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blessed the site, prostrating themselves before the cross, barefooted, in veneration. Rising, they intoned a hymn and raised the cross on high. Captain Rabago now came forth and received the cross from the mis- sionaries; the soldiers and the Indians followed behind him in a long procession, as he walked around the proposed site of the new mission and finally deposited the cross on the altar. The Padres and the mission Indians from San Bernardo now sang joyously the A labtulo. This cere- mony was followed by the celebration of divine service, at the conclusion of which the A lnbado was again sung. Once more the interpreter explained to the assembled Lipan-Apaches how dearly the king desired their conversion and how, if tl'ley came to live in the mission and agreed to receive instruction in the Holy Faith, they would be taught how to live like Christians and they would be given food, shelter, and protection against their enemies. The many advantages were described and their duties outlined. To all this they gladly and formally agreed and asked to be placed in possession of the new mission. The captain took the chief by the hand and led him over the grounds assigned to the Indian pueblo that was to be formed in the vicinity of the mission. He then officially appointed Chief Cabez6n as governor of the new pueblo, which he called Santa Cruz. Taking Fray Diego Jimenez by the hand, he led him to the temporary structure that served as a church and gave him possession of the mission, placing the establishment under his care and responsibility. Fray Jimenez then named the Mission. San Lorenzo, according to instructions which he had received from the College of Queretaro. 23 Solicitude of tlze missionaries. The joy of the good Padres was tainted by an intimate foreboding of impending failure. A mission had been established, but it was forty leagues from the Presidio of San Saba, it had not been approved by the viceroy, it had meager supplies, and it was surrounded by numerous hostile and treacherous Apaches, who on the least provocation might turn against the missionaries themselves. They knew from previous experience, that the Apaches were not satisfied with polite half rations, that they were by nature arrogant and little inclined to work. They were well supplied with horses, well equipped with arms and ammunition, and used to trade advantageously with the Spaniards and the French. They demanded an abundance of buffalo meat or beef, good and plentiful corn, tobacco, beans, pumpkins, and water-
lSAutos de! Capitan Don Felipe de Rabago y Teran, December 31-January 23, 1762. A.G. M., Historia, Vol. 84, pt. 1, pp. 164-190; Arricivita, Cronica, 383-385.
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