Spanish and Indian place names of California: Their Meaning and Their Romance

part in the military affairs of the country. He was said to have appeared

at the head of the Spanish armies on thirty-eight different occasions, most notably in 939, when King Ramírez determined not to submit longer to the tribute of one hundred virgins annually paid to the Moors, and defied them to a battle. After the Spaniards had suffered one repulse, the spirit of St. James appe...