History of California: Early voyages ; The Jesuits ; The Franciscans ; The Spanish governors

Theodore Henry Hittell

Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Company, 1898 - California

General history of California.

Contents

• BOOK I: 37
• Cortes instructions to his navigators in the northwestern waters: 43
• Wanderings of Cabeza de Vaca and companions and their reports of rich: 55
• CHAPTER II: 61
• CHAPTER V: 67
• CHAPTER VI: 73
• CHAPTER VII: 79
• Voyages to and conquest of the Philippines: 80
• His first sight of the Pacific and project of sailing thither: 86
• Reception and entertainment of the Indians: 92
• CHAPTER X: 98
• CHAPTER XI: 112
• Passage to and stay at Cape San Lucas: 118
• CORTES: 125
• Stories of a people resembling the Spaniards in the Interior: 139
• Viscainos project for a third voyage retirement recall and death: 146
• First voyage of Viscaino: 148
• Resumé of Spanish discoveries explorations and attempted settlement: 163
• Intercourse and trouble with the natives: 169
• Progress of the spiritual conquest opposition of the medicine men or sor: 175
• CHAPTER III: 182
• UGARTE: 188
• CHAPTER V: 194
• Campaign against the insurgents trial and execution of the ringleader: 195
• Dawning of brighter days foundation of the new missions of Juan Bautista: 201
• 207: 207
• Proposed purchase of California and its rejection instructions to the viceroy: 213
• CHAPTER VIII: 219
• Policy of the founders of the southern missions: 233
• Volunteer aid of the Yaqui Indians: 239
• Pacification of the country and brilliant prospects: 245
• How they were driven out of Sinaloa and Sonora: 252
• CHAPTER XII: 257
• Baegert and his Nachrichten: 258
• Natal day of Alta California July 1 1769: 259
• Expedition to California of Cortes in person: 264
• Sexual relations parturition maternal affection: 272
• Their limited numerals cunning thievery idleness and filth their sound: 278
• How the presidio was ordered to be founded and Junípero managed to have: 280
• Domestic animals and uses made of them: 283
• Condition of Pimeria expeditions of Keler and Sedelmayer: 284
• The spirit in which and objects for which they labored: 289
• The Franciscans in America and their college of San Fernando in Mexico: 296
• His character: 300
• His journey on foot from Vera Cruz to Mexico: 302
• Jayme Bravos expedition in the new vessel and foundation of the mission: 309
• The plow how the fields were planted fruits and other productions wine: 317
• Unexpected change of prospect on St Josephs day and its occasion: 323
• VISCAINO: 326
• Second expedition and how divided into a land division and sea division: 329
• Scenery of the new site: 335
• SAN ANTONIO SAN GABRIEL AND SAN LUIS OBISPO: 339
• Failure of supplies and how remedied slaughter of bears: 345
• Political changes in Mexico the viceroyalty recall of the visitadorgeneral: 351
• Resolutions in reference to powers to be exercised by the missionaries: 357
• His expedition from Altar to Monterey: 363
• Juníperos arrival at Monterey: 366
• Determination of the Spanish government for a new exploration of the north: 367
• March of Rivera y Moncada and Anza to the spot: 372
• How the stratagem of a San Gabriel Indian saved him from destruction: 378
• Delivery of Lower California missions to Dominicans Palous start for Alta: 380
• What St Francis had to do with the discovery: 385
• Angel Island and Ayalas camp there: 391
• The founders of San Francisco and how they left Monterey: 398
• Fernando Quiros exploration of San Pablo: 404
• Visit of Junípero to Santa Clara and San Francisco: 410
• Bucarelis exploring voyages: 416
• New missionary projects contemplated: 423
• Determination of the college of Querétaro to found missions: 426
• Campaigns against the Yumas: 432
• 248: 433
• New missions contemplated refusal of government to furnish supplies: 438
• tory: 441
• Dedication of Murguias church at Santa Clara: 444
• Juníperos title to remembrance: 451
• Movements against them in Portugal France and Spain: 453
• Foundation of Santa Barbara mission: 457
• Minute records of the foundation supplies furnished Hermenegildo Sals: 463
• His summing up of impressions Indians slaves: 469
• Brancifortes participation in the new projects: 476
• Strange actions of Father Concepcion: 482
• SAN INEZ SAN RAFAEL AND SAN FRANCISCO SOLANO: 490
• Second voyage of Viscaino passage to San Diego and intercourse with: 498
• ing others: 499
• Relations of juring and nonjuring missionaries towards each other Gover: 505
• Pedro Fages and his quarrels with the missionaries: 513
• Exhibition of Rivera y Moncadas ill humor towards Anza: 519
• His legislation: 525
• Foundation of the mission of Guadalupe: 530
• His raid upon licentiousness general immorality and faultfinding: 531
• Progress of the establishment: 533
• Fages improvements at Monterey how he employed Indians to do the work: 537
• Order as to how the American ship Columbia was to be treated: 543
• Combat between bull and bear: 548
• His inaugural remarks unfavorable opinions of Alejandro Jordans coloniza: 549
• Withdrawal of Arrillaga and estimate of his services: 555
• Relations with missionaries and military subordinates: 561
• Fernandez experiences of the usual fate of a good man in a bad age: 567
• Father Fernandez continued remonstrances Boricas orders that abuses should: 569
• Talk of war with England rumored invasion by Americans pronounced: 573
• The Plan of Pitic its object and character: 579
• Advantages of Yerba Buena as a place of anchorage loss of the San Carlos: 585
• The bad materials he had to work upon his crusade against aguardiente: 590
• Character of early school teachers: 596
• Recognition and appreciation of his great services by the viceroy Branciforte: 603
• Arrillagas change of residence from Loreto to Monterey: 610
• Site of San Jose changed dispute of pueblo with Santa Clara mission: 617
• The Russians story of Résanoff his betrothal with Concepcion Arguello: 623
• CHAPTER VII: 631
• Ball at night the dresses and dances: 639
• How the stranger was sent out of the country new excitement occasioned: 645
• flag and debarkation of the insurgents: 651
• How the insurgents attempted to take a treasure ship near San Blas: 657
• More trouble from insurgents anticipated and what was done: 664
• Cooks voyages and search for a northern passage: 670
• Fate of La Pérouse: 676
• Vessels seized by the Spaniards: 683
• How England put its own interpretation upon it: 689
• Revival of old stories about the Straits of Anian: 690
• Kendrick and Grays voyages in the ship Columbia and sloop Washington: 696
• Importance of the discovery of the Columbia Grays claims to credit: 702
• The British possessions on the northwest coast: 708
• Their journey to the Rocky mountains: 714
• John Jacob Astors projects: 720
• How Astoria was founded: 721
• The Floridatreaty line still a boundary on the United States map: 727
• Natural capacities disposition to imitate how and why they burned a chief: 733
• Spanish project of arming the Indians to fight the Buenos Ayres insurgents: 739
• CHAPTER XIII: 746
• Difficulties of ascertaining the real belief of the natives their low scale: 754
• Respect of people for chiefs sorcerers and puplem the vanquech as a sanctu: 760
• Wars and how they were carried: 766
• Divorces polygamy adultery: 772
• Canoes and rafts: 785
• Practices of the medicinemen in cases of disease: 791
• General characteristics of the aboriginal languages: 797

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Bibliographic information

• Title: History of California: Early voyages ; The Jesuits ; The Franciscans ; The Spanish governors; Volume 1 of History of California, Pacific Press Publishing Company
• Author: Theodore Henry Hittell
• Contributors: Pacific Press Publishing Company, Occidental Publishing Company, N.J. Stone Company
• Publisher: Pacific Press Publishing House and Occidental Publishing Company, 1898
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Dec 27, 2006