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when the mass are willing and able to deliver the criminal 
to the punishment their evil deeds merit.” With one voice 
they promise to protect the Padres in every emergency. 
They implore them to return; and declare that if they refuse 
to do so, they also will remain at Loretto, for they will not 
live without them and their religion! The Padres and 
garrison are affected to tears by these evidences of contrition 
and attachment to the faith. They delay a few days in order 
to test the sincerity of the Indians. But noticing no 
defection they repair to their respective districts and are 
received with tumultuous joy by their people. The conspira- 
tors are surrendered : some of them are slightly flogged ; and 
four of the most guilty of the band at San Ignacio are banished 
a short time from all the mission premises. 
This submission and fidelity on the part of the Californians 
is followed by a most gratifying manifestation of sympathy 
by the Yaquis across the Gulf. These Indians, always noted 
for their honesty and bravery, assemble immediately upon the 
receipt of Padre Bravo’s letter detailing the condition of Cali¬ 
fornia, to the number of five hundred warriors, and offer to go 
and put down the insurgents. But as the bilander, which is 
to convey them, can take only a fraction of that number, they 
select from among themselves sixty of their best warriors, and 
send them, with five hundred bows and arrows to arm the 
friendly Indians of the peninsula to fight in their stead. 
With these the bilander sails and lands them near Loretto. 
Thence they march to Dolores. Here they meet the com¬ 
mander of the garrison, who greets them with the warmest 
expressions of gratitude for their generous conduct; but 
informs them that tranquillity has been restored among the 
northern missions by the Indians themselves. It is therefore 
determined to divide their strength between Loretto and La 
Paz. Accordingly, a sufficient force having been left in the 
former place, the remainder start in two divisions, the one by 
sea, the other by land, for La Paz. On the landing of the 
sea party, the strictest military discipline is preserved. This 
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