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in possession of all ~ioo, and had 1011.g held lower Oalitornia

tltr0:ush the establlslun011t of Jeaui't; --U.S&ions~ \ Spain.a colonial J?Olicy

made neoessarir an ilr.:me~iate settlement p;i:;;;a.~~ .r- O li:torniu, 1 ~:V

claims to Oalifon11a were to be recognized. ~er1once had vroved

to Spain the eoonorey- and sucoes of allowing colonization to be

'the area.1.1 around the ltission by proselytizi:tltC• ~e ea it ord ,,r l1ap.ven-

ed to b unpopular with Spanish gover:ame?1t at this date, and the work

was therefore turned over to ·the b"'ranais on Order, tQ be carried out by
m1ss1onariea and te&che1 ... s fro1:n the lfra.11.oisoall · oJ,lege of Sru1 Fei"'llantlo
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at ~exico Oi ty • Ike plan was - the l eader-
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st a~ tee, Father Junipero Serra~

Father Ser ra had come o erlan.cl tron1 exico Oi ty-, and established
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headquarters at San Diego Bay wlu.oh was chosen as he si te £or the mo t
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southern of the »rc»Jpective N.J.ssions. inoe 1694, S_panish ilaps had

showx1 the Ji~ of Kontorey, diooo·vored on one of the vayages uf ·11.zcaino,

and f:rom its description o.tld location 1t had been seleoted 'to be the site

ot the moat northern Jlission, the plan being t o establish future

lliasions ., at abou1 a dS1s maroh apart, ea.Ch l:Jission. be:Lng a link in wha\

was to baa unbrok chain of S~anish influence rum1ing upon the Coastal

line.

~e Shi.vs went aa tar north, :possibly, as Drake' s .Bay, but fail ed to

racogni ~e the ~ of Montei:,3 • • Father serl9s. then determined t o send an

overl and party, unde:t· command of his mil11iary Co~d.er, theu Qovenor

of Oal1£or.nia; ~ par , de Port ola. ~s part1 went down in His t or, as

the Sacred E:peditlon.

(Thia Sacred Espedi U.on a.ls o tailed to recognise 'Che Bq of
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