CHAPTER IX. 
A.D. 1615—A.D. 1633—4—Don Pedro Portel deCassanate—A.D. 1647— 
A.D. 1666-7—A.D. 1683—Indians—A Battle—All busy-—Orders 
from Mexico—Ships dispatched—A Garrison and Church—An Ex¬ 
pedition into the Interior—Despatches arrive—A Determination- 
Padre Kino —Padre Juan Maria Salva Tierra— The Jesuits—Powers 
granted— Salva Tierra goes to California—The Resurrection—Inso¬ 
lence—An Attack—A Repulse—A General Onset—A Route—Peace— 
Arrival of Padre Piccolo—An Exploration—Condition of the Conquest. 
Salva Tierra goes to Senora for Food—An Expedition to the Gila and 
Colorado of the West by Padres Kino and Salva Tierra —Return to 
Senora—Padre Salva Tierra leaves for California—Another Expedi¬ 
tion to the Gila and Colorado by Padres Kino and Gonzales—Indians 
and Rivers—Death—Last Days of Padre Kino —A lost Grave. 
No other expedition of any moment is undertaken to Cali¬ 
fornia until 1615, when Captain Juan Iturbi obtains a license 
for making a voyage at his own expense. One of his two 
ships is captured by a Dutch pirate. With the other he 
reaches the coast of Cinaloa, and procures supplies from a Je¬ 
suit Missionary, Padre Ribas, preparatory to crossing the 
Gulf. But before leaving port he is ordered out to convoy 
the Philippine ship to Acapulco. This done, he returns to 
Mexico, and by exhibiting the pearls he has taken fires anew 
the wonder and cupidity of the whole country. The Califor¬ 
nian pearl fisheries are soon thronged. A few find what they 
desire, but an infinitely greater number are disappointed.. 
The results, however, lead to the granting of a license to 
Francisco de Ortega to make a voyage up the Gulf. He sails 
in March, 1632. Accompanying him is Padre Diego de la 
Nava, the newly appointed Vicar-general of California. 
On the second of May they land at San Barnabe bay; and 
having made a special survey of the coast from this point to 
