We are at the beginning.

This is better than Senora Coyota," said Garnier, cheerfully.
"Naturally, she was anxious to see the wonderful object.

She saw it, and she saw the holy Fathers, and they converted her against the superstitious heathenish wishes of her husband.

And more than that, they came here--" "And converted the land also; is it not so?
It was a lovely site for a mission," interpolated Garnier, politely.
"They built a mission and brought as many of Koorotora's people as they could into the sacred fold.

They brought them in in a queer fashion sometimes, it is said; dragoons from the Presidio, Captain Carroll, lassoing them and bringing them in at the tails of their horses.