. The missions and missionaries of California. andwas roofed with tules. Twenty varas of this structure servedfor a church and sacristy until a more suitable edifice couldbe raised. Another small building ten varas long, six varaswide, and four varas high, had been constructed of adobe androofed with tules for the purpose of lodging the unmarriedmen and serving as a kitchen for the neophytes. The formerchurch had been destroyed by the floods of 1793. From twen-ty-eight souls in 1782 the Indian population rose to two hun-dred in 1800. The livestock varied considerably. Cattle de-creased from 53
. The missions and missionaries of California. andwas roofed with tules. Twenty varas of this structure servedfor a church and sacristy until a more suitable edifice couldbe raised. Another small building ten varas long, six varaswide, and four varas high, had been constructed of adobe androofed with tules for the purpose of lodging the unmarriedmen and serving as a kitchen for the neophytes. The formerchurch had been destroyed by the floods of 1793. From twen-ty-eight souls in 1782 the Indian population rose to two hun-dred in 1800. The livestock varied considerably. Cattle de-creased from 535 to 388 head; horses increased from 163 to546 head; sheep and goats decreased from 572 to 282 head,and mules from 68 head to only one. The yield of grain infour years for which there are any reports varied between 180to 259 fanegas. The missionaries stationed at San Jose delCabo from 1768-1773 were the Franciscans Juan Moran andJuan Antonio Rioboo. Their immediate successors are notknown; but Fr. Jose Lafuente was in charge during 1788, and. Fr. Jose Vidaurreta, who presumably followed him, died onMarch 22d, 1793. 2 Fr. Pablo Zarate was in charge until 1798,and during 1797-1798 had as assistant Fr. Eudaldo Surroca. 1California Archives, State Papers, Missions; Palou, Noti-cias, torn, i; Bancroft, History of Texas, vol. i, 760-763. 2 Letter of Fr. Caietano Pallas, Loreto, April 10th, 1793. (SantaBarbara Archives, ad annum.) State of the Missions 547 In 1794 there is mention of a library which contained fiftyvolumes. Mission Santiago de los Coras. The neophytes of this smallestablishment by 1772 had become so poor that they lived onthe flesh of stray cattle. Ten Indian families with forty-threesouls are reported for 1782. In 1794 there were altogetherseventy Indians nominally attached to the mission; these byorder of Governor Borica were removed to Mission San Josedel Cabo. Santiago in 1795 was abandoned and the estateturned over to Salvador Castro. The crops had varied be-tween
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