Las Vegas (the meadows). Fremont refers to the vegas of the Southern Central Valley in these terms: “We encamped in the midst of another very large basin, at a camping ground called Las Vegas, a term which the Spaniards use to signify fertile or marshy plains, in contradistinction to llanos, which they apply to dry and sterile plains.”
Vega del Río del Pájaro (plain of the river of the bird).
Venado (deer), is in Colusa County.
Ventura (fortune). See page [113].
Verano (summer), is west of Napa.
Verde (green), twelve miles from San Luís Obispo.
Verdugo (a surname in this case). See page [85].
Los Vergeles (flower gardens, beautiful orchards).
Vicente Point (Point Vincent). See page [85].
Viento (wind), is in San Bernardino County.