Southern California; . ?Xl\i 1^, -53*nD^<.,. undertook the task which he so longed to see accom-plished— the conversion of the Indians. Mass was first celebrated in a rude iuclosure of reeds,the mission bells being suspended from the overhanginglimb of a tree. The Indians did not look upon theintruders with favor, and a month after their arrivalattacked them with bows and arrows, killing one of theparty, while the guns of the mission soldiers repliedwith deadly effect. The gentleness and forbearance ofFather Serra and his co-workers soon restored peace,however, and for the first few years t
Southern California; . ?Xl\i 1^, -53*nD^<.,. undertook the task which he so longed to see accom-plished— the conversion of the Indians. Mass was first celebrated in a rude iuclosure of reeds,the mission bells being suspended from the overhanginglimb of a tree. The Indians did not look upon theintruders with favor, and a month after their arrivalattacked them with bows and arrows, killing one of theparty, while the guns of the mission soldiers repliedwith deadly effect. The gentleness and forbearance ofFather Serra and his co-workers soon restored peace,however, and for the first few years the little Spanishsettlement by the sea was unmolested. Six years after the arrival of the Franciscans at SanDiego, during the first year that the American colonieshad arisen in revolt against their English Serra, little knowing of the momentous conflictupon the Atlantic shore, and without a suspicion thatthe result of that war might one day determine thedestiny of this land of his adoption, moved the missionto a more favor
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