Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . ibes inhabiting Santa Barbara, and the only re-ligious rite consisted of dancing to obtain thefavor of Chupu. Paintings made by the Indians were always,curiously enough, of animals, due to the fact thatit was believed such pictures would take the at-tention of Nunaxus from man, and that he wouldwreak his vengeance on the brute creation in-stead. To those who are interested in the manualwork of the Indians before Santa Barbara wason the map, a visit to the Santa Barbara Museumof Natural History, located at 930 AnacapaStreet, open between the hours
Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . ibes inhabiting Santa Barbara, and the only re-ligious rite consisted of dancing to obtain thefavor of Chupu. Paintings made by the Indians were always,curiously enough, of animals, due to the fact thatit was believed such pictures would take the at-tention of Nunaxus from man, and that he wouldwreak his vengeance on the brute creation in-stead. To those who are interested in the manualwork of the Indians before Santa Barbara wason the map, a visit to the Santa Barbara Museumof Natural History, located at 930 AnacapaStreet, open between the hours of 10 a. m., and5 p. m., will be amply worth while. The exhibits consist of soapstone carvmgs ofwhales, seals and fishes, stone mortars, cooking 16 AND M O N T E C I T O jars, ollas or water jars, bake stones, basket work,shell ornaments and many rare articles too nu-merous to mention. Second Expedition While there are evidences that other navigat-ors, among them the redoubtable Drake of Dev-on, later visited this shore, nothing of a definite. Flagship San Diego Off Santa Barbara character is known concerning Santa Barbarauntil the record of the voyage of General DonSebastian Vizcaino in 1602. This was a notableexpedition, the object being to establish somestation from the mainland that would shortenthe long voyage across the ocean from Mexico tothe Philippine Islands. With this view, Viz-caino sailed from Acapulco on May 5th, 1602. SANTA BARBARA with three frigates, the flagship San Diego, SanTomas, and Los Tres Reyes, together with atransport conveying the necessary provisions offood and water. He was accompanied by acorps of geographers and surveyors, at the headof whom was an able draftsman named Antoniode la Asencion of the Carmelite Order, who alsoacted as chaplain of one of the ships. This expedition entered the Santa BarbaraChannel on December 4th 1602. It was thecustom of Padre Asencion to name new localitiesin honor of the saint on whose festival day thediscovery too
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