The famous missions of California . his argument, he would roundly declarethat the leaf he wanted happened to be torn. Such methodsare hardly praiseworthy. But this was not the the heat of argument would prove too much forhim,, and then, I grieve to say, he would even threaten topitch his antagonists overboard, and shape his course forLondon. However, despite this unlooked-for danger, Juni-pero and his companions finally reached Malaga, whence theyproceeded first to Cadiz, and then, after some delay, to VeraCruz. The voyage across from Cadiz alone occupied ninety-nine days, tho
The famous missions of California . his argument, he would roundly declarethat the leaf he wanted happened to be torn. Such methodsare hardly praiseworthy. But this was not the the heat of argument would prove too much forhim,, and then, I grieve to say, he would even threaten topitch his antagonists overboard, and shape his course forLondon. However, despite this unlooked-for danger, Juni-pero and his companions finally reached Malaga, whence theyproceeded first to Cadiz, and then, after some delay, to VeraCruz. The voyage across from Cadiz alone occupied ninety-nine days, though of these, fifteen were spent at Porto Rico,where Father Junipero improved the time by establishing amission. Hardships were not lacking; for water and foodran short, aiM the vessel encountered terrific storms. Butremembering the end for which they had come, the fatherfelt no fear, and his own buoyancy did much to keep upthe flagging spirits of those about him. Even when VeraCruz was reached, the terrible journey was by no means. Mission ofSan Diego The Famous Missions of California. 13 over, for a hundred Spanish leagues lay between that portand the City of Mexico. Too impatient to wait for the ani-mals and wagons which had been promised for transporta-tion, but which, through some oversight or blunder, had notyet arrived in Vera Cruz, Junipero set out to cover the dis-tance on foot. The strain brought on an ulcer in one of hislegs, from which he suffered all the rest of his life; and it ishighly probable that he would have died on the road but forthe quite unexpected succor which came to him more thanonce in the critical hour. This, according to his wont, hedid not fail to refer directly to the special favour of theVirgin and St. Joseph. For nearly nineteen years after his arrival in Mexico, Juni-pero was engaged in active missionary work, mainly amongthe Indians of the Sierra Gorda,- whom he successfully in-structed in the first principles of the Catholic faith and in the
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