria 4 saludarlos y el senor coman- 
dante regalo al capitan unos abalorios ;. 
paramos el real no muy lejos de la 
rancheria en una llanura que de Norte 
4 Sur tendra como una legua de tierra 
buena y prieta muy empastada y del 
Este 4 Oeste tiene cuatro leguas de 
largo. Tiene el paraje mucha sauceda, 
Alamos, alisos y algunos encinos; esta 
muy proveido de lena y la sierra muy 
alta que tiene al Norte parece tener 
provision de lena en algunas partes y 
en otras se divisa pelona, 
Como por el Norte baja un arroyo 
que fué 4 ver mi companero y dice 
tiene buen trozo de agua al pié de la 
sierra, dijeron los soldados y esplora- 
dores que hay otra buena rancheria 
de gentiles; no muy apartado del 
pueblo vimos unos ojos de brea; tienen 
muchas canoas y en la actualidad 
estaban construyendo una por cuyo 
motivo nombraron los soldados 4 este 
pueblo la Carpinteria y yo la bauticé 
con el nombre de San Roque dista del 
antecedente paraje solo una _ legua. 
En cuanto llegamos nos trajeron tanto 
BURTON MOUND [BTH. ANN, 44 
Thursday, the 17th of the same 
month [August 17, 1769|—We started 
out from this place [El Rincén] at 
half past 7 and following a westerly 
direction climbed some rolling hills of 
good grass-grown soil which terminate 
boldly at the beach, although between 
them and the beach one can pass 
along the sands. We must have gone 
about half a league when we reached 
a point of land which together with 
the other point on which the above 
mentioned rancheria is situated forms 
a beach like a cove. On this point we 
found another very large rancheria in 
which we counted 388 houses of the 
same shape as those already men- 
tioned and some of them so large that 
they shelter many families. At the 
edge of the village all the people were 
awaiting us and there were no fewer 
people than at La Asumpta [San 
Buenaventura]. We arrived at the 
rancheria to greet them, and the com- 
andante presented the captain with 
some beads. We made camp not very 
far from the rancheria on a plain of 
good black soil, well grassed, which 
must extend from north to south about 
a league and be 4 leagues long from 
east to west. The locality has many 
willows, cottonwoods, and sycamores 
and some live oaks; it is well provided 
with wood, and the high mountain 
range which there is to the north 
seems to be provided with wood in 
some places and in others is seen to 
be bare. 
To the north as it were there comes 
down a creek which my companion 
went to see and he says it has a 
good bit of water at the foot of the 
range. The soldiers and scouts said 
that there is another good rancheria 
of gentiles. Not far from the village 
Wwe saw some springs of tar. They 
have many canoes and at the present 
time were building one, for which rea- 
son the soldiers named this village 
La Carpinteria, while I baptized it 
with the name of San Roque. It is 
distant from the last-mentioned place 
