derers ! A villain approaches him with the knife. He im¬ 
plores God to save the soul of him who is about to slay 
him ! The fatal blow is struck ! The dying man commends 
himself and his sinning flock to the Great Shepherd of the 
human race, and while uttering the name of the Saviour, ex¬ 
pires ! They practise more abominable insults upon the body 
of Padre Tamaral than they have upon that of Padre Carranco. 
And now being relieved from the fear of their victims, a 
great multitude of all ages assemble, and, for many days, cele¬ 
brate their villanies with that most brutish licentiousness 
with which, in the time of their infidelity, they used to 
solemnize their victories ! 
The delay occasioned by these infernal orgies saves the 
life of Padre Taraval at Todos Santos. A boy belonging to 
this village happens to be in San Jago on the day of Padre 
Carranco’s murder; and while the rebels go to San Josef, he 
hastens home and relates what he has seen to an old man of 
his rancheria, who immediately induces him to tell the Padre. 
This old man offers to convey the Padre to a neighboring 
island, and with his friends, die, if need be, in his defence; 
but thinks it out of their power to protect him at the mission. 
While they are counselling, the boy’s narrative is confirmed 
by the arrival of some Indians belonging to Santa Rosa, who 
have witnessed Padre Tamaral’s martyrdom. There is now no 
more hesitation. To stay will be madness; nay, a suicide, 
which can answer no good purpose, since the Padre’s presence 
can protect no one else. Indeed, there is little if any danger 
to others. For they only desire to destroy the Padres, that 
they may enjoy all the savage liberty of butchery and vice, 
which they exercised before these men came among them. 
On the night of the fourth of October, therefore, Padre Taraval 
taking with him, from Todos Santos, the furniture of the altar, 
repairs to the bay of La Paz, and taking all the ornaments 
and consecrated utensils of the mission at this place, goes 
on board the boat which Padre Guillen has sent in compli¬ 
ance with Padre Carranco’s request, and sails for the Island 
