It was no time for De La Cuesta to be away, so he sent his brother Esteban to Monterey to marry the girl by proxy for him.

I went with Esteban.

We were a company, nearly a hundred men.

And De La Cuesta sent a horse for the girl to ride, white, pure white; and the saddle was of red leather; the head-stall, the bit, and buckles, all the metal work, of virgin silver.

Well, there was a ceremony in the Monterey Mission, and Esteban, in the name of his brother, was married to the girl.