OP 14961-470

(Documentary Artifact): One b/w photographic print showing members of Davis’ party and a group of Mexican men near a small boat and a beached balsa (raft) on the Sonora Coast near Kino Bay. Alcatraz Island is in the distance. Notes on the verso of the print state: ‘Landing on beach opposite Alcatraz Island + met by Mexicans who intended to ambush + kill us had we been Seri Inds. Now helping us to land.’

Notes on verso of print:
OP 14961-470/ 88:17050-470/ SERI-TIBURON/ 5/4/22/ [Written by Davis:] Landing on beach opposite/ Alcatraz Island + met by Mexicans/ who intended to ambush + kill us/ had we been Seri Inds. Now helping us to land./ Sonora coast near/ Kino Bay – May 4 1922/ Seri balsa on beach.