CHAPTER XI. 
Padre Juan Ugarte and Jayme Bravo explore the Pacific Coast—Dearth 
—Thirst— Padre Salva Tierra— A Tempest—Landing at Loretto— 
San Josef—Wrecked— Padre Salva Tierra goes to the Rescue—En¬ 
ergy—Suffering—Die by Thousands—Wrecked—At Sea in a Long¬ 
boat—The Limit of Despair—They toil on—The Guaycuros—Massa¬ 
cre—San Ignacio— Padre Salva Tierra leaves California—Death of a 
Hero at Guadalaxara. 
Meantime Padre Juan Ugarte prepares to reconnoitre the 
coast of the Pacific. The chief of the Yaqui nation waits on 
him with forty of his warriors. The Captain, with twelve sol¬ 
diers and some converts, is at his command for the same duty; 
the beasts and provisions for the journey are ready ; and Padre 
Juan Ugarte and the layman Bravo, on the twenty-sixth of 
November, 1706, leave Loretto, with their troops and pack 
animals divided into three companies, on their wearisome way 
over the western mountains. Their march lies through the 
Mission of San Xavier and the Indian village called Santa 
Rosalia, and from that point passes over the dry and herb¬ 
less waste of heights and vales to the sea. Here they meet 
several hundred Guaycuros, who are friendly to them. Thence 
they march southward many leagues, and find no water in all 
the distance except in little wells dug by the Indians. They 
then turn their course to the north. They march all day over 
burning sands, famishing with thirst, and halt at night near the 
channel of a dry rivulet. Thence they send men a few leagues 
farther up the shore, and others up and down the thirsty 
channel, in quest of water. They all return to camp with¬ 
out success. Next they disperse themselves in every direc¬ 
tion to find a plat of low ground where they may dig wells, 
but find none. As a last resource, they now let loose their 
