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shed over the tomb of the dead, as ages crumble it into dust! 
How rich a halo does it throw back on all after time, a rem¬ 
nant light of Bethlehem’s holy star, to lead the living to the 
same happy use of their capacities ! These Indians’ remote 
descendants will forget this good man. But his deeds will 
live in their virtues. 
We will now look into the movements of Padres Salva 
Tierra and Piccolo. Near the end of the year 1701, the pro¬ 
visions which Padre Kino has sent to Loretto, are exhausted, 
and Padre Piccolo’s departure to Mexico for a supply is has¬ 
tened. Pie sails on the second of December, leaving the Pa¬ 
dres, the garrison and Indians in absolute want. For sixty days 
they subsist on roots, wild fruits, and a few fish which they 
find washed up on the shore. On the twenty-ninth of January, 
1702, however, their distress is changed to gladness by the 
arrival of a boat from Padre Piccolo, laden with meat, maize, 
and other provisions. This supply, in the bountiful hands of 
Padre Salva Tierra, lasts but a short time; and want returns 
upon them with all its horrors. At length the last filthy piece 
of meat is consumed, and they betake themselves, Indians and 
Padres and garrison, to the shores for fish, and to the moun¬ 
tains for Pitahayas and other fruits and roots. Amidst these 
sufferings occurs a difficulty with the Indians. A soldier by 
the name of Poblano has married one of the Indian converts. 
In the month of June her mother visits her and invites her 
home to the joyful ingathering of the Pitahayas. They go 
away in the night unperceived, and run to the mountains. The 
next morning the soldier pursues them a limited distance, but 
returns unsuccessful. A day or two afterwards, he goes with 
a Californian Indian near a village, where they hear a great 
deal of shouting and merriment. An old Indian, whom they 
meet, advises them to return, because their lives will be en¬ 
dangered by proceeding. The soldier insults the old man and 
shoots him. The noise of the discharged musket rouses the 
village, and the soldier dies, pierced with arrows. His Indian 
