The site chosen was six miles up the valley (named _Nipaguay_ by the Indians), and so well did all work together that by the end of the year a dwelling, a storehouse, a smithy built of adobes, and a wooden church eighteen by fifty-seven feet, and roofed with tiles, were completed.

Already the work of the padres had accomplished much.
Seventy-six neophytes rejoiced their religious hearts, and the herds had increased to 40 cattle, 64 sheep, 55 goats, 19 hogs, 2 jacks, 2 burros, 17 mares, 3 foals, 9 horses, 22 mules,--233 animals in all.
The presidio remained at Cosoy (now old San Diego), and four thousand adobes that had been made for the Mission buildings were turned over to the military.

A rude stockade was erected, with two bronze cannon, one mounted towards the harbor, the other towards the Indian rancheria.
The experiments in grain raising at first were not successful.

The seed was sown in the river bottom and the crop was destroyed by the unexpected rising of the river.

The following year it was sown so far from water that it died from drought.