Our country in story . a frightful scene, indeed. Toward morn-ing they gathered their dead and wounded and returnedto their mountain haunts. Then appeared the neophyteswho had been surrounded by their savage brethren andhad thus been kept from defending the place. Their joyon beholding Padre Fuster still living was soon changedto great grief on finding the mangled body of PadreJayme. Padre Fuster deeply mourned the loss of hisbeloved companion, whom he laid tenderly at rest near thepresidio. Padre Serra, on hearing the sad news, exclaimedjoyfully, God be thanked! Now the soil is watered! Nowwi
Our country in story . a frightful scene, indeed. Toward morn-ing they gathered their dead and wounded and returnedto their mountain haunts. Then appeared the neophyteswho had been surrounded by their savage brethren andhad thus been kept from defending the place. Their joyon beholding Padre Fuster still living was soon changedto great grief on finding the mangled body of PadreJayme. Padre Fuster deeply mourned the loss of hisbeloved companion, whom he laid tenderly at rest near thepresidio. Padre Serra, on hearing the sad news, exclaimedjoyfully, God be thanked! Now the soil is watered! Nowwill the conquest of the natives of San Diego be effected! THE GREAT SOUTHWEST 119 But, asked James, suddenly, where was Padre Serraat this time? What was he doing? Padre Serra had gone north to Monterey. Here hefounded the mission of San Carlos in June, 1770. HolyMass was offered under a shelter made of branches. TheVeni Creator was sung and the cross planted with thesprinkling of holy water and the swinging of THE FOUNDING OF SAN CARLOS MISSION AT MONTEREY Then the mihtary commander took formal possession ofthe port of Monterey for God and the King midst thebooming of cannon and the firing of guns. A year laterthe mission was moved five miles away from the presidioas had been done at San Diego. When the two missionsat San Diego and Monterey were established the fondhopes which Spain had entertained for nearly twohundred years were at last realized. The news of thegreat event was celebrated with solemn thanksgiving andmuch rejoicing, both in Mexico and the mother country. 120 OUR COUNTRY IN STORY Were the Indians about San Carlos different fromthose of San Diego? asked James. They were friendly from the beginning, and thePadres soon succeeded in drawing them to the mission bydistributing among them all kinds of shiny trinkets, sodear to every savage heart. Once there, these wildchildren were held bound by the love and zeal of PadreSerra. It was nothing unusual to see a
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