[151] Antonio de Alcedo y Bexarano, a Peruvian historian and soldier, published Diccionario geográfico-histórico de las Indias Occidentales (Madrid, 1786-89).—Ed.
[152] For the Paduca Indians, see James's Long's Expedition, in our volume xiv, note 179. Evidently the Comanche are the tribe referred to in this passage.—Ed.
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