Alarcon’s Discovery 
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the farther apart they were, but Alargon kept a constant and 
faithful lookout for the other party the whole time, never los¬ 
ing an opportunity to inquire its whereabouts. 
Coronado had left a well-provisioned ship, the San Gabriel^ 
at Aguaiauall, for Alargon to bring along. These supplies 
were for the use of the army when the two parties should meet 
Gulf of California at the Mouth of the Colorado. 
Photograph by Delancy Gill. 
in the north from time to time. Alargon added the vessel to 
his fleet and proceeded along up the coast, keeping as near the 
land as the water would permit, and constantly on the lookout 
for signals from the other party, or for Amerinds who might 
be able to give information concerning the position of the gen¬ 
eral. Thus, at last, he came to the very head of the gulf where 
Ulloa had wondered at the rush of waters and had turned away 
without investigation. “And when we were come,” he says. 
