The period covered by the story, also, has been changed to three years
later than the actual time of occurrence. It is surprising that
Bancroft, from whose history the facts in this note are taken, does not
mention Captain Duhaut-Cilly who, in his Voyage autour du Monde, Vol.
II, Chap. XI, recounts Pomponio's self-mutilation in order to effect his
escape. As Pomponio's execution occurred only three years before
Duhaut-Cilly's visit, the French captain must have learned his facts
with a close approach to accuracy, and it seems safe to take them
without reserve. Bancroft affects to regard the main fact in this story
with some incredulity, and limits the victim's manacles to one ankle
only. Vide Bancroft: History of California, Vol. II, pp. 537-38.
[2] "Un trait que les Anciens auraient divinis??." Duhaut-Cilly.
Here end the Stories of the Old Missions of California as told by
Charles Franklin Carter, decorated by William H. Wilke and put into book
form by Paul Elder and Company at their Tomoye Press, San Francisco,
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