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represent the resurrection of the Saviour, and conveys to the 
Indian a clear conception of that holy event. The Padres 
instruct during the year four hundred adults and many child¬ 
ren, but baptize none except those who are at the door of 
death. Some of these sick indeed, recover, and prove useful 
teachers. Most of them, however, die, holding fast their 
new faith. In these several ways do the priests and Otondo 
consume the year. At its close, dispatches arrive from the 
Viceroy requiring an account of proceedings, and forbidding 
any farther attempts to be made for the conquest and settle¬ 
ment of California which should involve the Government in 
expense. 
On the reception of these dispatches a council of the Pa¬ 
dres and military officers is held, the determination of which 
is, that a small ship shall be sent with dispatches to Mexico, 
that the Padres shall continue to teach the Indians, and Oton¬ 
do to explore the country and pearl beds. In September, 
1685, however, a peremptory order comes prohibiting farther 
efforts at settling the country, and ordering, if possible, to 
keep possession of what is already conquered. But it has 
now become apparent that San Bruno must be abandoned. 
No rain has fallen for nearly two years ; dearth, thirst, and 
hunger, stand near them ; and to escape is the settled desire 
of all, except the priests. These men of iron souls would 
stay to teach the savage. But Otondo weighs anchor, and 
with priests, soldiers, seamen, and three native converts, 
squares his yards for the harbor of Matanchel, on the Mexi¬ 
can shore. 
This is the last expedition of the civil power of Spain to 
conquer and settle California. Padre Kino has begun to 
conquer it with the Cross; and we shall follow him in his 
triumphs and trials while he achieves it. The professor of 
Ingoldstadt, Padre Kino, the devotee of San Xavier, traverses 
Mexico preaching to his brother Jesuits the glories of mar¬ 
tyrdom, and the rich reward of those who save from wo the 
doomed and lost. In order to forward his zeal, he is ap- 
