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a coffin screw on their ears. Otondo is, therefore, obliged to 
weigh anchor for Hiaqui on the Senora shore. Here he sells 
all his pearls, and pledges his plate for stores. Like a brave 
man bent on his end, he seeks again the Californian shore, 
and on the sixth of October anchors at San Bruno Bay, in 
Lat. 26° 30'. 
On the same day, Otondo, the three Padres, and some sol¬ 
diers, explore for fresh water, and find it in a narrow vale one 
mile and a half from shore. Near this they establish a gar¬ 
rison, build a rude church, and some huts. And now Otondo 
sends two ships to Mexico with an account of his proceed¬ 
ings, and a request for more money ; takes possession of the 
country in the name of the king; goes fifty leagues westward 
in the month of December among mountains and desert vales; 
ascends an elevation, where he finds several leagues of table 
land, with a temperate climate and a fresh-water lake of 
small size; advances beyond, on a toilsome journey over steeps 
and depths, in search of a peak from which to see the Pacific 
Ocean; fails to do so, and returns to San Bruno. The Indians 
whom they meet are much delighted with the paternal kindness 
of the Padres. Otondo employs himself a year in like ex¬ 
plorations at different points along the coast. The Padres 
are busy meantime in learning the language of the Indians 
and instructing them in the Catholic religion. They trans¬ 
late the Catechism, teach it to the children, and these in turn 
teach it to their parents. The voice of heathenism utters 
prayers to Jehovah on the Californian mountains! 
The Padres find no word in their language to represent the 
resurrection of the dead. That idea has not existed in their 
minds, and consequently has no expression in their language. 
Resort is had to a very ingenious method of finding one 
which will present it. Some flies are immersed in water un¬ 
til animation seems extinct. They are then placed among 
ashes in the heat of the sun till restored to life. The In¬ 
dians who witness the operation cry out, Ibimuhueite ! Ibi- 
muhueite ! This word or expression is afterward used to 
