The  Day  following  all  the  Men  landed,  when
immediately  a  great  Crols  was  ereiftcd  upon  an
Eminence,  by  Way  of  taking  PcrfTeffion  of  the
Country  in  the  Name  of  God,  and  his  Catholic  Ma-
jefty  •.    The  SpatUardi  want;ed  to  know  whether

fome

*  What  Right  the  Sfaaisrd)  had,  to  <ci»  open  a  Coimtrj  m

ibu  Muuer,  and  iiSpotteb  the  Nativci  of  it,  is  above  my  Com-

f rebenfioa :


4T2     TRAVELS  of  the  JesvitsI

fome  Caiifornians  were  not  hid  in  tbde  Woods^
■which  are  exceedingly  thick,  and  cover  the  whole.
Mountain.  For  this  Furpofe  they  left  a  few  Eatz-
bles,  fuch  as  Indian  Com,  BJicuit,  &fc.  mixing
feme  Beads  among  them.  Being  fatisBed  with  this
Difcovery,  they  returned  on  Board  their  Ships.
