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Mara it Nh 

 fa hii Relati- 

 on of thefe 

 • Parts. 



Dt Jkran 

 his Voyage. 



C*briU$ bis 

 Expedition. 



Dralees Ac- 

 count of the 

 Countrey. 



a M EKI C A. Chap. XVI1L 



upon his own Charges, and having Coafted all about, both upon the Eaftem and 

 Weftern Shores, he at laft Landed, but not without notable oppofition from the 

 •Natives, who with much clamour, and many antique Geftures fet upon his Men fo 

 furioufly with Stones and Arrows, that they had met with a ftrew'd Repulfe, had 

 it not been for the Valor of their Auxiliaries, the Maftiff Dogs, which it leems they 

 us'd to carry along with them in thofekind of Voyages . but at laft he got footing 

 fo far that he took poiTeflion in the Name of the King of Spam with the ufual For- 

 malins ; and following the Example of Columbus, fet up a Crofs in the Place for a 

 Memorial and Teftimony of his having been there. 



Much about the fame time Marco de Njfa a Francifcan, undertaking a Voyage in. 

 to thefe Parts, reported Wonders at his Return, of the plenty of golden Mines, 

 ftately Cities, fet out with magnificent Buildings, the very Gates whereof were 

 enrich'd with Turquoifes, and other Precious Stones, and whofe meaneft Inhabitants 

 went glittering in Gold and Mother of Pearl, and of the flourifliing Condition of 

 the Kingdoms of Jcu, Tonteac> and Marata $ whereupon the Governor of New Gallicia 

 was fent by the then Vice-Roy of Mexico, with great hopes of bringing back a;Con- 

 firmation of thefe Reports; but whether out of fpite to be deceiv'd in his Expe- 

 ctation, or having real caufe fo to do, he reprefented all things as mean and defpi- 

 cable,as the Fryer had proclaim'd them rich and glorious. 



The next that went upon this Defign was Ferdinando de Alarcon, who is reported 

 to have Sail'd many Leagues up a River call'd <Buena Guia, and there to have re- 

 ceiv'd Homage of Naguacatus, one of the Heads of the Calif ornian Tribes. 



One more Attempt was made in the Year 1641. by <H$derico Cabrillo, who difee 

 ver'd the Ifland of St. Luke, and another call'd The Ijland off off ion • and this was 

 the laft we hear of that thought it worth while to go an Undertaker to thefe 

 Coafts, and ever fince all Undertakings hithet^have been fo wholly laid afidc, that 

 what-ever was once difcover'd in thefe Parts, feems rather to be loft and forgotten, 

 than any way improv'd. 



As for Kiova Albion, whereas many determine it to be onely the utmoft Northern 

 $&tt of California, though it doth not abfolutely appear to be fo from the Relation 

 of Sir Francis Drake's Difcovery of it, we judge it agreeable to Method and Deco. 

 rum not wholly to omit the mention of it in this place,though it hath been already 

 fpoken of, and the aforefaid Relation deliver'd at large amongft the reft of thofe 

 Provinces of largely-taken California, which were taken for granted to be upon the 



Continent. 



-Drake and his Company brought home this Defcription of the Countrey and its 

 Inhabitants, vi^. That the Countrey TDas exceedingly well fiord Vtth Deer, Gracing up and 

 dofi>n the Hills by thoufands in a company ; That the Men generally went naked all oyer, the 

 Women ufmg onely a piece of a Mat, orfome fuch thing infiead of an Apron ; That their Hou- 

 fes were built onely of Turf and Ofier, yet fo wrought together, that they ferv'd Very well to 

 keep out the Cold ; in the midfi of it was their Hearth where they made their Fire, and lay all 

 round about it together upon feVeral <Beds of MU^ufbes, What their Toms Jere, or whither 

 they had any, is altogether unknown. 



The 



