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Page 8 - The first article declares that the first object of the expedition is to establish the " Catholic religion among a numerous heathen people, submerged in the obscure darkness of paganism, to extend the dominion of the King our lord, and to protect this peninsula from the ambitious views of foreign nations.
Page 41 - Thanks be to God that now our father St Francis with the holy cross of the procession of missions has reached the last limit of the Californian continent. To go farther he must have boats.
Page 3 - Santa Barbara, La Purissima, Santa Cruz, Soledad, San Jose, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel, San Fernando, San Luis Rey, and Santa Inez. These missions, with their barracks, factories, and rancherias for the neophytes, were about thirty miles, or one day's ride, apart.
Page 38 - If St. Francis desires a mission, let him show us his port, and he shall have one there.
Page 26 - ... small sacks of flour, we leave this place to-day for San Diego. I beg of Almighty God to guide it; and for you, traveller, who may read this, that He may guide you, also, to the harbor of eternal salvation.
Page 21 - That ardent zeal which ever burned and consumed the heart of our Venerable Father Junipero did not permit him to forget the principal object of his coming.
Page 26 - From that date until the present, pth of December, we have used every effort to find the bay of Monterey, searching the coast thoroughly notwithstanding its ruggedness, but in vain. At last undeceived, and despairing of finding it after so many efforts, sufferings, and labors, and having left of all our provisions but fourteen small sacks of flour, we leave this place to-day for San Diego. I beg of Almighty God to guide it, and for you, traveler, who may read this, that he may guide you to the harbor...