_La Presa_ (dam, dike). See page 46. This place is so called from the Sweetwater irrigation dam located there.
_Presidio_ (garrison, prison). See page 231.
_Prieta_ (dark), a place north of San Francisco.
_Los Dos Pueblos_ (the two towns). See page 106.
_Puente_ (bridge), near Los Ángeles. See page 82.
_Las Puentes_ (the bridges). See page 161.
_La Punta_ (the point), in San Diego County.
_Punta Año Nuevo_ (point New Year). See page 157.
_Punta Arenas_ (sandy point). See page 340.
_Punta de la Concepción_ (point of the immaculate conception).
_Punta Delgada_ (thin or narrow point). See page 260.
_Punta Gorda_ (fat or thick point). See pages 108 and 260.
_Punta Guijarros_ (pebble or boulder point).
_Punta de la Laguna_ (point of the lagoon). See page 261.
_Punta Loma_ (hill point), near San Diego. See page 45. It should be _Punta de la Loma_.
_Punta de Pinos_ (point of pines). Near Monterey. Page 148.
_Punta de los Reyes_ (point of the kings). See page 232.
_Punta de las Ritas_ (point of the rites). See page 108.
_Purísima Point_ (point of the most pure conception). On the Santa Bárbara Coast.
_Purísima_ (most pure), in San Matéo County.
_La Quemada_ (the burned place), from the verb _quemar_ (to burn). This name refers to a custom prevalent among the Indians of burning over large tracts of land for the purpose of killing the under-brush and encouraging the growth of grass, which resulted in attracting game. The diaries of the Spaniards refer frequently to this custom, and speak of finding a great deal of country burned over in this way. One writer has offered to his astonished readers the translation of _La Quemada_ as “the over-full, having enough to eat.”
_Quién Sabe_ (who knows), a familiar expression among the Spaniards.
_Quinto_ (a surname). Simón Tadéo Quinto was one of the members of this pioneer family.
_Ramona_ (a Christian name), well known as that of the heroine of Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson’s romance.
[Illustration: THE MISSION OF PURÍSIMA CONCEPCIÓN, FOUNDED IN 1880.]
_Ranchería_, a word meaning “settlement,” but generally used by the Spaniards to mean an Indian village.
_Ranchería del Baile de las Indias_ (village of the dance of the Indian women). See page 100.
_Ranchería del Corral_ (village of the yard).