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| | [Introduction] | 239 |
| I. | [Early expeditions, 1776-1803] | 241 |
| | [Excerpts from official correspondence] | 241 |
| | [Hermenegildo Sal’s expedition, 1796] | 241 |
| II. | [Expeditions, 1804-1805] | 243 |
| | [Father Martin’s visit to Cholam, 1804] | 243 |
| | [Father Martin’s visit to Bubal, 1805] | 243 |
| | [Expedition of Second Lieutenant Luís Argüello, 1805] | 244 |
| III. | [Expeditions by Zalvidea and Moraga, 1806-1807] | 245 |
| | [Father Zalvidea’s expedition, 1806] | 245 |
| | [Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga’s expedition, 1806] | 247 |
| | [Reminiscences of Mexican pioneers] | 254 |
| IV. | [José Palomares’ expedition to the Tulares, 1808] | 256 |
| V. | [Exploration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, 1810-1813] | 258 |
| | [Father Viader’s first trip] | 258 |
| | [Father Viader’s second trip] | 259 |
| | [Father Ramón Abella’s expedition, 1811] | 260 |
| | [José Argüello’s attack on an Indian village, 1813] | 265 |
| VI. | [Expeditions, 1815-1820] | 267 |
| | [Ortega’s expedition to Kings River and Tulare Lake, 1815] | 267 |
| | [Father Martinez’ expedition] | 271 |
| | [Minor sorties] | 273 |
| | [Expedition to the delta, 1817] | 273 |
| VII. | [Minor raids and forays, 1810-1820] | 280 |
| | [Notes] | 282 |
| | [Bibliography] | 291 |