312 VOYAGE OF CABEILLO. 



They departed from this island of San Lucas Monday, the 12th day of the month 

 of February, which they could not do sooner on account of the bad weather, which 

 gave them winds and much snow. It is inhabited, and the people are like those of the 

 other island. The Indians call it Niealque. There are three villages in it, which are 

 called Nicoebi, Coycoy, Coloco. This day they went to Puerto de las Sardirias [Goletta 

 Anchorage], to take in wood and other things necessary for their voyage, as they were 

 not to be obtained on those islands. 



"Wednesday, the 14th day of the said month, they departed from El Puerto de 

 Sardinas, having taken a boat-load of wood, and tbey did not dare to remain longer 

 there on account of the great swell of the sea; they did not find so many Indians as 

 before, nor any fishing on account of the winter ; the natives eat oak acorns and other 

 seeds and herbs of the field without cooking. From this place they proceeded to the 

 island of San Salvador [Santa Cruz], because they were there more secure from the 

 storms, that they might be able to make sail and run along by the sea. 



Sunday, the 18th day of the said month of February, they departed from the isl- 

 and of San Salvador with a moderate wind to the northeast, and they ran along to the 

 southwest, because they were told that there were other islands toward the southwest ; 

 they were at dusk this day about 12 leagues from the island of San Salvador, and they 

 saw six islands, some large and others small. [The southern members of the Santa 

 Barbara group, of which there are actually but five ; but Santa Catalina has the appear- 

 ance of being cut in two.] This day a sailor died, and the -following Monday, at day- 

 break, they were at sea about 10 leagues to the windward of the islands, and with the 

 wind west-northwest they were standing off five days to the southwest, and after they 

 had proceeded about a hundred leagues they found the wind more violent and the sea 

 high ; and Thursday, the 22d day of the said month of February, they again stood in- 

 shore to endeavor to reach Cabo de Pinos [Point de Arenas], with the wind south - 

 southeast, which continued three days, and was increasing each day ; and the Sunday 

 following, at daybreak, they gained sight of Cabo de Pinos, and they were this day at 

 dusk 20 leagues to windward on a coast running northwest and southeast, and it is bold 

 and without harbor ; there was no smoke seen on the land, and tbey saw a point which 

 formed the extremity of the land which turned the coast to the northwest ; in the mid- 

 dle of the night the wind suddenly shifted to the south-southwest, and they ran to the 

 west-northwest until day, and in the morning the wind shifted to the west-southwest 

 with great violence, which held on until the following Tuesday ; they ran to the north- 

 west. 



Tuesday, the 27th day of the said month, the wind veered to the south-southwest, 

 which held on all day ; they ran to the west-northwest with the foresails lowered, for 

 it blew violently ; at the approach of night the wind shifted to the west ; they ran all 

 night to the south with but few sails ; there was a high sea which washed over them. 



The Wednesday following, the 28th day of the said month, at daybreak, the wind 

 shifted directly to the southwest, and it did not blow hard. This day they took the 

 latitude in 43 degrees. [Allowing the necessary error of a degree and a half, this would 

 place the ships someiohat above Cape Mendocino.] Towards night the wind freshened 

 and shifted to the south-southwest. They ran this night to the west-northwest 

 with much difficulty, and Thursday at daybreak the wind shifted to the southwest 

 with great fury, and the seas came from many parts, which harassed them much, and 



