Junipero Serra Quotes
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We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fishing.
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Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous.
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Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died.
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The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they did.
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We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives.
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I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.
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As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much beyond it, thus making the voyage much longer than was necessary.
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