. The Southern States. up itis protected with great care, because it ismore productive and profitable to theowner than if the land were under cul-tivation. As we have seen, on the 5th ofMarch, 1731, the Mission La PurissimaConcepcion de Acuha (so called fromthe Virgin Mother and Juan De Acuiia,then viceroy of Spain in Mexico) waslocated and the foundations of its churchand convent were laid. It is situated amile and a-half below the city of San modern structures in the city and repeattheir orisons kneeling upon cushionedstools, rather than the hard stone floorof the mission chapel. The dome an
. The Southern States. up itis protected with great care, because it ismore productive and profitable to theowner than if the land were under cul-tivation. As we have seen, on the 5th ofMarch, 1731, the Mission La PurissimaConcepcion de Acuha (so called fromthe Virgin Mother and Juan De Acuiia,then viceroy of Spain in Mexico) waslocated and the foundations of its churchand convent were laid. It is situated amile and a-half below the city of San modern structures in the city and repeattheir orisons kneeling upon cushionedstools, rather than the hard stone floorof the mission chapel. The dome andturrets still stand, and access to them,as well as to the chapel, is through theprincipal door, which is surrounded bya triangular facade deserving of especialnotice because of its rare tower contains a room in which thesacred vestments and articles not indaily use were kept, while the other wasused as a baptistry, the walls of whichwere painted with various emblems,conspicuous among which are the cord.
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