. California; an intimate history. irit, and no doubt was, andwas endowed with a humility and simplicity of mind thatpermitted him to see a miracle in every meager bit ofgood luck that fell to his share, he was the bom pioneer,resourceful, practical, indomitable. He knew no obstaclewhere the glory of the Church was concerned; neitherweary leagues infested by hostile tribes, nor the rackingills of his own frail body. Simultaneously with the expulsion of the Jesuits theFranciscans determined to succeed where the rival orderhad failed. They were encouraged by Charles III., Kingof Spain, one of th
. California; an intimate history. irit, and no doubt was, andwas endowed with a humility and simplicity of mind thatpermitted him to see a miracle in every meager bit ofgood luck that fell to his share, he was the bom pioneer,resourceful, practical, indomitable. He knew no obstaclewhere the glory of the Church was concerned; neitherweary leagues infested by hostile tribes, nor the rackingills of his own frail body. Simultaneously with the expulsion of the Jesuits theFranciscans determined to succeed where the rival orderhad failed. They were encouraged by Charles III., Kingof Spain, one of the most enlightened princes of his was quite willing to save the souls of the pestilentialsavages if it could be done, but his ardent missionarieswere a cloak for his ultimate design; he purposed tooccupy and settle that land of all possibilities, exploredalong eight hundred miles of its coast by Cabrillo, Farello,and Viscaino—to say nothing of the insolent foreigner,Drake, who had presumed to call the land New Albion-^18. STATUE OF PADRE JUNIPERO SERRA He was the founder of the California missions. He was hailed as the most re-markable man of his order since it was founded by his prototype, Francis of Assisi THE MISSION PADRES thus linking it inseparably to the Spanish crown. Thespiritual expedition was placed as a matter of course incharge of Junipero Serra, and he and his little band ofpriests went first to Loreto to re-estabHsh the missions ofBaja California. They arrived on Good Friday, April i,1768, with orders to separate to the different missionestablishments left by the Jesuits and, while saving soulsby baptism, await further orders from Don Jose deGalvez, who had been appointed Visitador - general andcharged with the execution of the real purpose of the king. Galvez arrived in Loreto two months later and held along consultation with Father Fr. Junipero Serra, who,as president of the California missions, was almost hisequal in authority. They mutually agreed t
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