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Diario de Juan
Bautista de Anza
23 de octobre, 1775 - 1 de jun, 1776 |
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Drawn from a portrait in oil
attributed to Fray Orsi in 1774. From Z.S. Eldredge History of California, 1915. |
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Story
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Introduction
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| Preliminaries: Account of the people, supplies, and livestock | |
| Manuela Piñuelas dies in childbirth at La Canoa the first evening | |
| To conserve water in the desert, the tardeada is introduced | |
| Ana María de Osuna gives birth to a healthy son in a camp on the Gila River | |
| The Yuma Indians help the Expedition to cross the frigid waters of the Colorado River | |
| Lieutenant Moraga temporarily loses his hearing form the snow and severe cold and the Expedition members suffer extremely | |
| Gertrudis Rivas gives birth to a healthy son at a camp in Coyote Canyon | |
| Nearing San Gabriel the Expedition learns of the uprising at San Diego | |
| After much delay, a desertion, and a side trip to San Diego to help quell the uprising, Anza decides to continue north from San Gabriel | |
| With great satisfaction the colonizers arrive at Monterey, the earliest recruits having been traveling for just fifteen days short of a year | |
| Anza, Font, Moraga, and eleven soldiers stand at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, the first people of European heritage to have seen it | |
| Anza, Font, and twenty-seven others returning to Sonora bid a tearful farewell at Monterey to the California colonists | |
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