Izi zidakhazikitsidwa pa Ogasiti 27, 1762. M'mapepala a mphatso sikukumbukika, ngakhale nditamva za anthu ena a Peninsula ndazindikira kuti idaperekedwa ndi Don Antonio de Lanzagorta, mnansi wa tawuni ya San Miguel Wamkulu, ngakhale ena akumva ngati angapatsidwe cholowa cha ma Duchess aku Gandía.
Imayendetsedwa ndi abambo achiJesuit mpaka Januware 1768, ndipo mu Meyi adayamba kuyang'anira sukuluyi, yomwe adalandila bambo Bambo Fermín Francisco Lasuén. Ndipo kuyambira pamenepo mpaka Ogasiti 1771 mazana anayi ndi m'modzi adabatizidwa; Mwa awa, pafupifupi makumi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi akhala achikulire, ndi ana ena aang'ono, ndipo mazana anayi mphambu makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu asanu ndi anayi afa pakati pa ana ndi akulu, ndipo mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu atatu akhala okwatirana, malinga ndi bamboyo. Palibenso Amitundu omwe amadziwika m'chigawo cha mishoni. Kumutu kwa mishoni, mabanja okwatiwa makumi anayi ndi anayi ndi amuna amasiye atatu, omwe amakhala miyoyo zana limodzi makumi asanu ndi atatu mphambu zinayi. Ndipo kupitirira pamutu pali ma rancherías asanu, wina wotchedwa San Juan, wokhala ndi mabanja makumi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi, amuna atatu amasiye, amasiye asanu ndi awiri, okhala ndi miyoyo zana limodzi makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu; wina San Francisco Regis, wokhala ndi mabanja makumi awiri mphambu atatu, amasiye asanu ndi amasiye asanu ndi anayi, okhala ndi miyoyo makumi asanu ndi anayi mphambu ziwiri; wina wotchedwa Los Angeles, wokhala ndi mabanja makumi atatu mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri, amasiye asanu, akazi amasiye khumi ndi anayi, okhala ndi miyoyo zana limodzi ndi makumi asanu mphambu zisanu; mzimayi wathu wina wa ku Guadalupe, wokhala ndi mabanja makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu anayi, amasiye khumi ndi asanu ndi atatu ndi akazi amasiye khumi ndi anayi, okhala ndi miyoyo mazana awiri mphambu makumi asanu ndi limodzi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi; wina San Ignacio, wokhala ndi mabanja makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi zitatu, amuna makumi awiri mphambu atatu amasiye ndi akazi amasiye makumi awiri, okhala ndi miyoyo mazana atatu mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu zisanu ndi ziwiri, omwe onse amapanga anthu amutu chikwi chimodzi mazana anayi mphambu makumi asanu ndi awiri mphambu asanu ndi anayi.
Minda iyi ilibe nyumba yopemphereramo kapena nyumba, yosunthira ndipo ndidawona komwe amapeza zakudya zawo zakutchire, ndipo sizotheka kusonkhanitsa zochuluka pamutu, chifukwa chakuchepa kwa nthaka komanso chifukwa cha kusowa kwa madzi, kuti ngakhale kusamalira ochepa Anati mabanja, ndikofunikira kupita kufesa m'malo awiri olekanitsidwa bwino ndi mishoni yotchedwa San Regis ndi El Paraíso. Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa Seputembala, abambo adandilembera kuti atola tirigu mazana atatu a espinguín tirigu ndi khumi ndi zisanu ndi zitatu za barele, zomwe akhala akuwononga kuyambira Julayi; ndi chimanga, ngakhale anali ndi munda wa chimanga, sanayembekezere kuti adzaugwira, chifukwa nkhanu inamaliza.
Ali ndi ziweto zake zazikulu, ndipo pakati pa ofatsa ndi rodeo panali mitu pafupifupi mazana asanu pakati pa zazing'ono ndi zazikulu; palibe amene adaweta ng'ombe; ya ng'ombe zazing'ono zazing'ono ili ndi mitu chikwi chimodzi mazana asanu ndi awiri mphambu mazana asanu ndi anayi mphambu makumi atatu; ali ndi nyulu makumi awiri zowuma ndi zinayi zathyoka; chaka ndi ziwiri nyulu khumi; ana azaka zapachaka zisanu ndi zinayi; akavalo ofatsa makumi atatu ndi ana amphongo asanu ndi anayi; Zitsulo zachitsulo za chaka chomwecho makumi atatu; zotupa m'mimba zamkati; kudzaza makumi anayi mphambu zisanu ndi chimodzi; bulu ndi abulu awiri oweta. Ili ndi minda yamphesa yatsopano yomwe abambo adabzala, ndi mitengo ina yazipatso yamkuyu ndi makangaza, ndi thonje wambiri, kuchokera komwe amapanga zofunda zothandiza zovala, ndipo amapanga mphero zawo ndi ubweya.
Ili pamtunda wokwera madigiri 30º, matauni khumi ndi awiri kutali ndi Nyanja Yaikulu ndi magulu khumi ochokera ku Gulf, komwe ili ndi doko lotchedwa Los Angeles, pomwe boti lomwelo limayima. Ndikutali kwambiri ndi kwa Santa Gertrudis mipikisano yopitilira makumi atatu ndi isanu, komanso ya Santa María pafupifupi makumi anayi. Ili ndi tchalitchi chake ndi nyumba zake zokutidwa ndi adobes, ndi denga latsopano lomwe bambo Lasuén amangomanga kumene.
