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National Geographic : 1903 Sep
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348 THE NATIONAL GE naventura said mass, and at the sound of a bell the people congregated to re cite the prayers. A count was made of the followers of the Bocora chief there, and they numbered 150 persons-62 warriors and 88 women and children and in this place I gave him * possession in all that related to his ecclesiastical administration. June io, i675.-In said province I, the lieutenant of the alcalde maior, having left the river and place of Senor San Diego, in said company of the comisario misionero and the chaplain, Spaniards and Indians, and traveled about twenty-two leagues, passing through the valley of the Rio San Antonio de Sabinas, we entered through an opening of one of the large sierras, called Obayas, and reached a creek, which we found deserted, uncultivated, and uninhabited. We took possession of it in the name of the king, for this conquest, and gave it the name of San Anbrosio, and in sign of possession we erected a high wooden cross, where the comisario misionero said mass, at which the Contore chief, Don Bernabe, with his people was present, and after mass religious instruction was given to the In dians by the comisario misionero. We counted this nation and they numbered 78 warriors and 130 Indian women and children. June 12, 1675.-In said province I, the said lieutenant of the alcalde maior, * The comisario misionero. GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE having left the place called San An brosio, and traveled about 14 leagues as it appeared, and toward the city of Guadalupe, and opposite it, at the foot of a high sierra, and toward the west of it, in company of said missionary fathers and Spaniards, we reached a water hole, deserted and uninhabited. We took possession of it in the name of the king, and in sign of possession erected a high wooden cross and named the place San Bartoleme. At this place came into my presence Don Salbador, chief of the Bobosarigami, with some of his people, who said he had sent for the remainder of his people, who had scattered for want of food. They were given religious instruction by the comisario misionero, Father Juan Larios, and afterward they were counted, and they numbered 44 warriors and 75 women and children with the Tetecores; and they were di rected to unite with the others, under Don Bernabe and Don Estaban. To all of which we bear faith and sign with said fathers and our assisting witnesses, who were Anbrosio de Berlanga and Diego Luis Sanchez, Fernando del Bosque, Fr. Juan Larios, Fr. Dionisio de San Buenaventura, Diego Luis San chez, Anbrosio Berlanga. On June 12 the expedition returned to the town of Nuestra Senora de Guada lupe, and the royal standard-bearer, Fer nando del Bosque, reported to the alcalde maior and conquistador, Don Antonio Balcarcel Rivadaneira Sotomayor. THE HARDY CATALPA ONE of the most important and interesting efforts of the Bureau of Forestry is to encourage land owners to start plantations of commer cially valuable trees. A large plantation of useful trees, such as the Hardy Ca talpa, a few years after planting, will yield each year in posts and stakes about as large and regular a return on the original investment as an orange or fruit plantation. There are a number of Hardy Catalpa plantations in Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska which for several years have been paying their owners very good profits. The tree grows rap idly, and is exceedingly durable. The
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