. California; an intimate history. it might be. San Luis Obispo, surrounded by bare chrome hills andbeautiful valleys, arose next. Then, after passionate rep-resentations on the part of Father Serra as well as a tripto Mexico, during which he nearly expired of fever andexhaustion, funds and missionaries were sent, and thefollowing missions built in quick succession: San JuanCapistrano, San Francisco de Assisi, Santa Clara, SanBueneventura, Santa Barbara, La Purissima, Santa Cruz,Soledad, San Jose, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel, SanFernando, San Luis Rey, and Santa Inez. These missions,with the
. California; an intimate history. it might be. San Luis Obispo, surrounded by bare chrome hills andbeautiful valleys, arose next. Then, after passionate rep-resentations on the part of Father Serra as well as a tripto Mexico, during which he nearly expired of fever andexhaustion, funds and missionaries were sent, and thefollowing missions built in quick succession: San JuanCapistrano, San Francisco de Assisi, Santa Clara, SanBueneventura, Santa Barbara, La Purissima, Santa Cruz,Soledad, San Jose, San Juan Bautista, San Miguel, SanFernando, San Luis Rey, and Santa Inez. These missions,with their barracks, factories, and rancherias for theneophytes, were about thirty miles, or one days ride,apart. The spots chosen were as far as possible from themountains on either side of the long valleys, and a con-stant lookout was maintained by sentries for hostile In-dians. The churches were humble in the beginning, butwere gradually replaced by large buildings of adobe,painted white, the roofs covered with bright-red tiles, and 28. SANTA BARBARA MISSION—FOUNDED I 786
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