The March Of Portola And The Discovery Of The Bay Of San Francisco By Zoeth S. Eldredge



























































































































































 -  This Indian village has some
scows or canoes, made of tule, so well constructed and woven that they
caused me - Page 83
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This Indian Village Has Some Scows Or Canoes, Made Of Tule, So Well Constructed And Woven That They Caused Me Great Admiration.

Four men get in them to go fishing, pushing with two-ended oars with such speed that I found they went faster than the launch.

These were the only Indians with whom I had communication in this northern part.

Following said channel a distance to the west from its mouth, there is a harbor, so commodious, accessible, abundant in fresh water and wood, and sheltered from all winds, that I considered it one of the best inland ports that our Sovereign has for anchoring a fleet of vessels. I called it Puerto de la Asumpta, having examined it the day of the festivity of that saint[76].

To the southeast of this port[77] the canon continues, until it joins the channel of the Indian village. Following a distance of three leagues in an east-northeast direction, it enters another bay[78] with a depth of thirteen brazas, diminishing to four where some rivers[79] empty and take the saltiness of the water which there becomes sweet, the same as in a lake. The rivers come, one from the east-northeast (this is the largest, about two hundred and fifty yards wide), the other, which has many branches, comes from the northeast through tulares and swamps in very low land, the channels not over two brazas with sandy bars at their mouths, where I found in sounding the water not more than a half braza. This made me think they were not navigable, especially as on the second occasion I entered them, I touched bottom both in the channels and on the bars.

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