Because of the gambling habits, the recruits were known to have, the government decided not to pay them in cash [the Anza letters tell us otherwise] but to provide them with all the necessities to make the trek, and farther grant them land after the usual ten year time frame of service to the king.
After many delays the expedition left the Presidio of San Miguel de Horcasitas on September 29, 1775 heading towards the northwest arriving in what is now Yuma, Arizona on November 15, 1775.
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The church at San Miguel de Horcasitas where Juan Bautista Valdez and Maria de la Luz Gonzales were married by Padre Francisco Xavier Noriega on
June 30, 1754.
