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which he consecrates to San Rosalia. At San Xavier, during 
his absence, the Indians and soldiers have built with sun-dried 
bricks some small houses and a chapel. The Indians from San 
Rosalia are there; and Padre Salva Tierra consecrates the 
Chapel to San Xavier, with great devotion and joy. This 
done, Padre Piccolo is left in charge at San Xavier, and Pa¬ 
dre Salva Tierra returns to Loretto. 
The shipping of the mission at this time consists of two ves¬ 
sels, the San Firmin and San Josef, and the long-boat San 
Xavier. The number of settlers already in California of Spa¬ 
niards, half-breeds, and Mexican Indians, is six hundred per¬ 
sons ; and as the means of supplying them with food from the 
country produce, has not increased in proportion, it becomes 
necessary to redouble their diligence to obtain them elsewhere 
From Mexico they can export nothing, for the Captain of the 
Garrison at Loretto, having been prevented from using the 
converts in the pearl fishery, and thus ruining their health, 
and the Padre’s hope of rearing them for Heaven, has, by his 
misrepresentations of these benevolent men, rendered ineffec¬ 
tual Padre Ugarte’s efforts in that quarter. Unfortunately also 
at this juncture, the two ships of the California missions are 
cast away! Nothing is left them now but the long-boat! 
Distress is creeping upon them! The fearful, maddening ex¬ 
pectation of starving to death begins to be talked of in Loret¬ 
to, when Padre Salva Tierra takes the leaky long-boat and 
goes to the great presiding genius of the missions, Padre Kino, 
in Senora, for relief. These Padres are devoted friends. They 
meet and embrace each other warmly, and relate, in the shades 
of a beautiful evening, all the hardships which have befallen 
them; and the success that has attended their labors among 
the savages. Padre Salva Tierra has reduced the Indians for 
the space of fifty leagues about Loretto; founded four towns, 
in which are six hundred Indian Christians; two thousand 
adult Catechumens, besides many children ; all of whom are 
now starving! 
Padre Kino entered Senora in 1687. He was appointed to 
