De Alarcon's "Men in women's apparell", 1540
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe earliest relevant data for any part of California is found in Captain Alarcon's brief observation, dating to 1540, of the natives of that area:
There were among these Indians three or foure men in womens apparell.[1]
References
Jonathan Ned Katz, Gay American History: Lesbians and Gay Men in the U.S.A. (NY: Crowell, 1976) pg. 285.
- ↑ Hernando de Alarcon, The Relation of the Nauigation and Dtscouerv which Captaine Fernando Alarchon Made, vol. 4 of The 'Principal Nauigations, Voiages, Traffiqves & Discoveries of the English Nation. ed. Richard Hakluyt 12 vols, (Glasgow: J. MacLehose, N.Y.: Macmillan, 1903-05), p. 286.
