hr. haul Z. Hoik,
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301 G’TT^R "ove’^cr 3, 1933
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v0ui letter tc me iscusning Cpani h 1 istory problems and ,,rI: Lnle. \ uu nicreupenrive to rdr:r: of the- 10th.	I
thank y.iu, and y :g tribute tc you for that I believe to be a non: . nsnhfi naenyro " f~r .yc r v.cr3r ar cVrirman of the H.C.
Coi isoion. " Your letdr does not eceo arilj call for reply, nevertheiesi it j ' ' 1 p ■-f of uc ii think! head if I v. ite '•hi' .	' on ■’ •	■	so	laue'. alike	sure	I	can
expres; ...g.-clf in t’ it letter so tv. • this sort of correspondence need not b< kept up. The time you have already given has been gracin'. n.
. as i cully, at e in ..gi o»i..en- thn this fpnni h history must be built on exhuustloss rowcareh and a cajjM'ity to properly interpret that which i- turned up.
Your analysis of tbC Yanaguana Society and mine are in accord and need not be discussed further.
Concerning Chabot, whatever merit lie rr.iy have for finding source material, he nevertheless lacks broad historical knowledge and geographical understanding. I; happens that I have hfourteen years of contacts between ft. Augustine, Florida and Gan Piego, Cvlifornia....the Aid Spanish Trail. This has given me unusual geographical understanding and ms unusually broad Spanish history background. '-ere in South Texas a group of us have our undorstandir»<j-s buttressed by intimate acquaintance v/ith the field, and by the detailed and complete snaps in our possession. I am therefore qualified, I think, to observe quite easily the crude blunders Chabot makes'.'as to general history. The local Material he turns up therefore cannot be accepted, but must oe studies. ;e understands Spanish quite well, I am told. He translates .fairly well, I assume. I am not qualified to judge, of these phases. His translations of botancia'J terras in his I.Iorfi ilemorias is criticized severely by an Agricultural Department scientist here. It is •*. pity therefore not to have a real history authority here and Chabot's virtues developed and his errors controlled.