42 EXPLORATION OF 
Uno de los eapitanes 6 caziques de 
este pueblo se hallaba en el de La 
Asumpta [San Buenaventura] quando 
nosotros pasamos, y fué uno de los que 
mas se esmeraron en obsequiarnos ; 
éra hombre formado de buen talle y 
facciones, gran bailarin por cuio res- 
pecto le pusimos a su pueblo el nom- 
bre del Bailarin. Pareci6nos aun mas 
numeroso que el de La Asumpta [San 
Buenaventura] y las casas son de la 
misma fabrica y hechura. 
ny 
Al Pueblo del Bailarin 2 leguas. De 
San Diego 75 leguas. 
Jueves 17 de Agosto.—Seguimos nues- 
tra marcha por la orilla de la plaia 
un corto tramo, y despues por lomas 
altas sobre la costa: paramos cosa de 
un quarto de legua retirados de la 
misma cerca de un arroio de excelente 
agua, que salia de una canada de la. 
sierra con mucha arboleda de sauces: 
teniamos 4 la vista otra rancheria 0 
pueblo de gentiles compuesta de treinta 
y dos casas [la Carpinteria], tan popu- 
loso como los pasados: vinieron al 
real con pescado fresco y tlatelmado, 
hombres, mugeres, y nifos codiciosos 
de abalorios y cuentas de vidrio, mejor 
moneda y de maior estimacion entre 
ellos que el oro y la plata. 
Los soldados Namaron 4 este pueblo 
de la Carpinteria porque estaban a 
la sazon construiendo una canoa: dista 
no mas de una legua del Pueblo del 
Bailarin. 
Parecié a todos este sitio mui apa- 
rente para mision, respecto de la in- 
numerable gentilidad que havita estas 
plaias en colo el distrito de seis leguas 
y por tener muchas tierras al propo- 
sito para siembras capaces de dar 
mucho fruto: lo proprio dirémos en el 
sentido mistico, porque la docilidad de 
esta gente nos did grandes esperanzas, 
de que la palabra de Dios fructificara 
igualmente en sus corazones. 
A la Carpinteria 1 legua. 
Diego 76 leguas. 
Viernes 18 de Agosto.—Del Pueblo 
de la Carpinteria marchamos al de La 
De San 
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One of the chiefs or caciques of this 
town was in La Asumpta [San Buena- 
ventura] when we passed through that 
place, and was one of those who took 
the greatest care to please us. He 
was a robust man, of good figure and 
countenance, and a great dancer, and 
for this reason we gave his town the 
name of El Bailarin. It seemed to us 
still more populous than La Asumpta 
[San Buenaventura], and the houses 
are of the same structure and appear- 
ance, 
To the Pueblo del Bailarin, 2 leagues. 
From San Diego, 75 leagues. 
Thursday, August 17.—We continued 
our march along the margin of the 
beach for a short distance, and after- 
wards over high hills on the coast. 
We halted about a quarter of a league 
inland, near a small stream of excel- 
lent water which flowed from a can- 
yon of the range; here there were 
many willows. We saw before us an- 
other village or Indian town composed 
of 32 houses [La Carpinteria], and as 
populous as the previous ones. Men, 
women, and children came to the camp 
bringing fish, both fresh and roasted, 
eager to obtain glass beads and 
trinkets, which are the best money and 
more highly valued among them than 
gold and silver. 
The soldiers called this town Pueblo 
de la Carpinteria, because at this time 
the natives were constructing a canoe. 
It is only 1 league from the Pueblo del 
Bailarin. 
This place seemed to all of us very 
suitable for a mission, on account of 
the innumerable heathen that inhabit 
these shores within a radius of only 6 
leagues, and because it has extensive 
lands well adapted for cultivation and 
capable of producing rich crops. We 
may say the same in a mystical sense, 
as the gentleness of this people gave 
us great hopes that the word of God 
will fructify equally in their hearts. 
To La Carpinteria, 1 league. From 
San Diego, 76 leagues. 
Friday, August 18—From the Pue- 
blo de la Carpinteria we marched to 
