HARRINGTON | 
El 18 [18 de Agosto, 1769] de Agosto 
anduvimos cinco horas por la playa; 
paramos en un pueblo que tenia qua- 
renta y tantas cassas avitadas de mas 
500 gentiles, nos regalaron mucho pes- 
eado se les correspondio: tenia este 
pueblo diez canoas, & mas de esto 
havia 4 su becindad dos pueblos arrui- 
nados, y dessamparados por haverse 
aniquilado entre ellos mismos, 
El 19 [19 de Agosto, 1769], de Agosto 
anduvimos una hora, pasto, y agua, 
aqui binieron como veinte y tantos 
gentiles se les regal6 de abalorios. 
HISTORY OF BURTON MOUND 
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The 18th [August 18, 1769]—We 
proceeded for five hours along the 
seashore. We halted in a town which 
had 40 or more houses inhabited by 
over 500 natives; they made us a 
present of many fish and we made 
them a suitable return. This town 
had 10 canoes. Besides this [one] 
there were in the vicinity two [other] 
towns, ruined and deserted, the inhab- 
itants having mutually exterminated 
each other. 
The 19th [August 19, 1769|—We 
proceeded for one hour. Pasture and 
water. Here about twenty or more 
natives came [to our camp]; we made 
them presents of glass beads. 
Of passing Syujttin on the return journey Portola notes: 
El 10 [10 De Enero, 1770] handuvi- 
mos algo ma'’s de tres jornadas de las 
hechas que seria como de 6 horas de 
eamino, paramos en el pueblo de la 
Carpinteria, en donde esperayamos 
mucha provission de pescado, y quasi 
no hubo nada. 
The 10th [Jan, 10, 1770|—We pro- 
ceeded [for a distance] somewhat 
greater than [we had made in] three 
marches on the outward journey, 
which was about six hours travel. We 
halted in the town of La Carpinteria 
where we expected [to find] a plenti- 
ful supply of fish, but it had hardly 
any. 
As is customary, Pedro Fages in his Noticias del Puerto de 
Monterrey * supplies other interesting details: 
Quinto: Haciendo dos leguas por la 
Playa Camp6 cerca de una Rancheria 
Volante [los Pitos] de Indios pesca- 
dores, y este fué el nombre de aquel 
sitio, por no perder la costumbre de 
ponerles 4 todos los parages de nuestro 
Descubrimiento segun las ocurrencias. 
Serto: Por lo notable de habernos 
festejado un Indio extraordinaria- 
mente dos leguas adelante (siempre 
costeando la Marina) donde hay un 
numeroso Pueblo [el Rincén] sobre 
una punta de Tierra en la misma 
Playa, el qul. Indio era un hombre for- 
nido, de buen Talle, y gran Bailaryn, 
y ya nos habia visto en la Asumpta 
[San Buenaventura] dos dias antes: 
por su respecto llamamos 4 este 
Pueblo [San Buenaventura] de donde 
Fifthly. Making 2 leagues along the 
beach, they camped near a Temporary 
Rancheria [Los Pitos] of Indian fish- 
ermen, and this was the name of that 
site, not abandoning the custom of 
naming all the stopping places of our 
discovery according to the happenings. 
Sixthly. For the notable fact of an 
Indian having entertained us extraor- 
dinarily 2 leagues farther on (con- 
tinually following the shore), where 
there is a populous pueblo [El Rincén] 
on a point of land on this same shore, 
which Indian was a robust man, of 
good body, and a great dancer, and 
had already seen us at La Asumpta 
[San Buenaventura] two days before, 
for him we called this pueblo [San 
Buenaventura], of which our friend 
1Fages, Pedro, Noticias del Puerto de Monterrey; y Diario Historico de los Viages 
Hechos al Norte de California, 1775., 
Original in Mexico City; copy presented to the 
author through the kindness of Prof. H. EB. Bolton in 1913. 
