The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 27, July 1923 - April, 1924 Page: 179
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Location of La Salle's Colony On Gulf of Mexico 179
to its reliability. It is the work of a skilled and careful en-
gineer.22
On October 24, Llanos and his party reached Pass Cavallo.23
To this point the diary recorded the observations made by the
pilot, Triana; thenceforth it recorded the joint operations of
Llanos, Cardenas, and Salinas, in which a leading part was played
by Cardenas. His map shows by dots the routes followed in the
bay, and by crosses, numbers, and letters, the principal points of
interest. The explorations in the coves and rivers were made with
the launch and canoes.
On the twenty-seventh the party crossed the bar. On the
twenty-eighth they reached the spot where the Aimable had gone
down (F). Turning northwest, on the thirtieth they reached
"2The records of this expedition are contained in the collection of docu-
ments entitled "Testimonio de las diligencias egecutadas para quitar las
Boyas 6 Valisas," previously cited. They consist of the junta general of
August 29; a decreto of the viceroy, dated at Mexico, November 12, 1690,
reviewing the action of the junta and subsequent proceedings; and the
diary of the expedition. The diary is entitled "Diario y derrotero del
viage que se ha hecho y egecutada a la Bahia de San Bernardo, que
comuntmente llaman del Espiritu Santo, el Capitan Don Francisco de
Llanos, por mandado y de orden del Excelentisimo Senor Conde de Galve,
Virrey, Gobernador y Capitan General de este Reino de Nueva Espafia. y
Presidente de la Real Audiencia de ella, este presente aflo de mil seiscientos
y noventa."
Another copy of the diary, somewhat abbreviated, but also containing
some additions, is included in the empediente cited in note 20 as containing
Cardenas' application for promotion. This copy is entitled: "Diario de
la Derrota que han hecho para la Bahia de San Bernardo por orden del
Excelentisimo Senor Conde de Galve, virrey y capitan general de la Nueva
Espai4, el capitan de mar y guerra Don Francisco de Llanos, el Capitan
Don Gregorio Salinas, y Don Manuel de Cardenas, en la fragata nombrada
Nuestra Senora de la Encarnacion, sacado por dicho Don Manuel, afio de
1690."
The longer diary is signed by Don Manuel Joseph de Cardenas y Mag-
nafia, Don Francisco de Llanos, Francisco Millan de Tapia, and Don
Gregorio de Salinas Barona. It is written in the first person, as if by
Llanos. The map is entitled "Planta cosmografica del Lago de San Ber-
nardo Con los senos y Rios que a el se comunican descubiertos por horden
del Exmo Senor Conde de Galve Vi Gor y Capn GI desta Na Espana
obserbada y delineada por Dn Manuel Joseph de Cardenas aficdo A las
Matas Ao de 1691."
The vessel in which the expedition was made was the Nuestra Seiiora
de la Enoarmaci6n. The expedition left Vera Cruz on October 12. Nothing
noteworthy occurred until the seventeenth, when they passed the mouth
of the Rio Bravo.
"The following summary of the exploration is taken from the diaries
for the dates indicated here. Since the photograph of the CArdenas map
is not clear, there has been reproduced a small map of the same region
from the official map of De Lebn's expedition of 1690 (described, post).
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