Derrotero, entries for July 7 and 8. Original in the Archivo General y Público, Mexico. The copy in Memorias de Nueva España (XXVII, 157-8) changes “Ainai” to “Asinay” and “Nacogdoches” to “Nacodoches.” It is such errors as the former, evidently, that gave rise to the idea that there was an Asinay tribe. Similarly, the Memorias copy of the Representación of the “Padres Misioneros” dated July 22, 1716 (Vol. XXVII, 163) states that the mission of Concepción was founded for the “Asinays,” whereas the original of that document, as of Espinosa's diary, reads “Ainai.” This error has been copied and popularized.
