ome of its passages. Danti's "Diario" is
very succinct but clearly written. Since both accounts cover the same
events, only one needs to be presented in full. Here follows the
"Diario" of Danti, commencing with line 5, page 196 of the Bancroft
Transcript.

_Diary of Fr. Antonio Danti (1795)_

22 October: After lunch we set out [from Santa Clara] for the
place called the Alameda. We arrived by nightfall at the first
arroyo, which is [the one mentioned by] Sergeant Amador. At
sunrise of the 23rd we went on our way upstream, as far as we
could go on horseback, which will be about one league distant
from the camping place. We wanted to examine the origin of the
stream but the soldier told us that it emerged opposite the
town. When the various sections of the arroyo had been explored,
the water was found to be of the same quantity throughout and in
my opinion can irrigate two or three ditches of corn at the same
time because of the slope of the land. The removal of the water
is not a great problem, for the heathen took it out in two
distinct places. There is much fine land and easily worked. The
timber in this place is scarce, as is also the firewood. It is
to the north of Santa Clara about 6 or 7 leagues. In this arroyo
are three empty houses.

Having examined all that has been described, we went along the
foot of the hills. We encountered [p. 197] another watercourse
which was dry, and where there is the stone called cantarra [a
type of clay]. This is not far from the camping place. A little
farther on is the lime pit, which is no more than caliche
[crude, soft limestone]. We arrived at the Alameda, but before
reaching it there are three little creeks, one of which could
irrigate a garden. The other two, if widened, could serve as
watering places for cattle. We went on to the river of the
Alameda, which is filled with many large boulders from floods
and is heavily overgrown with willow, cottonwood, and some
laurel. Where the water runs, the stream is half a vara deep and
4 varas across, and in other places it widens and contains more
water. We proceeded along it with much effort for about a league
and a half, at which point it is joined by another arroyo from
the north, the main stream continuing on to the east. We
examined the feasibility of removing water and found it to be
not