Southern California . ^IKSfiKF am /-?« -\ if- I OV/&P -f iy. »!?>, *f ^* 51 itsJ. ^td5l ? 1 surrounded by savages more or less hostile in their atti-tude. The site chosen was usually upon a commandingpoint in a valley a few miles inland from the sea, wherewater was at hand to irrigate their gardens and orchards,and where the surrounding country was in view toguard against surprise by the Indians. Timber for themissions had to be transported from the pine forestshigh up in the mountains, and at a distance of fromthirty to sixty miles from the building sites. It isrelated that when a tree was
Southern California . ^IKSfiKF am /-?« -\ if- I OV/&P -f iy. »!?>, *f ^* 51 itsJ. ^td5l ? 1 surrounded by savages more or less hostile in their atti-tude. The site chosen was usually upon a commandingpoint in a valley a few miles inland from the sea, wherewater was at hand to irrigate their gardens and orchards,and where the surrounding country was in view toguard against surprise by the Indians. Timber for themissions had to be transported from the pine forestshigh up in the mountains, and at a distance of fromthirty to sixty miles from the building sites. It isrelated that when a tree was felled and dressed in themountains it was put upon the shoulders of a line ofIndians, and blessed by the padre in charge of the this time it never touched the ground until itreached the mission site, being passed, from one relay ofIndians to another, and carried thus through a wilder-ness, with but the roughest of trails leading from placeto place. Bricks were baked on the spot, as well asfloor and roof tiles, while sun-dried bricks of adobes
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