Here I found those who had set out before me, both by sea and land, except those who have died.

- Junipero Serra

We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fish…

- Junipero Serra

I pray God may preserve your health and life many years.

- Junipero Serra

As, however, the port in reality lies in thirty-two degrees thirty-four minutes, according to the observations that have been made, they went much be…

- Junipero Serra

The people got daily worse from the cold and the bad water, and they must all have perished if they had not discovered the port about the time they d…

- Junipero Serra

Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famo…

- Junipero Serra

We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us…

- Junipero Serra