Note 1342 — Chapter VI · (continued 3)
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Greenhow in his Oregon contends for a certain basis of truth in De Fuca’s story. Cf. Navarrete in the Coleccion de documentos inéditos, vol. xv., and Bancroft (North Mexican States, vol. i. p. 146, and Northwest Coast, vol. i. pp. 71-80), who pronounces it pure fiction, and in a long note gives the writers pro and con.