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354 so little about the practical working and immediate results of the new system; and especially that the padres' views are not extant. Here and there a friar had a personal quarrel with the new administration about the assignment of rooms or servants, or presented a complaint that the ex-neophytes were ill treated, but for the most part they were silent. They seem, more particularly the Fernandinos in the  Joaquin Carrillo as maj. was put in charge in Aug. by his brother Domingo. Assets were $29,981. Id., vi. 16.

Manuel Jimeno was ordered by the gov. in Oct. to secularize S. Luis Obispo; and Santiago Moreno was made maj. the same month. Id., ix. 14-15, No record for S. Miguel. Manuel Crespo was the com. to secularize S. Antonio; and Mariano Soberaņes was maj. until Sept. 10th, when he was succeeded by José Ramirez. The inventory at the transfer showed assets of only $7,883. Id., vi. 16; xi. 30. P. Mercado made very bitter complaints in Dec. of the treatment of the Indians by Ramirez, and of the deplorable results, the regulations being flagrantly disregarded, and the prosperity of the mission ruined. ''Leg. Rec.,'' MS., iii. 3-6; ''S. Antonio, Doc. Sueltos,'' MS., 120-1. At S. Cárlos, Torre, Reminiscencias, MS., 37-9, tells us that Joaquin Gomez was the com. (probably in 1834), and José Antonio Romero the first majordomo. Figueroa, as I have said elsewhere, issued some orders for the formation of a rancho for the support of the church. ''St. Pap., Miss. and Colon.,'' MS., ii. 334-5. For Sta Cruz there are full inventories in 1835. Total, $84,334. ''Sta Cruz, Lib. Mision, MS., 1-3; St. Pap., Miss.,'' MS., v. 54. Secularization was deemed complete on Dec. 1st, at which time $10,570 had been distributed in effects to the Ind. Id., ix. 66-7. Ignacio del Valle was to receive a gratuity of $300 for his services as com. Id., ix. 69; Sta Cruz, Parroquia, MS., 20. Juan Gonzalez was the maj. of this Pueblo de Figueroa. Savage, Doc., MS., i. 20. Nicolás Alviso was the first maj. in charge of Soledad, where he had perhaps been com. as well. ''Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Mil.,'' MS., lxxx. 10. The inventory of Aug. showed a total of $47,297. St. Pap., Miss., MS., v. 57. At S. Juan Bautista the aggregate value was put down as $138,973, after $8,439 had been distrib. to the Ind.; and the debt was only $250. Id., vi. 17-18. Tiburcio Castro was the maj. and apparently the com., there being some trouble both with the Ind. and the padre. Id., x. 15-16; ''St. Pap., Miss. and Colon.,'' MS., ii. 342-3.

No secularization was yet attempted at Sta Clara, though many neophytes were given licenses of emancipation. ''Arch. Arzob.,'' MS., v. pt ii. 14; Vallejo, Doc., MS., iii. 17. Neither is there any record of secularization at S. Jose. In the inventories of July the San Francisco property was valued at $67,227, the buildings being $33,969; and there was $7,222 of debt. St. Pap., Miss., MS., vi. 19-20; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 220. The inventory is very complete in detail. Com. Estudillo, having trouble with P. Gutierrez, was replaced for a while by Ignacio del Valle; and Gumesindo Flores took charge in July as maj. Sta Cruz, Arch., MS., 74; St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 63; vi. 19; Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 10. There is nothing about S. Rafael in 1835 except a grant of lands at Nicasio to ex-neophytes. Vallejo, Doc., MS., iii. 29. M. G. Vallejo was the com. who secularized S. F. Solano, and appointed Antonio Ortega as maj. There was a quarrel with P. Quijas, who went in his wrath to live at S. Rafael; and the Ind. were also somewhat troublesome on account of their desire to live in their old rancherías. Vallejo resigned in Dec. Vallejo, Doc., MS., iii. 11-12, 40, 45, 47, 57; ''St. Pap., Miss. and Colon.,'' MS., ii. 313; Pinto, Doc., MS., i. 51. The foundation of Sonoma, really a part of the secularization of this mission, is noticed elsewhere.