Note 105 — COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXPEDITION (continued 5)

The mission of San Diego de Alcala was the first of the Franciscan establishments begun by Father Junipero Serra in 1769. In 1774 it was removed inland three miles from the presidio of the same name; and at the time of Pattie's visit, it had attained the height of its prosperity. Six years after it was founded (1775), an Indian revolt occurred, in which there was bloodshed on both sides, and the church was burned and pillaged. It was re-established in 1777, and six years later was built the church, of which little yet remains but the façade. Remains of an aqueduct may also be traced, to whose use in irrigating Pattie refers. On the entire subject of mission history, consult in addition to Bancroft, and the standard histories, Victor, "Studies of the California Missions" in The Californian, v, vi; Helen Hunt Jackson, "Father Junipero and his Work," in Century, iv, pp. 3-18, 199-215; Doyle, "Missions of Alta California," ibid., xix, pp. 389-402; Jackson, Glimpses of California and the Missions (Boston, 1902); Carter, Missions of Nueva California (San Francisco, 1900), and Clinch, California and its Missions, (San Francisco, 1904).—Ed.