The name of the Mission here was at first, simply San Francisco de Asis.

Then in time Dolores was added to indicate its locality, because it was west of a Laguna bordered with "Weeping Willows" or because three Indians had been seen weeping in its vicinity.

Naturally the title of the Virgin would be applied to the Mission,--Nuestra Senora de Los Dolores, "Our Lady of Sorrows." In this Mission, as well as in the others, the Indians were in a certain sense slaves, as the Fathers controlled all their movements.

The religious instruction was of the simplest character.

The life of the convert also was somewhat childlike, in marked contrast with his experience in his savage condition.