History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . 1(305. was a great river^ running north-east and connectingwith the San Felipe, the latter diviiling, ami one of * The friar thought this might Ikj the Saii .TonanFrancinco IJuj-, whidi indei-d it wa«, or juThapH it wa« a branch of tlu- Cohnn-bia. Kstc gran rio fiue cone A Ioh .{(i j»uftle hit il (|iU entni al puorto daSan Fraucinco en la California, 6 al brazu del rio Colombia. JJiario, in Ifoe.J1%»1. Mex., »«rie ii. tom. i. 2^ft. SOME OLD MAPS. 31 the branches flowing toward the north. They gaveme to understand that the first was three ti

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History of Nevada, Colorado, and Wyoming, 1540-1888 . 1(305. was a great river^ running north-east and connectingwith the San Felipe, the latter diviiling, ami one of * The friar thought this might Ikj the Saii .TonanFrancinco IJuj-, whidi indei-d it wa«, or juThapH it wa« a branch of tlu- Cohnn-bia. Kstc gran rio fiue cone A Ioh .{(i j»uftle hit il (|iU entni al puorto daSan Fraucinco en la California, 6 al brazu del rio Colombia. JJiario, in Ifoe.J1%»1. Mex., »«rie ii. tom. i. 2^ft. SOME OLD MAPS. 31 the branches flowing toward the north. They gaveme to understand that the first was three times largerthan the other. They wanted me to go and see it, saying that all along the way were good people. ThisI greatly desired to do. They estimated the distanceto be from thirty-five to forty leagues, a trip of sevendays, as they march slowly on account of their fre-quent bathing and unprotected feet. I concluded notto go, having no present to give. Here runs theSierra San Marcos® to the north-west, and between. GrANATA l^OVA. this sierra and that of the San Luis can be seen vastplains which without doubt are the tulares mentionedby Father Font in his diary and map; this Sierra ofSan Marcos being the one seen by him at the distanceof forty leagues, white with snow, and east of thetulares;^ and although the distance is not so great, themountains open gradually, so that farthest away canbe seen only the Sierra of San Marcos.^ 8 On Fonts map the mountains north of the Eio de quien se viene noticiapor el P. Garc(5s are called the Sierra Nevada, and south of that stream anddown to the Rio de San PheUpe the Sierra de San Marcos. Dij6ronme tambien, que siete dias de camino al norte habia una agua ^ EARUEST EXPLORATIONS. There are many curious old maps showinj^ the gen-eral concej)ti<»n of tlic country ahout that time, orrather show iii!4 the al^ility of map-makers for clrawinj^on their ima;;inati(»n, which I mi^Hit reproduce; and, indeed, many of them have been ^nven in v