(Detailed) Contents
[ Translation of the Names of the Missions ]
Translation of the Names of the Missions
Tribute to Junipero Serra and the Mission Padres
Chapter I Junipero Serra, Leader of the Heroic Band of Spanish
Missionaries of California. His Coming to San Fernando, Mexico, Thence
to California
Chapter II Brief Sketch of the Conquest of California and of the
Founding of the Missions. Hospitality of the Missions. Care and
Benevolence of the Missionaries Toward the Indians
Chapter III More About San Carlos Mission and Monterey
Chapter IV California Under Spanish Rule
Chapter V California Passes from Spanish to Mexican Rule. Secularization
of the Missions
Chapter VI California Passes from Mexican to American Rule
Chapter VII Mission Anecdotes and Hymns
Chapter VIII Retrospection of the Work of the Spanish Missionaries,
Explorers and Settlers and their place in California's Appreciation
Chapter IX Rev. Raymond M. Mestres Writes Historical Drama "Fray
Junipero"
Appendix A Letter of Junipero Serra. The Meaning of California Missions.
Dances of Early California Times