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mission and put it under his charge. Accordingly he leaves 
Loretto for that purpose. But on arriving there, the Indians, 
through fear of the soldiers that accompany him, run into the 
mountains. The Padre, nowise discouraged by this circum¬ 
stance, takes up his quarters on the site of the burned mission, 
and awaits their return. Meanwhile the soldiers, not having 
Indians to serve them, prove troublesome. They abuse the 
Padre and one another in such manner that he determines 
to trust himself with the Indians, rather than any longer 
suffer their insolent behavior; and accordingly sends them 
back to Loretto. After the departure of the soldiers, Padre 
Ugarte remains alone all day about the ashes of the mission 
and the graves of those who were killed at the time it was 
destroyed ! He does not know how soon they will fall upon 
him likewise, and take his life. Night comes on and passes 
away; and he is yet alone. At daylight a little Indian lad 
comes shyly, about the Padre’s couch; is treated kindly by 
him; examines the fields, and hastily returns to his tribe: 
and shortly afterward the good Padre is surrounded by hun¬ 
dreds of Indians rejoicing at his arrival, and protesting that 
soldiers are disagreeable members of their community. The 
Padre and the Indians now unite their energies to rebuild the 
mission. The first labor of Ugarte is, to secure their regular 
attendance on the catechising, the prayers and mass; and by 
kind and affable treatment, to alienate them from their sorcer¬ 
ers ; the second is, to accustom them to till the land and take 
care of the cattle. To accomplish these objects he induces 
them early in the morning to attend mass; after which he 
feeds those who will engage in erecting the church or clear¬ 
ing the land for cultivation, or making trenches for irrigation, 
or digging holes for planting trees, or preparing the ground 
for sowing seed. In the progress of these labors the good 
Padre works more than any of them. He is overseer, brick¬ 
layer and farmer. He is first in bringing stones, first in 
treading clay for mortar, in mixing sand, cutting, carrying, 
bringing timber, removing earth and fixing materials; some- 
