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Excerpt from The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal: Containing a History of California From 1513 to 1850, a History of Yolo County From 1825 to 1880; With Statistics of Agriculture, Education, Churches, Elections, Lithographic Views of Farms, Residences, Mills, &C We must pass without further notice the details of this voyage, except to note, that it returned to Mexico in March, Much of what has been given here of the hardships of that celebrated voyage has been for the purpose of im pressing npon the mind of the reader a knowledge of some of the obstacles that guarded the approach to our land, which combined with her rocky shore and uncultivated soil, placed at the threshold against invasion n more formidable and dreaded defense than was the fabled winged serpent that guarded the approach to the Indies. In 1606 the king issued orders that a supply station for the East Indies be established at Monteroy, but the order was never executed, and nothing further towards settle ment was attempted until 1683, when Admiral Otondo headed an expedition, by water, to take possession of the country. He landed at La Paz, erected a church, and made that his headquarters. Father Kine was in charge of the religious part of the enterprise, and set about learn ing the Indian language, and soon had translated into their tongue the crecds of the Catholic Church. The efi'ort lasted about three years; during the time they were visited with an eighteen months' drouth, and before they had te covered from the blow, received orders to put to sea, and bring into Acapulco safely the Spanish galleon that was in danger of capture by the Dutch privateers that were lying in wait for her. This was successfully accomplished; the treasure ship was conveyed safely in, but the act resulted in the abandonment again of the occupation of California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.