HARRINGTON ] HISTORY 
Laguna [Syujttin] distante tres leguas 
del primero: campamos sobre una la- 
guna de agua dulce de que se abas- 
tecen los gentiles que ocupan y viven 
en su cereania: pueblo el mas nume- 
roso de los que hasta aqui se havian 
visto: inferimos que pasaria de seis- 
cientas almas: ofrecieronnos pescado 
tlatelmado y fresco quanto pudieramos 
desear, y vinieron al real con sus 
mugeres y nifos tan carinosos y 
afables como en ninguna parte hayia- 
mos experimentado, 
Hallamos sobre nuestro camino dos 
rancherias arruinadas: no pudimos 
averiguar por que causa pero nos per- 
suadimos que serian efectos de las 
guerras y rillas que entre ellos suelen 
moverse mui facilmente. 
Al Pueblo de la Laguna 3 
De San Diego 79 leguas. 
Savado 19 de Agosto—Movimos el 
real mas para huir de la molestia de 
los gentiles, que para hacer jornada, 
pues apenas hicimos media; luego [J 
nmiedia legua] apartandonos de la plaia 
acantilada y bordada de altos cerros 
en este parage; hizimos alto dentro 
de una canada que tenia agua co- 
riente, bien que esta se resumia en la 
arena, no lexos de su _ nacimiento. 
Estaba la caflada vestida de hermosos 
encinos y alamos, y no faltaban pinos 
en las cumbres de los cerros. 
Los exploradores que se despacharon 
en la mafiana bolvieron en la tarde 
con noticia de haver visto grandes 
poblaciones, y mucha gentilidad, pu- 
blicando el buen recebimiento que en 
todas partes les havian hecho. 
De noche yinieron diez gentiles al 
real sin armas, con el fin, decian, de 
guiarnos por la manana a su ran- 
cheria: se les permitid pasar lo res- 
tante de la noche algo distantes del 
real, embiandoles quienes les hiciesen 
compania y los entretuvieron [MW en- 
tretubiesen] hasta el dia. 
leguas. 
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the Pueblo de la Laguna [Syujttn], 
distant 3 leagues from the first. We 
pitched our camp close to a pond of 
fresh water, from which the natives 
that occupy the land and live in the 
vicinity take their supply. This was 
the most populous of all the towns 
that we, so far, had seen; we esti- 
mated that it might contain more than 
six hundred souls. They offered us as 
much fish, roasted and fresh, as we 
could desire, and came to the camp 
with their women and children; in 
no other place had we met natives so 
affectionate and good-natured. 
On our way we found two ruined 
villages; we could not ascertain why 
they were so, but we concluded that 
it might be the effect of the wars and 
quarrels that arise very easily among 
the natives. 
To the Pueblo de la Laguna, 3 
leagues. From San Diego, 79 leagues. 
Saturday, August 19—We_ broke 
camp rather to get away from the 
annoyance of the natives than to make 
a day’s march; and so, as soon as we 
made half a league, turning from the 
shore—at this place steep and fringed 
by high hills—we halted in a canyon 
that had running water, although it 
sank into the sand not far from its 
source. The canyon was covered with 
beautiful live oaks and poplars, and 
pines grew on the hilltops. 
The scouts, who had been sent out 
in the morning, came back in the 
afternoon with the news that they had 
seen large towns and many natives, 
telling everyone of the welcome that 
had been given them on all sides. 
At night 10 unarmed natives came 
to the camp for the purpose, they said, 
of guiding us to their village in the 
morning. We allowed them to pass 
the remainder of the night at some 
distance from the camp, and sent them 
some of our men, who kept them com- 
pany and entertained them until day- 
break. 
