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del Spiritu Santo, where he fortunately meets another boat 
with provisions and guards from Loretto. With these the 
good man hastens to Dolores, in order to prevent the savages 
from executing their bloody intentions against Padre Guillen 
He arrives safely, and finds the good Padre overwhelmed with 
sorrow at the fate of the beloved Carranco. But his grief 
knows no bound when he learns that Padre Tamaral has 
fallen in the same manner, and that the four missions of San 
Jago, San Josef, Santa Rosa and El Pilar de la Paz, are ut¬ 
terly ruined. 
While this melancholy conference is being held, the insur¬ 
gents, flushed with success, repair to the village of Todos San¬ 
tos, whence Padre Taraval has just fled. Their rage is ex¬ 
treme when they find their intended victim escaped; they vent 
their disappointment on the Christian Indians in the neigh¬ 
borhood. Twenty-seven of these are killed. The rest flee ! 
Having now no common enemy against whom to direct 
their hatred, they fall into quarrels among themselves, and 
practise against each other the same treachery and cruelty 
they have shown the Padres and Christian Indians! 
Meantime, Padre Guillen, as superior of California, on the 
first knowledge of these outrages, writes to the Viceroy of 
Mexico, informing him of their losses, and the danger 
which threatens them, and begging immediate measures 
may be taken to repair the one and remove the other. 
But his Excellency estimates life and missionary effort in 
California too lightly, to trouble himself much with the good 
Padre’s complaints. He writes that he is sensible of the dan¬ 
gers to which they are exposed, and also of the great impor¬ 
tance of the missions to religion and the King; and that he 
will, with pleasure, concur with the Padres in any state¬ 
ment which they shall judge proper to be made to their sove¬ 
reign in respect to them ; and will use his utmost interest with 
his Majesty, for the adoption of such measures as shall tend 
to promote their prosperity. He adds, that if he can obtain a 
warrant from his Majesty to aid them, he will execute it in its 
