The Spanish in the Southwest . day fixed for the beginningof the new mission of Monterey. Everybody was one could work fast enough. Preparations werequickly made. Branches were stretched as a shelter untila hut could be built,and later the bells were hung inthe trees and joyouslyrung. A cross wasplanted. The cannonand the muskets werefired. Hymns weresung. In his longpriests robes FatherSerra blessed the found-ing of this new mis-sion. In the joy of hisheart, his face radiantwith happiness, he for-got all the sufferingsand discouragements ofthe past months. Governor Portola
The Spanish in the Southwest . day fixed for the beginningof the new mission of Monterey. Everybody was one could work fast enough. Preparations werequickly made. Branches were stretched as a shelter untila hut could be built,and later the bells were hung inthe trees and joyouslyrung. A cross wasplanted. The cannonand the muskets werefired. Hymns weresung. In his longpriests robes FatherSerra blessed the found-ing of this new mis-sion. In the joy of hisheart, his face radiantwith happiness, he for-got all the sufferingsand discouragements ofthe past months. Governor Portola was almost as delighted as FatherSerra. When the church services were over, he calledout the soldiers, and made ready to take civil and militarypossession of the land. The royal flag was planted ; thesea breeze swept out its folds, and as it floated over him,Portola called in a loud voice that all this country belongednow and always to Spain. Then the soldiers pulled grass,and picked up stones, and threw them. This was their. Cross at Monterey 124 The Missions of Alta California odd way, centuries old, of saying that everything whichgrew and all that was on the land belonged to Spain. All that had been done for the church and the king wascarefully written down on parchment. The news thatMonterey had been found and a settlement started mustbe sent to Mexico, to be forwarded from there to would be the messengers? On a day of such excitement the question was hardlynecessary. Two men, a soldier and a sailor, sprang for-ward, ready to start on the long, dangerous journey. Afew days later they set out to carry the good news to Gal-vez in the city of Mexico. Questions. — What two reasons may be given for the failure torecognize Monterey Bay ? Can any reason be given for the failure ofthe leaders to see the importance of San Francisco Bay ? Why did thetrip north and the return take so much time? What risks would Gov-ernor Portola have taken by remaining at San Diego if the
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