Said he to Don Jose de Galvez, the leader of the expedition from Mexico to California, "Is St.
Francis to have no Mission ?" The answer was, "Let him show us his port, and he shall have one." In consequence of this the San Francisco Mission was established.

The solemn mass which marked its foundation was celebrated by Padres Palou, Cambon, Nocedal and Pena; and on the occasion firearms were discharged as a token of thanks to God, and also for the purpose of attracting the Indians, though it was difficult for them to understand it.

The Indians were hard to win at San Francisco, but a piece of cloth, with the image of "Our Lady de Los Dolores," on it, was exhibited to them and it produced a marvellous effect.

Pictures seem to have a peculiar attraction for the savage mind.

In the Church of Guadaloupe, Mexico, you may see a large painting of the Mexican Virgin with Indians crowding around her.
The effect of pictures is well illustrated by a scene in the ninth century, as when, in answer to the request of Bogoris, King of the Bulgarians, the Emperor Michael, of Constantinople, sent to him a painter to decorate the hall of his palace with subjects of a terrible character.