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Spanish Explorers :
Garces - Crossing the Mojave
Canada de Santa Tomasp237
1 The note on Santa Clara will be found on p. 257. ' Cuentas were certain seashells highly prized by the Indians, and a brisk trade was carried on in them between tribes of the interior and those of the coast where they were found. Much more about cuentas beyond. 'There are more than one of the name; I presume Garces named the canada for St. Thomas Didymus, one of the 12 apostles, not for St. Thomas a Becket. b. London 1118, murdered in Canterbury cathedral Dec. 20, 1170, canonized 1172. Observe the northing to the dry camp. Previous < Contents > Next |
![]() Kelso dunes from the Foshay Pass in the Providence Mountains. Fr. Garces may have passed to the north (right) of these dunes on his way to Soda Lake. |
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