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These three men came in contact with the Cocopahs and the Yumas, and possibly with other tribes. Cabrillo tells of the Indians with whom he held communication. They were timid and somewhat hostile at first, but easily appeased. They rowed in pine canoes having a seating capacity of twelve or thirteen men, and were expert fishermen.
The Spanish court itself now undertook the enterprize; and in the year 1542, Cabrillo, a Portuguese in the service of that court, sailed from Spain. He went no farther than to 44 degrees north latitude, where he found it very cold.
It is now nearly three hundred and fifty years since Alta California was discovered, one hundred and twenty years since it was colonized by white people, and a little over forty years since it became a part of our republic. In 1542, Cabrillo had sailed up the coast as far as Cape Mendocino.
There the padre, who, like most priests of that day, knew something of surgery, drew it out, and bound up the shoulder in soothing balsams. On the second day of their stay in port the wind began to blow from the southwest; the waves grew rough, and Cabrillo ordered the ships to be made ready for the tempest, which soon became violent.
Cabrillo died during the expedition; but his successor, Ferralo, continued the voyage as far north as latitude 42°. Probably Drake had no knowledge of the discovery of California by the Spaniards six and thirty years before he dropped anchor in the bay that now bears his name, and for many years he was looked upon as the first discoverer of the Golden State.
Thirty years thereafter the point farthest west was named Mendocino, for Mendoza, the viceroy ordering the expedition of Cabrillo and Ferrelos. Thirty-seven years later came Drake, and almost found San Francisco Bay. But all these discoveries led to no occupation.
"They say there are Spaniards back in the country a few days' journey from here." "Spaniards? That is impossible," returned Cabrillo. "They say that they are bearded, wear clothes like yours, and have white faces," answered the boy, simply. "They must be mistaken, or perhaps you did not understand them fully," said the master. "At another time we will question them further.
It had always been the intention of Spain to colonize and missionize Alta California, even as far back as the days of Cabrillo in 1542, and when Vizcaino, sixty years later, went over the same region, the original intention was renewed. But intentions do not always fructify and bring forth, so it was not until a hundred and sixty years after Vizcaino that the work was actually begun.
The people of San Diego now honor Cabrillo with a festival every year. He was the sea-king who found their bay and first set foot on California ground. About this time Magellan had discovered the Philippine Islands, and Spain began to send ships from Mexico to those islands to buy silks, spices, and other rich treasures.
Meantime, Juan lay suffering in his hammock, which swung backward and forward with the motion of the ship. Suddenly he heard a step beside him and felt a cool hand on his forehead. "How goes it, lad?" said Cabrillo, for it was the master himself. "You are suffering in a good cause. Have courage; you will soon be well.
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