 | David Augustus Shaw - 1900 - 338 strani
...kill, Smith sent the following letter to Father Duran, then in charge of the Mission Santa Clara : "Reverend Father: — I understand, through the medium...Americans, on our journey to the River Columbia. We were at the Mission San Gabriel in January last. I went to San Diego and saw the General, and got a passport... | |
 | Joseph Eugene Baker - 1914 - 536 strani
...inquiries with that object in view. He received the following reply in writing from Captain Smith. Reverend Father: I understand, through the medium...Americans on our journey to the River Columbia. We came in at the Mission San Gabriel in January last. I went to San Diego and saw the general, and got... | |
 | Harrison Clifford Dale - 1917 - 366 strani
...twentieth, he had set out for Great Salt Lake, having the previous day written Padre Duran as follows: REVEREND FATHER: I understand through the medium of...journey to the river Columbia. We were in at the Mission of San Gabriel, January last. I went to San Diego and saw the general and got a passport from him to... | |
 | California Historical Society - 1924 - 424 strani
...to Father Duran, President of the Alta California missions and in charge of the mission at San Jose: "Reverend Father: I understand through the medium...the country. We are Americans, on our journey to the Columbia. We were in at the mission of San Gabriel, January last. I went to San Diego and saw the General... | |
 | 1893 - 346 strani
...Americans worried Padre Duran. Smith wrote him the following conciliatory letter, which is still preserved: Reverend Father: I understand through the medium of...river Columbia. We were in at the Mission San Gabriel January last. I went to San Diego and saw the General and got a passport from him to pass on to tnat... | |
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Reverend Father: — I understand, through the medium of one of your Christian Indians, that you are anxious to know who we are, as some of the Indians have been at the Mission and informed you that there were certain white people in the country. We are... 
