The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-11-16
Historical Discovery.


Az ORIGINAL cHRoNloLE oE rHE EkELV scrrLE.
NESr % caLEuaSIk.
The San Francisco Bulletin saws. sTn
turning over some antiquatsd books sud %
pera % the Mission of Santa Barbara, la
1854, the Rev. Father in charge Of that es-
tabliahmeut found an Old manuscript me
morial Of the earliest times ia California. in
the handNriting Of Father Junipsro Sierra.
which had been laid away since the wear
iIl4. How it got into the Santa Bafbnrs
Mission, which was not founded tfl I7s6
Two years after the old iriar's death. IS now
Unknown, but from the eoutents. which
freely set forth the arbitrary conduct III
FeirO Pages, who was Governor Of the
colony from I7s2 to 1890, there is no doubi
that the Mexican government suppresaed
its publication at the time Juuiperoa b oe-
Iaphy by Palous, was printed 10 Mevica.
10 llof. Indeed, on examination af this
biography, We hud maiters ptrtsiaineto Chi.
Lost chrouic.e are vs-y bFiedg ana eInesrls
alluded to, and consequently u Is Of real
value in making clearer the early history q
CarlIiornia
"Ihe memorial consists OF twenty-thrce
pages folio, and is sdd-essei to Don Antonio
Buccarilii, Ficeroy Of Mexico. lt 81 dated
by Father Junipero from the College Of
San Fernando, ia Mexico ci ", the 2l.t OF
May, 1873, and it seems it was written AZ
the special request Of the Viceroy. who was
an earnest friend OF the Californian mis-.
sions and colonists, as 8 further set forth u
numerous papers still preserved iu ths
archives Of the country. lt appears .rlu
this paper, relating The princlpai event
between lI6y and the year ll13, wher
Father Junipero returned 10 Mexico b. rc.
port progress TO the government aud hi.
.r..IH Ha.r. HI.a q.
soldiers aud pecuniary supplies, that there
wera in I7J3 not over forty soldiers in th,
following hrst estabished ioundatons. SAINTS
Marie de los Angelo and San Fernaad.
Nillicaiti on the frontier in California Ia.
the Peninsula wss still denominatsdl. and
san Diego, sau Gabriel, San Luis 0bisp,
among the Tichoa tribes, San Antonio AMI
Carmeio, termed then the Monterey estab
lishmsnts. for il was not until aGer lIq,
that the Speniards began to desiguats thu
country separately a. Alta California. ID
consequence Of the great NUMBER o.! vii,
Indians, 5unipero modestly asked i0rafre
Of eighty soldiersand two pieces OF cannon D
protect the infant colonies, in place of on
hundred men, which had ben p opposed
and it was notuntil the close Of ths century
when the missions numbered eighlesn snf
the military posts or preaidios four. tha
AAtAAN A4AAA H"N AAANANA HNAalHlH were HNI
toned in the country extending from saI
Francisco 70 San Diego.
The seven mi asIons named were uresentef
saeh 3s head OF cattle, BY order of toe king
enumerated By Juniper0 ss q bulls, cows
and 3 calves, aad these 265 animals wer,
the pFogeaitors Of 800, ,60G head Of cstl.
owned b. tie missions a. the seeularit lti0t
IN 1883, after deducting the thousands used
for food aud for hides and talI0E, in q laps,
ct f3 years aifer 1870. Mention is inside O
hogs horses, mules, goats, aad sheep. but
~ no book or account that we have seen Il
the number stated at their drst introduc
tion.
''The settlements or Carmeio, San Anto.
MO and san LUIS ObisPo were easily sstab-
lished. The Indians were found very do
cile, and submitted readily 10 the govern.
meut Of the priests. San Diego was among
a branch Of The fierce Yumas from the Col
orado, aud there a M mssi0rary was killed
and TIE buildings burnt. San Gabriel. trt
hundred aud ten miles from San Luis Obis
20 aud one hundred add tseniy from sa1
Diego, was then the only city 0f refuge IN
al that immense stretch Of country. II
was commenced 10 lTTI. Jun!pero assert,
this region % BE- the finest country ne had
yet seen, and with soil climate, wood, wa
ter and pasture capable Of maintaining al
the seven missions established up t0 The
date Of bis memorial sud sub5equeut his.
tory has proved the trulhiuincss Of bis a.
sertion."