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were seen. On the 27th and 28th the vessels passed three islands, one larger than the 

 others. At a port which was called San Miguel he remained a short time. One eve- 

 ning a party went on shore to fish, when they found many Indians, who saluted them 

 with arrows, wounding three men. However, the Indians became peaceable and went 

 off to the ships, telling Cabrillo of people like him and his followers, armed similarly, 

 going on horseback, and killing many of the natives, for which reason they were much 

 afraid. This port of San Miguel is supposed to be near San Pedro or Wilmington Har- 

 bor. On the 7th of October he came in view of two islands some distance from the 

 mainland, which he named after his vessels ; these islands, lying in Santa Barbara 

 Channel, southwest of San Pedro, are supposed to be San Olemente and Santa Cata- 

 lina. On these islands CabrUlo found many Indians, who at first showed great fear 

 of the Spaniards, but finally, becoming friendly, told him of numerous other Indians 

 on the mainland. Eesting here but two days, he set sail ou the 9th. Shortly after- 

 ward, reaching a spacious bay and following its shore-line, he came upon a large vil- 

 lage of Indians close to the sea-shore. Here his ships were visited by the savages in 

 canoes, from the great number of which he called their town Pueblo de las Canoas. 

 It appears impossible to fix the exact location of this town, but circumstances seem 

 to indicate that it was near the head of Santa Clara valley. Mr. Bowers con- 

 siders this town to have been called Xueo by the Indians. On the 13th, resuming 

 his voyage, he passed near two large islands, supposed to be Santa Cruz and San 

 Miguel, and anchored in front of an extremely fertile valley. Here he was visited 

 by many natives coming to sell fish, who informed him that the whole coast was 

 densely populated as far northward as Cabo de Galera, or Point Concepcjion of the 

 present day. Northwest from the Pueblo cle las Canoas he discovered two islands, which 

 he named San Lucas, afterward known as San Bernardo, and which at the present day 

 are supposed to be those of Santa Bosa and San Miguel. On his way up the coast, 

 Cabrillo speaks of anchoring in front of two villages (Bos Pueblos), largely populated, 

 and this is probably the place where some important discoveries were made by our 

 party. 



Point Conception was reached by this Portuguese navigator on November 1, 

 after much suffering from cold, winds, and tempests. Anchoring near this place to ob- 

 tain wood and water, he called the port Las Sardinas, from the abundance of fish there- 

 abouts. Here were found many natives, of most friendly disposition, one of whom, an 

 old woman, said to be the Queen of the Pueblos, came off to the captain's ship and re- 

 mained two nights. Returning to the islands of St. Lucas on account of bad weather, 

 on the 3d of January Cabrillo died on the island called La Posesion, believed to be the 

 present San Miguel. Of the manner of his death and his notes in regard to the Indians 

 he saw we shall have occasion to speak hereafter.* 



It is worthy of mention that nearly all the Indians met with by Cabrillo seemed 

 familiar with the appearance of himself and friends, as he was repeatedly informed at 

 different points that numbers of men, presumably his countrymen, were journeying in 

 the interior, some of them near a very large river, doubtless the Colorado. 



With this account of one of the earlier explorers of the region visited by our- 



* It should be mentioned that the identification of the localities in the former report were made 

 before Lieut. Commander Taylor, U. S. N., had an opportunity of comparing Cabrillo's narrative with 

 the charts of the coast ; consequently his determinations should be accepted, not mine. See paper by 

 Mr. Henshaw and Cabrillo's narrative in another place. — H. C. Y. 



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