The Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, Volume 2, July 1898 - April, 1899 Page: 302
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302 Texas Historical Association Quarterly.
brook in which they were bathing, and, on account of the thick
woods, they did not see us until we were very close to them. As
soon as the governor saw me, he came forward to embrace me; we
sat down to talk by signs-this being the most usual mode of com-
munication in those regions; and he produced a small sack of pow-
dered tobacco, of the kind which they grow, and another small
sack of pinole,20 white, and of very good quality. After talking we
left the place, and went to rest a while. That night it was arranged
to provide the governor with garments, in order that he might
enter his village clothed, so that his people might see how highly
we thought of him.
Three days later, on Monday, May 22, 1690, we entered the vil-
lage. It was raining heavily on our arrival. That year it had, up
to that time, rained but little, and already the corn was suffering
from the drought, but every day of the eleven that we spent in the
village it rained very hard.
At evening on the day of our arrival, the governor being in the
tent with us, an old Indian woman brought him for his meal a
large earthenware vessel full of frijoles, with ground nuts and
tamales. That evening the governor said that he would spend the
night with us in the tent, and take us to his house next day, but
afterwards, it being already late, Captain Leon insisted that they
should go at once, as he had some skirts and other articles of
clothing which he wanted to take to the governor's wife. The
governor replied that he did not want to go then, but would go
next day; however, in spite of all, he was obliged against his will
to take Leon to his house.
On the next day the governor expressed a desire to take us home
with him, and said that we might live in his house, in which, he
said, there was room for all. After dinner we, the priests, discussed
what should be our conduct on visiting at the governor's, and
whether it would be advisable to stay there. My opinion was that
we four priests should go on foot, carrying our staffs, which bore
a holy crucifix, and singing the Litany of Our Lady, and that a
lay-brother who was with us should carry in front a picture on
linen of the Blessed Virgin, bearing it high on his lance, after the
fashion of a banner.
soThe "pinole" is parched corn, ground or crushed. It is, I have
heard, used to prepare drinks.
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