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a ' Af E XI C A. 



Chap. VI. 





Bourdi of 



To»«; 



Gnfmans 



Travels, 



S E C T. VI. j 



Cinoloa. 



CJ» /o<* is the moft Northern part of N*T» Ciffici*, bounded on the Weft, with 

 fomepartofthe Gulf or Bay of California . on the Eaft, with along Ridge 

 of Mountains, which they call Tepecfuan-, on the North, with Ctbola-, and 

 with Couliacan on the South. This Country .befides the general fertility of the whole 

 Province of New Gallicia, yields great ftore of Cotton-Wool, by reafon whereof 

 both Men and Women here are better Apparell'd, for the moft part, than clfc- 

 where the Americans are . is exceedingly well water'd with Rivers, which defcend 

 from thofe Mountains Tepecfuan, not above thirty or forty Leagues diftant from 

 the Sea- and which, with the variety of their Streams and Meandrous glidings, do 

 divide t'he Countrey into many and good Pafturcs, which are likewife ftor'd with 

 abundance ofKine, Oxen, and other Cartel. „',',. ja , r , 



The chief Towns poflefs'd by the Spaniards are i. St. <Pkltp and Jacob, ieated 

 towards the Sea fide, on the Banks of a fair River, about thirty or forty Leagues 

 diftant from the Town of Couliacan. 



i. St. John de Cinoloa, an ancient Colony of Spaniards, fetled there by Franctfco dt 

 Xwa, in the Year 1554, which is all they have in this Countrey, except fome few 

 old Forts of the Natives, which they found, after their manner, poorly furnifli d ; 

 but have fince repair'd them for Defence againft the Natives of thofe Parts, which 



as yet remain unreduc'd. 



This Province was alfo difcover'd by Kunne^ de Gufman, who having relied 

 fome Weeks in St. Michael, proceeding on his Way, he Ferried over the River <Pe. 

 rat/™, which receiv'd that Denomination becaufe the Houfes were cover'd with 

 Mats, by the Indians call'd <Petat. 



The People hereabouts were generally Man-eaters. 



Eighteen Leagues farther runs the River Tamochala, which hath many Villages 



on both fides thereof. 



Between fetatlan and Tamochala lie feveral defolate Wildernefles, and Woods of 



the $raftle-Trce. 



But Gufman travelling up twenty feven Leagues along the fore.mention d Ri- 

 ver Tamochala, came to the'ProvinccCmoK where they ftay'd fix Weeks, by rea. 

 fon of the abundance of Rains ; during which time the Villagers provided them 

 Turtle-Doves, Hares, Rabbets, and all forts of Fowls • but at laft deferted their 

 Habitations in the Night : after which the Spaniards croffing Tamochala went along 

 a barren Defart, where (had they not found Water in certain Wells, and likewife 

 ftore of Juice out of the TW.Trees) they had without doubt perifti'd 5 at laft get- 

 ting over the River Kgrnw, they found a deferted Village, out of which a broad 

 Path led along the Stream ; whither Gufman marching, he came into a Plain, where 

 he fpy'd feveral Indian!, which after fome refiftance were routed by the Spamjh 



The Villages built on the Banks of the River Xaguinu, as alfo the Language of 

 the Inhabitants differ little from the former. 



Not far from hence a Ridge of Hills runs into the Sea, and alfo extend thenv 

 felves a hundred Leagues towards Xalifco. 



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