. The missions and missionaries of California. reason that hercommander, Toribio Gomez, had the title almirante; and theTres Reyes, in charge of Ensign Martin Aguilar and Pilot 4 This solicitude of the kings of Spain for the Indians runsthrough all the royal decrees; unfortunately subordinates suitedthemselves. 5 This explicit declaration likewise gives the mind of all theSpanish kings. 6Sutro Collection, vol. ii, pp. 56-57, 61-63. 46 Missions and Missionaries of California Antonio Flores. A long-boat7 was also taken along for thepurpose of exploring shallow waters and narrow forc
. The missions and missionaries of California. reason that hercommander, Toribio Gomez, had the title almirante; and theTres Reyes, in charge of Ensign Martin Aguilar and Pilot 4 This solicitude of the kings of Spain for the Indians runsthrough all the royal decrees; unfortunately subordinates suitedthemselves. 5 This explicit declaration likewise gives the mind of all theSpanish kings. 6Sutro Collection, vol. ii, pp. 56-57, 61-63. 46 Missions and Missionaries of California Antonio Flores. A long-boat7 was also taken along for thepurpose of exploring shallow waters and narrow force was composed of nearly two hundred picked menunder Captain Alonso Estevan Peguero, Captain Gaspar deAlarcon, Ensign Juan Francisco Suriano, and Sergeant Miguelde Legar. Three barefooted friars of the Order of Our Ladyof Mount Carmel accompanied the explorers as were Fr. Andres de la Asumpcion, as superior, Fr. An-tonio de la Ascension, and Fr. Tomas de Aquino. Fr. An-tonio de la Ascension was directed to keep the journal, and. Navio, or Ship. Captain Geronimo Martin Palacios acted as cosmographerand surveyor. The officers and men on board the three vessels,according to Torquemada, formed one of the most brilliantcorps ever raised in New Spain for such a purpose. 8 7 Dos navios, una lancha, y un barco-luengo, are the vesselsthat Vizcaino reports to the king. The navio had a deck and threemasts; the lancha (the fragata of Torquemada) was a small vesselhaving no deck and but one mast; its movement was aided bysweeps; the barco-luengo was a long boat having one or two mastsand a bluff bow. Sutro Collection, vol. ii, p. 64. 8 Torquemada, torn. lib. v, cap. xlv, 694; cap. xlvi, 694-695; Vene-gas, pte. ii, 190; Bancroft, Hist, of Texas, vol. i, 153-154. Vizcainos Voyage 47 Before their departure from the capital Viceroy Montereyin a speech impressed upon men and officers the importance ofthe work which they were about to undertake. He urgedthem to preserve peace among
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