Los Angeles is a dusty valley settlement on the western coast, a place of passage; the name also designates the Angels of the 13 colonies.
| Type | Place; entity |
| Spanish entry | Los Ángeles |
The valley
A valley, “one part infertile and another part near the river”, with pasture, corrals and “a sense of the coast, but distant”; “dusty and half empty”, and in summer “nobody moves”. It has “nothing to do with” New Amsterdam.
Below, by the river, Indians work the fields; then come infertile land and corrals; on a hill at the edge stands a sacred wood, “where the Hollywood sign will later be”, reached “in the starry night”. The scorpions land there at night.
There are Indian and criolla women but “no European women born here”: it is a place of passage. Benetton is now in Los Angeles, polishing his shoes. The Sacramento territory is “quite far, toward San Francisco Bay”.
The Angels of the 13 colonies
The Angels of the 13 colonies (see 13 Angels) are one per state or city. Loose angels are also found “near a celestial” and can be fought like demons.
- Each receives one host; withholding it is a fault, and Hamilton judges its non-delivery.
- They receive in custody the gems that held daimons.
- They have a refuge in Ardis.
- They are allies “in the greatest battle”; one is proposed as “a very good candidate for Washington”.
Conflicting accounts
- The name is written “Los Ángeles de las 13 colonias” and “los trece ángeles de las colonias”.
Open questions
- Whether the “Los Angeles” of the refuge, gems and candidacy is one character, the thirteen, or the city.
- What the host is and does; what “the greatest battle” and “a celestial” are.
- What the scorpions are and why they land there.
- The settlement’s size, authority and river name.
- Whether the valley and the Angels share the name for a reason.