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harbor of Loretto, amidst a general burst of joy and religious 
thanksgiving of the starving people on shore. Comfort and 
joy reign again throughout the missions. The Padres and 
the garrison are clothed again ; and the means being furnish¬ 
ed, their thoughts are again turned to the establishment of 
other missions. Padre Jayme Bravo leads the new under- 
t. 
taking. Two expeditions are therefore projected; one by 
land and another by water. The former is designed to open a 
land communication between Loretto and the site of the in¬ 
tended mission j the other for the conveyance of the men and 
provisions, and other necessaries of the enterprise. The 
forces intended for the expedition over land rendezvous at San 
Juan Baptista Ligui, under command of Padre Clemente 
Guillen. Padre Ugarte leads the other. He embarks on 
board the “ Triumph of the Cross” with Padre Bravo, the 
soldiers and Indians, and a good stock of stores and utensils. 
They arrive in safety at the bay of La Paz. This is in the 
country of the Guaycuros, or Pericues, who have been 
grievously wronged by Admiral Otondo and the Spanish 
pearl fishermen. They are consequently inimical to the 
Spaniards, and will perhaps make deadly war upon them as 
they land. But it soon appears that those prisoners from 
the fishing barks, whom Padre Salva Tierra has returned 
to their homes, have given to their countrymen such an ac¬ 
count of the Padre’s kind treatment as disposes them to 
friendship. Some of them appear in arms; but as soon 
as they see the costume of the Padres, their arms are laid 
aside. Seated on the ground, they allow the Padres to ap¬ 
proach, and accept with high demonstrations of pleasure, 
various presents. The object of the expedition is made 
known. They are assured by the Padres that it is for their 
benefit They have come to found a mission among them: 
to make peace between them and the Indians of the neigh¬ 
boring islands: to teach them agriculture and the useful 
arts, and to instruct them in the principles of the Christian 
religion. Thereupon the Indians receive them as friends, and 
