Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . tor speedsters who withwide open throttle fly over the seventeen miles of beachin half as many minutes. In brilliant sunshine and under cloudless sky its longstretches with slow-reaching waves makes a fairy spec-tacle, but to the eye of Cagrillo, who discovered it nearlyfour centuries ago on a dark November day, the moun-tainous waves then thundering upon the shore, musthave been a sinister and menacing sight. He named itTodos Santos (all saints), feeling that his danger justifiedhim In calling upon
Californian trails, intimate guide to the old missions; the story of the California missions . tor speedsters who withwide open throttle fly over the seventeen miles of beachin half as many minutes. In brilliant sunshine and under cloudless sky its longstretches with slow-reaching waves makes a fairy spec-tacle, but to the eye of Cagrillo, who discovered it nearlyfour centuries ago on a dark November day, the moun-tainous waves then thundering upon the shore, musthave been a sinister and menacing sight. He named itTodos Santos (all saints), feeling that his danger justifiedhim In calling upon the entire hierarchy of the blessedrealm, but Gasper de Portola, on a later land expeditionthought one saint was sufficient and dedicated the entirevalley to San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The town and mission of that name is seven milesinland. At Its outskirts is a cheery sign of greeting:Welcome to our city—rather unfortunately placed atthe gateway of the cemetery! SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA According to that much quoted diary of FatherCrespi, written during the Monterey Expedition in 1769,. CALIFORNIAN TRAILS, INTIMATE GUIDE TO THE OLD MISSIONS 113 It was near the Canada de los Osos, or Bear Valley, wherebears were so plentiful that the ground was pawed up formiles in their search for roots, that the exploring partycame to a gentle-rising hill overlooking a charmingvista of meadows, hills and winding streams. HereFather Crespi at once determined to found a new mission,showing the same unerring judgment exhibited In thefounding of all California Missions. Three years later, or on September 1, 1772, FatherPalou writes that the cross was elevated on this veryspot. They suspended a bell to the branch of a syca-more growing on the rivers edge and after ringing it forsome time to attract the attention of the Indians, criedaloud: ^^Ea Gentiles/ Venid! Venidl a la Santa Iglesaa recibir la fe de Jesu CristoP^—(Come, O ye Gentilesand receive the faith of Jesus Christ). The Indiansaltho
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