Dona Maria Guitierrez took a fancy to the canada.

But it was a site already in possession of the Holy Church.

One night, through treachery, it was said, the guards were withdrawn and the Indians entered the mission, slaughtered the lay brethren, and drove away the priests.

The Commandant at the Presidio retook the place from the heathens, but on representation to the Governor that it was indefensible for the peaceful Fathers without a large military guard, the official ordered the removal of the mission to Santa Cruz, and Don Manuel settled his twenty leagues grant in the canada.

Whether he or Dona Maria had anything to do with the Indian uprising, no one knows; but Father Pedro never forgave them.