. The missions and missionaries of California. criche, Joaquin, Diccionario de Legislacion y Jurisprudencia,Madrid—1873. xxii Original Authorities Lassepas, Ulixes Urbano, Historia de la Colonizacion de la BajaCalifornia, Mexico—1859. Lowery, Woodbury, The Spanish Settlements in the UnitedStates, vol. i, New York—1901. Lummis, Charles F., The Spanish Pioneers, Chicago—1893. North, Arthur Walbridge, in Sunset Magazine, San Francisco—1906-1907. North, Arthur Walbridge, The Mother of California, New York—1908. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol. iv, no. iv, Port-land, Oregon—1903. Qu
. The missions and missionaries of California. criche, Joaquin, Diccionario de Legislacion y Jurisprudencia,Madrid—1873. xxii Original Authorities Lassepas, Ulixes Urbano, Historia de la Colonizacion de la BajaCalifornia, Mexico—1859. Lowery, Woodbury, The Spanish Settlements in the UnitedStates, vol. i, New York—1901. Lummis, Charles F., The Spanish Pioneers, Chicago—1893. North, Arthur Walbridge, in Sunset Magazine, San Francisco—1906-1907. North, Arthur Walbridge, The Mother of California, New York—1908. Quarterly of the Oregon Historical Society, vol. iv, no. iv, Port-land, Oregon—1903. Quarterly of the Texas State Historical Association, vol. viii, , Austin, Texas—1904. Salpointe, Most Rev. J. B., Soldiers of the Cross, Banning,Cal.—1898. Shea, John Gilmary, in The American Catholic Quarterly Re-view, vol. iv, Philadelphia, Penn. Thaddeus, Fr., O. F. M., The Franciscans in England, London—1898. Villa-Sefior y Sanchez, Jose Antonio, Teatro Americano, Mexico— PART VOYAGES AND h CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTORY. Origin of Missions.—St. Francis of Assisi.—The Franciscan Ordera Missionary Institute.—Franciscans the First Missionaries inAmerica.—Their Efforts in the West Indies, Central and SouthAmerica, Mexico, Florida, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Can-ada, Maryland.—Their Numerous Martyrs. M ISSIONS for the conversion of pagan nations beganwith the advent of Christianity. They are the resultof Christs command to His Apostles, Go ye into the wholeworld and teach all nations and teach them to observe what-soever I have told you. These first missionaries have passedaway, but the Church founded upon the Apostles continuedthe work of gathering tribes and nations into the fold ofChrist. Her messengers have at all times made their wayto the most distant parts of the earth, in order to establishmissionary stations where all might learn the truths of salva-tion. From the time of St. Benedict, the patriarch of the monksin
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