Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1875-09-27
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membership Of the Pacific Coast Pho.
neers. which appeared in the News Of
Saturday. II was stated tina, SCENE four
represented the Golden Gate and arrival
Of Sir fsaneis Drake in tho harbor VI
IN Francisco. The statement that Sir
roneis ever visited the harbor is dis
puted by the very best authority On tho
! history Of San Francisco. viz: Soule
| Gihon and Nesbit. In referring 10 this
mattrr they say. In the annals of San
Francisco. page u:
.'In popular estimation the Lay which
Drake entered IL believed to be that OF
san Francisco. while many who might
have hal opportunities to examine into
the subject have hastily concluded that
1t must have been Bodega bay. There
~, however. another bay not far from
these. and lying between them. known
formerly under the very name Of Sir
fira.c;s Druks's bay. though better
known now as jacks Hartor. This, on q
careful examination Of the subject seems
to have been the true aud only bay which
Drake sver visited On the coast.
There Is q SAL confusion. even among
recent writers AMI geognphers, ~ to the
names AMI relative positions Of these
bays. Most Of them seem to think that
Bodega and brakes bay are the same.
Thus Humboldt says This port (San
fnncisco) IL frequently eonfounded by
gcogmphen with the Port cT Druke far
ther north. under tho y degrees. 10
minutes Of latitude. cniiod By The Spda.
urls The P'asrta lie Bs-ieyu'. Tho latituie
II Jacks Harbor, or brakes bay. Is 81
degrees. 50 minutes. 8 seconds. (longi-
tude. i2a degrees. 57n minutes,) thus
corresponding exactly with the state
ment Of the chronicler; while Ban Fran.
cisco aud Bodega bays are q good many
miles 10 the south and north respective
ly Of tho parallel named by him.
II Drake hal really entered San
Francisco BAY. 10 IL moro than likely
that he, OF his chronicler. would have
said something more Of its pcculiaritiea
-its unusual excellence, and tho great
arms which u stretches both to the
South and North. In the English
maps. constructed alter brakes voyage,
there Is a bay laid down bearing his
name; although, owing to tho general
ignorance Of the coast and the confusion
In regard to particular bays alluded 10.
this bay has been often held to DO the
same a. that OF Bodega.
There Is. therefore. every probability
that the Bay Of San Francisco had never
been seen al all BY either the Spanish or
English navigaton (for thsrs were
others Of the latter nation. after Drake,
along the California coast). bat that In
reality. Il was discovered BY travellers ON
Land. and most probably, nnst, by the
missionaries In 1863.
II may also be remarked in eorrobor-
alton Of these opinions, that the white
cliffs and the abundance Of rabbits seon
by Drake. closely correspond " tho dss-
criptiou Of Ptmia De los Reyes (Caps Of
Kings) AMI the country around Jacks
Harbor. The cliffs about this part OF
the coast, for q space OF nearly forty
milss resemble in hight and color.
those OF Great Britain ON the English
Channel. ut Brighton and Dover. Hence
the propristy Of the old designation OF
the country Nl,,c Abioa. This bay has,
somehow. grown out Of most peoples
remembrance. or at least their apprecis-
ton, since 10 il a very safe and most i'm
portant port Of refuge along q fogyy and
dangerous coast. A number Of ishinR
vessels have made use OF II during the
last few years. and II was their crews
who dubbed il Jacks Harbor. In ignor-
ance Of its previous name. Il Is likely
that public attention will 30 called to its
peculiar advantages before long the
abovo was written in lS55-ED.l We
think. however. that no new name
should be allowed 10 superceds the
historical ono Of Sir Francis Dnkes'
Bay II would DO a pity not TO preserve
some such remembrance OF one OF tho
greatest AMI earliest navigators along
our coasts"
Tho historian ION page Az goes on
to say in relation to the first discovery
of tho Bay of San Francisco: with
out dwelling on the successive establish
ment Of other missions lin Lower
California; let US say n few words upon
that Of San Francisco.
..Tbs missionaries. In proceeding
nor,hvarI. with the intention Of reach.
iny Monterey. happensd 10 take the
eastern hi. Of the rang, Of mountains
which borlsrs tho coast north Of Ban
DIEGO which place thew hal lust left,
afi,s ..,abli.Line n. mission. They
undesivnediy psssed by Monterey, and
iourn,Sed on nm they reached the mag
nidccut hay and harbor which arc now
called San Francisco, AMI which arc
said TO DO named from the following
circumstance: Father Junipsro. ON
leaving Lower California. had received
instruction from tho risiialor. or In
spec,or General Of the Spanish Gov
srnment, respecting the names OF the
proposed missions, and tho saints caro-
FULLY selected from the calendar. TO
whose special patronage they should be
entrusted: but amoug them the name Of
'whatr exclaimed tho good missionary.
surprised and shocked at such an insult
ing neglect, " not U own fatnet' %