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give them permission to erect the cross and consecrate their 
shores to God. Huts are now erected for all the people; the 
stores and beasts are brought ashore ; a piece of ground is 
cleared for a church and a village; and to the great sur¬ 
prise and delight of the Indians, a mission is founded among 
them. 
The expedition by land, under Padre Guillen, has not yet 
arrived; and much disquietude is awhile felt for its fate. 
But it is soon changed to gladness. Three hundred miles 
have been travelled, over mountains, through woods and mo¬ 
rasses ; and as the sun is falling on the brown heights in the 
west, a salute of musketry is heard on the northern shore of 
the bay ; it is returned by the ship; and the boats are imme¬ 
diately sent over for Padre Guillen and his company. They 
are worn, naked, hungry, and thirsty; and with joy only 
known to themselves, they bathe in the surf, drink the water 
from the spring, and eat the food of their brethren in the new 
mission at La Paz. Padre Ugarte labors three months at La 
Paz, in establishing Padre Bravo in his mission. And now 
having confirmed the league of peace with the Indians by 
numerous acts of benevolence and Christian love, he takes a 
most affectionate leave of Padre Bravo and the soldiers who 
remain with him, and embarks for Loretto. Padre Guillen is 
so much worn with his land expedition, that he also returns by 
sea. The Ligui Indians who accompanied him, follow back 
the path by which they came. Padre Bravo, as all others in 
charge of these missions have done before, learns the Indian 
language; builds a parsonage, church and huts; and with 
the greatest assiduity, applies himself to gain the affection of 
the natives, civilize and instruct them, and relieve them from 
want. As a reward of his labor, more than six hundred 
children and adults receive baptism: and more than eight 
hundred adults are assembled in three well regulated settle¬ 
ments, called Nuestra Sennora del Pilar de La Paz, Todos 
Santos, and Angel de la Guarda. He also, as he pursues 
his holy labors, discovers some tracts of arable land sixty 
