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005 - Chapter 5 · Famous Missions of California

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  Speaker 1: Chapter five of the Famous Missions of California. This is
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  Speaker 1: The Famous Missions of California by William Henry Hudson, Chapter five,
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  Speaker 1: news of the establishment of the missions and military posts
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  Speaker 1: at San Diego and Monterey, was in due course carried
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  Speaker 1: to the city of Mexico, where it so delighted the
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  Speaker 1: Marquise de Croix, Viceroy of New Spain, and hossidical Vez,
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  Speaker 1: that they not only set the church bell's ringing, but
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  Speaker 1: fourth Viz began to make arrangements for the founding of
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  Speaker 1: more missions in the upper province. Additional priests were provided
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  Speaker 1: by the College of San Fernando, funds liberally subscribed, and
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  Speaker 1: the San Antonio made ready to sail from Sunday with
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  Speaker 1: the friars and supplies. On the twenty first of May
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  Speaker 1: seventeen seventy one, the good ship dropped anchor at Monterey,
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  Speaker 1: where in the meantime Junipero, though busy enough among the
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  Speaker 1: natives of the neighborhood, was suffering grievous disappointment because from
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  Speaker 1: lack of priests and soldiers, he was unable to proceed
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  Speaker 1: at once with the proposed establishment of San Buenaventura. The
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  Speaker 1: safe arrival of ten assistants now brought him assurance of
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  Speaker 1: a rapid extension of work in the vineyard of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: He was not the man to let time slip by him.
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  Speaker 1: Unimproved plans were immediately laid for carrying the cross still
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  Speaker 1: further into wilderness, and six new missions, those of San Buenaventura,
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  Speaker 1: San Gabriel, Saint Louis, Opispo, San Antonio, Santa Clara and
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  Speaker 1: San Francisco, were presently agreed upon. It was discovered later own, however,
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  Speaker 1: that these plans outran the resources at the President's disposal, and,
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  Speaker 1: much to his regret, the design for settlements at Santa
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  Speaker 1: Clara and San Francisco had to be temporarily given up.
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  Speaker 1: There was nonetheless plenty to engage the energies of even
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  Speaker 1: so titless a worker as Junipero. For three of the
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  Speaker 1: new missions were successfully established between July seventeen seventy one
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  Speaker 1: on the autumn of the following year. The first of
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  Speaker 1: these was the mission of San Antonio de Padua, in
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  Speaker 1: a beautiful spot among the Santa Lucia Mountains, some twenty
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  Speaker 1: five leagues southeast of Monterey, the second that of San
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel Archangel, near what is now known as the San
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  Speaker 1: Gabriel River, and the third the mission of Saint Luis Obespodetulosa,
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  Speaker 1: for which a location was chosen near the coast, about
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  Speaker 1: twenty five leagues southeast of San Antonio. In his account
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  Speaker 1: of the founding of the first named of these palos,
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  Speaker 1: rose in a characteristic touch. After the bells had been
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  Speaker 1: hung on trees and loudly told, he says, the excited
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  Speaker 1: Padre Presidente began to shout, like one transported, Oh, gentiles,
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  Speaker 1: come to the Holy Church, Come, come and receive the
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  Speaker 1: face of Jesus Christ. His comrade Father Pierus, standing by astonished,
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  Speaker 1: interrupted his ferment eloquence with the eminently practical remark that,
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  Speaker 1: as there were no gentiles was in hearing, it was
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  Speaker 1: idle to ring the bells. But the enthusiast's ardor was
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  Speaker 1: not to be damped by such considerations, and he continued
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  Speaker 1: to ring and shout. I for one am grateful for
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  Speaker 1: such a detail as this. An even more significant story,
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  Speaker 1: though of a quite different sort is recorded of the
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  Speaker 1: dedication of San Gabriel. It was of course inevitable that
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  Speaker 1: here and there, in connection with such a record as
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  Speaker 1: this of Sarah and his work, they should spring up
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  Speaker 1: legends of miraculous doings and occurrences. Though on the whole
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  Speaker 1: it is perhaps remarkable that the mythopoic tendency was not
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  Speaker 1: more powerful. The incident now referred to may be taken
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  Speaker 1: as an illustration. While the missionary party were engaged in
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  Speaker 1: exploring for a suitable sight, a large force of natives
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  Speaker 1: un the two chiefs suddenly broke in upon them. Serious
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  Speaker 1: conflict seemed imminent when one of the fathers drew forth
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  Speaker 1: a piece of canvas bearing the picture of the Virgin.
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  Speaker 1: Instantly the savages threw their weapons to the ground, and
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  Speaker 1: following their leaders crowded with offerings about the marvelous image.
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  Speaker 1: Thus the danger was averted. Further troubles attended the sentlement
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  Speaker 1: of San Gabriel. But but in after years it became
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  Speaker 1: one of the most successful of all the missions, and
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  Speaker 1: gained particular fame from the industries maintained by its converts
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  Speaker 1: and their skill in carving wood, horn and leather. End
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  Speaker 1: of chapter five,