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raplier, J. W. Mitchell, pliotogTapher, and S. C. Millard, 

 interpreter; Senores Andres Norieg'a, of Costa Kica, and 

 Ygnacio Lozania, of Hermosillo; Mariana, Anton, Miguel, 

 Anton Castillo, and Anton Ortiz, Papago Indians; and Ruperto 

 Alvarez, a mixed-blood Yaqui. A military organization was 

 adopted, strict regulations were laid down for the protection 

 of life and property, and watches were instituted and rigidly 

 maintained. 



On proceeding up the coast toward the turbulent strait FA 

 Infiernillo, severe gales were encountered, whereby progress 

 was greatly retarded; and on reaching the strait the winds 

 continued to blow so violently as to fill the air with sand 

 ashore and spray at sea, and to render it impossible to make 

 the jiassage. Finally, after five days, when the water was 

 exhausted, the gale lulled sufticieutly to permit a difficult 

 crossing with a portion of the party and a small part of the 

 scanty food and bedding; but when Messrs Johnson and 

 Mitchell set out on the return trip to bring over Senor Noriega 

 and two of the Indians, who remained with the supplies on the 

 mainland, the gale rose again and, despite the most strenuous 

 efforts, blew the frail vessel 25 miles down the gulf, where it 

 was practically wrecked on a desert island. On tlie following 

 day the wind subsided somewhat, and the two men were able 

 to empty the boat of the sand with which it had become filled, 

 to repair it, and finally to reach the rendezvous on the shore of 

 Kino bay in time to meet the teamsters from the rancho when 

 they returned to bring in the part}'. Here water was obtained, 

 and Messrs Johnson and Mitchell again worked their way up 

 the coast in the face of adverse winds, usually tracking the 

 boat laboriously along the rocky coast; but it was not until the 

 end of the fourth day that they rejoined the three men left on 

 the mainland (who had suft'ered much from thirst) and again 

 crossed the strait to find the larger portion of the party with 

 the leader on Til)uron island. Meantime the group on the 

 island had suffered inconvenience from dearth of food and 

 blankets, and had been compelled to devote nearly all tlieir 

 energies to obtaining water from a little tinaja, or water pocket, 

 in the rocks in the interior of the island, 6 or 7 miles from 



