. The missions and missionaries of California. e la con-duccion de los soldados y castigo de los desordenes que hicierenen los pueblos de los Indios. Sutro Collection, vol. ii, 28. 14 Fr. Diego Perdomo, Franciscano, que de la predicacion dela Florida habia vuelto a su convento de Mexico donde profesoafio de 1584, acompaiio a Sebastian Vizcaino en la Jornada, quehizo a la California, porque el deseo de estender la religion Catolicano dejaba sosegar su fervor. Cardenas, Ensayo Cronologico,afio 1596, p. 169. 15 Icazbalceta, Coleccion de Documentos, torn, ii, 48-49, writesArabia. He gives the name


. The missions and missionaries of California. e la con-duccion de los soldados y castigo de los desordenes que hicierenen los pueblos de los Indios. Sutro Collection, vol. ii, 28. 14 Fr. Diego Perdomo, Franciscano, que de la predicacion dela Florida habia vuelto a su convento de Mexico donde profesoafio de 1584, acompaiio a Sebastian Vizcaino en la Jornada, quehizo a la California, porque el deseo de estender la religion Catolicano dejaba sosegar su fervor. Cardenas, Ensayo Cronologico,afio 1596, p. 169. 15 Icazbalceta, Coleccion de Documentos, torn, ii, 48-49, writesArabia. He gives the names as above. Tello, he says, was anative of Guadalajara, and member of the Xalisco Franciscan prov-ince, and the information was taken from an ancient FranciscanChronicle. See Introd. Bibliogr. to the Cronica de Xalisco,p. xix; Torquemada, Monarq. Ind., torn, i, lib. v, cap. xli, p. 682;Constitucion y Leyes Municipales de esta Provincia del SantoEvangelio, May 7, 1667; Vetancurt, Cronica de la Prov. de SantoEvangelio, tratado v, cap. i, no. ..: tracts Cermenon; Vizcaino; The Natives 37 ranta, and the lancha Tres Reyes, sailed from Acapulco forZalagua, where fresh water and provisions were taken the port of Mazatlan had been entered for more sup-plies, more than fifty soldiers deserted. Fr. Balda,16 the com-missary, on account of illness, decided to discontinue the voy-age, after naming Fr. Diego Perdomo his successor. As resigned soon after, the friars held an election at thefirst landing-place on the other side of the gulf. This wasthe first election in California, and resulted in the choice ofFr. Bernardino de Vizcaino came in sight of land probably near Cape SanLucas. Sailing northward for two days, I made a landfall,he writes to the king, in a very large bay, which to the sea-ward is shut in by two very large islands. The bay is ofcapacity sufficient for a great number of ships, as the harboris free from obstructions. At this place there c


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