Southern California Quarterly, Volume 1Historical Society of Southern California., 1884 - California, Southern |
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Page 51 - fe de hidalgo, porque lo soy, que mi padre es de los cachopines de Laredo, etc." It may be that Cervantes borrowed the phrase; yet, in his comedy of " la entretenida," a certain " fregona linajuda" (a duchess disguised as a kitchen-wench) queries:
Page 19 - he passed with his vessels through the channel of Santa Barbara, which I suppose he so named ; and when at anchor under one of the islands, was visited by the King of that country, who came with a fleet of boats, and earnestly pressed him to land, offering, as proof of his
Page 43 - having received an appointment as oidor of the audiencia of Quito, he left the work incomplete and in manuscript In 1603 there was published at Valladolid a folio entitled Ordenanzas reales del Concejo de Indias, and another thin folio of fourteen leaves, bearing the title of Leyes y Ordenanzas nuevamente hechas por Su Majestad para la gobernación de las Indias,
Page 37 - still living, both Spanish and American, there are none but pleasant memories of "Michael, the Silversmith," "Handsome Dick," " Lame John, the Dutchman," and " Old Sam, the Fisherman." A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Of the "Recopilación de Indias"—or Spanish India Code—and other Collections of Spanish Laws relating to the Indies, compiled during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. BY GEO.
Page 51 - Diana " of Montemayor, Fabio, the page of Don Félix says to Felismona, at the time disguised as a man, "yo os prometo á fe de hidalgo, porque lo soy, que mi padre es de los cachopines de Laredo,
Page 34 - had a copy of Capt Toutz's permit from the New Mexican Authorities to trap on the Gila River. Their detention was but for a few days, and they fared sumptuously, for Mexican hospitality to strangers is great Among their first visitors was Friar Antonio Peyri, the founder of the Mission of San Luis
Page 7 - II. The objects of this Society shall be the collection and preservation of all material which can have any bearing upon the history of the Pacific Coast in general and of Southern California in particular ; the discussion of historical, literary or scientific subjects ; and the reading of papers thereon ; and the trial of such scientific experiments as shall be determined by the Society.
Page 10 - member whose dues are unpaid shall vote at the annual meeting for the election of officers, or be entitled to a copy of the publications of the Society. SEC. 3.—The names of those two years in arrears shall be