[36] Sonora Histórico y Descriptivo, por F. T. Dávila, 1894, p. 8.

[37] A Natural and Civil History of California; translated from the original Spanish of Miguel Venegas; London, 1759, vol. I, preface.

[38] Historia de los Trivmphos de Nvestra Santa Fee entre Gentes las mas Barbaras y Fieras del Nueuo Orbe; Madrid, 1645, p. 358. The “Heris” are identified as Seri by Bandelier (Final Report of Investigations among the Indians of the Southwestern United States, in Papers Arch. Inst. Am., American series, III, 1890, p. 74).

[39] Op. cit., p. 11.

[40] Venegas, op. cit., vol. I, p. 182.

[41] Venegas, A Natural and Civil History of California, vol. I, p. 192.

[42] Venegas, Noticia de la California, vol. I; Madrid, 1757, p. 219.

[43] The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, vol. XV (History of the North Mexican States, vol. I, 1531-1800), 1884, p. 252.

[44] Apostolicos Afanes de la Compañia de Jesus, escritos por un Padre de la misma Sagrada Religion de su Provincia de Mexico; Barcelona, 1754, p. 246 et seq.

[45] Translated somewhat freely from Resumen de Noticias, in Documentos para la Historia de Mexico, cuarta série, tomo I, 1856, pp. 235-236.