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naventura said mass, and at the sound 

 of a bell the people congregated to re- 

 cite the prayers. A count was made of 

 the followers of the Bocora chief there, 

 and they numbered 150 persons — 62 

 warriors and 88 women and children — 

 and in this place I gave him * possession 

 in all that related to his ecclesiastical 

 administration. 



June 10, 16 y$. — In said province I, 

 the lieutenant of the alcalde maior, 

 having left the river and place of Senor 

 San Diego, in said company of the 

 comisario misionero and the chaplain, 

 Spaniards and Indians, and traveled 

 about twenty-two leagues, passing 

 through the valley of the Rio San 

 Antonio de Sabinas, we entered through 

 an opening of one of the large sierras, 

 called Obayas, and reached a creek, 

 which we found deserted, uncultivated, 

 and uninhabited. We took possession 

 of it in the name of the king, for this 

 conquest, and gave it the name of San 

 Anbrosio, and in sign of possession we 

 erected a high wooden cross, where the 

 comisario misionero said mass, at which 

 the Contore chief, Don Bernabe, with 

 his people was present, and after mass 

 religious instruction was given to the In- 

 dians by the comisario misionero. We 

 counted this nation and they numbered 

 78 warriors and 130 Indian women and 

 children. 



June 12, 1675. — In said province I, 

 the said lieutenant of the alcalde maior, 

 *The comisario misionero. 



having left the place called San An- 

 brosio, and traveled about 14 leagues as 

 it appeared, and toward the city of 

 Guadalupe, and opposite it, at the foot 

 of a high sierra, and toward the west of 

 it, in compan3 r of said missionary fathers 

 and Spaniards, we reached a water hole, 

 deserted and uninhabited. We took 

 possession of it in the name of the king, 

 and in sign of possession erected a high 

 wooden cross and named the place San 

 Bartoleme. At this place came into my 

 presence Don Salbador, chief of the 

 Bobosarigami, with some of his people, 

 who said he had sent for the remainder 

 of his people, who had scattered for 

 want of food. They were given religious 

 instruction by the comisario misionero, 

 Father Juan Larios, and afterward 

 they were counted, and they numbered 

 44 warriors and 75 women and children 

 with the Tetecores ; and the3' were di- 

 rected to unite with the others, under 

 Don Bernabe and Don Estaban. To 

 all of which we bear faith and sign with 

 said fathers and our assisting witnesses, 

 who were Anbrosio de Berlanga and 

 Diego Luis Sanchez, Fernando del 

 Bosque, Fr. Juan Larios, Fr. Dionisio 

 de San Buenaventura, Diego Luis San- 

 chez, Anbrosio Berlanga. 



On June 12 the expedition returned 

 to the town of Nuestra Senora de Guada- 

 lupe, and the royal standard-bearer, Fer- 

 nando del Bosque, reported to the alcalde 

 maior and conquistador, Don Antonio 

 Balcarcel Rivadaneira Sotomayor. 



THE HARDY CATALPA 



ONE of the most important and 

 interesting efforts of the Bureau 

 of Forestry is to encourage land- 

 owners to start plantations of commer- 

 cially valuable trees. A large plantation 

 of useful trees, such as the Hardy Ca- 

 talpa, a few years after planting, will 

 yield each year in posts and stakes about 



as large and regular a return on the 

 original investment as an orange or 

 fruit plantation. There are a number 

 of Hardy Catalpa plantations in Kansas, 

 Iowa, and Nebraska which for several 

 years have been paying their owners 

 very good profits. The tree grows rap- 

 idly, and is exceedingly durable. The 



