▁make ▁can o es ," ▁Cost ans ó ▁continued , ▁" but ▁they ▁supp lement ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁these ▁with ▁b als a ▁ra ft s ▁made ▁from ▁catt ails ▁whose ▁re eds ▁are ▁tied ▁together ▁with ▁i xt le ▁fi ber . ▁With ▁these ▁they ▁man eu ver ▁and ▁can ▁enter ▁the ▁est u aries ▁and ▁be aches ▁of ▁the ▁port ▁to ▁spe ar fish ▁or ▁fish . ▁They ▁use ▁a ▁short ▁double - bl aded ▁p addle ▁and ▁row ▁with ▁the ▁greatest ▁ag ility ▁from ▁one ▁side ▁to ▁the ▁other . ▁Each ▁ra ft ▁cannot ▁hold ▁more ▁than ▁one ▁man , ▁who ▁s its ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁over ▁a ▁little ▁stack ▁of ▁hay ▁with ▁legs ▁crossed . ▁They ▁always ▁get ▁their ▁but to cks ▁wet , ▁but ▁it ▁does ▁not ▁matter ▁much ▁to ▁them ." ▁ ▁Cost ans ó ▁and ▁F ages ▁expl ored ▁a ▁can y on , ▁along ▁with ▁fri ars ▁Juan ▁C resp í ▁and ▁Juan ▁V iz ca í no ▁and ▁six ▁soldiers , ▁to ▁see ▁how ▁far ▁it ▁cut ▁in land . ▁Al ong ▁the ▁way , ▁they ▁found ▁an ▁Indian ▁village ▁consisting ▁of ▁around ▁ 7 5 ▁families . ▁" Th ese ▁people ▁received ▁us ▁with ▁a ▁thousand ▁demonstr ations ▁of ▁happiness ▁and ▁joy ," ▁wrote ▁Cost ans ó , ▁" because ▁they ▁recognized ▁us ▁and ▁had ▁visited ▁us ▁on ▁various ▁occasions . ▁They ▁told ▁us ▁by ▁signs ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁look ▁for ▁rabb its ▁and ▁har es ▁for ▁us ▁to ▁eat , ▁with ▁the