Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-22
IN SANTA BARBARA
Where White Man Secured
FoothoId on Pacific Coast.
THE GRAVE OF CABRILL0
Discoverer of California Buried on
San Miguel Island.
FREMONT'S FLAG NOT FIRST
Stars and Stripes Waved Before
Advent of the pathfinder"
Story Of an Indian Woman.
FREMONT'S FLAG NOT FIRST

BY WILLIAM e. CURTIS.
Special Correspondents Of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.
SANTA BARBARA, May IL. 1911.
OF the coast Of Santa Barbara is an
archipelago OF mountainous islands.
the largest being called San Miguel.
Santa Rosa. Santa Cruz When the
Spaniards first discovered the country
they were all inhabited. but after the
mission was established the island
families were persuaded by the padres
to move over to the mainland and set
tie nearby
Juan Rodrigues Cabrillo. the dis
coverer of California. Is buried upon
the island of San Miguel: although no
trace OF his grave remains. He was the
first European who is known to have
explored the Pacific coast OF what Is
now the United States. He was a nav
igator of enterprise. courage and tact,
and although a Portuguese by birth
spent most of his life in the service Of
Spain. like Columbus and Americas
Nespucci, who were Italians
About the middle Of October, 1912,
just fifty years after Columbus dis
covered America, Cabrillo landed on
bara. and was met by natives in their
canoes. who received him with demon
STATIONS of curiosity. but kindness.
and exchanged presents with him. He
remained here some time. exploring
the surrounding country. which in his
reports to the viceroy of Mexico, was
described as Of great attractiveness
and fertility He crossed to the islands
of Santa Rosa. Santa Cruz and San
Miguel, and made the latter his head
quarters while he continued his ex-
plorations northward to a point many
cisco, although he never found the
Golden Gate.
Overlooked Golden Gate.
1t is difficult to determine how far
north he went. but We know from his
narratives that he was driven back by
bad weather and returned to San Mig
uel to recover from a fracture Of his
right arm. but he grew worse instead
of better. January 8. 1543, he died and
was buried on that island.
Santa Barbara was named nv Sc
bastian Viscaino. another Portuguese
Explorer. who set sail from Acapulco with
lhree large caravels and a TRANSPORT
carrying 200 sailors and three Carme-
ute friars Antonio de la Ascension,
- ZIG IL idi LUX COplOuS notes OF
all they saw and heard along the coast
made map Of considerable detail and
named the bays. capes islands and
other conspicuous landmarks after the
particular saint whose festival oc
CURED nearest to the day of discovery
On the 4th day of December, 1902. the
party landed here. and that being the
anniversary Of Santa Barbara. her
name was given to the BAY and the
country that surrounded IL.
Santa Barbapa, you know, was one ~
the early martyrs. She was born in Asia
Minor, and was the daughter of a Roman
general She was converted to Christian
NY when she was sixteen years old. in
the year AID. 233. during the reign Of
alexander Severus, an emperor friendly
10 the Christians. but his successor. Maxi
minus, vas thorough pagan, and or
dered all Christian converts put to death
Doscorus, the father of Barbara con-
cealed her. hoping to persuade her to re-
cant When he was unable to do so he
innlcted upon her cruel torments which
she bore with wonderful fortitude for q
glrl or seventeen. and he finally slew her
with his own hands. Her piety. her
steadfastness for the faith. and her ex
ample had great influence among the
young Christians. and caused her to he
canonized by both the Greek and Roman
catholic churches. She suffered MARTYR
dom at Nocomedia, Asia Minor. about
235 AID.