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granted facilities by the courtesy of these institutions. Results of 

 researches conducted by him before entering the service of the Bureau 

 have been elaborated and necessary additional material has been 

 obtained. 



On May 29 Mr. Harrington went to Santa Ines mission where 

 he found among the old records preserved at the mission a manu- 

 script bearing the title, " Padron que contiene todos las Neofitas de 

 esta Mision de la Purisima Concepcion con expresion de su edad, y 

 partida de Bautismo segun se halla hoy dia 1° de Enero de 1814," 

 by Father Mariano Payeras. This document, which appears to have 

 been unknown to historians, is of the greatest value for the study 



Fig. 135.— a Yuma fiesta. 



of the Indians of La Purisima and Santa Ines. A copy of it was made 

 for the Bureau and a large amount of other material was extracted 

 from the archives of the mission. While at Santa Ines Mr. Harring- 

 ton succeeded in locating the sites of some of the former rancherias 

 mentioned in the records of the mission. 



On June 19, Mr. Harrington proceeded to Arroyo Grande, where 

 he worked for a week with a poor, sick old woman, the sole survivor 

 of the San Luis Obispo Indians. The importance of the immediate 

 rescuing of her language and the other information which she can 

 furnish can hardly be overestimated. 



The latter part of July and the month of August were spent in 

 San Diego working with a Chumashan informant. The period from 

 September i to December 31 was spent at San Diego and Los 

 Angeles in the elaboration of the San Luis Obispo and other material. 



