But the governor retorted, defending his choice of a site, and claiming that the neophytes were dying off, there were no more pagans to convert, and the neophytes already had more land and raised more grain than they could attend to.
In 1805 Captain Goycoechea recommended that as there were no more gentiles, the neophytes be divided between the Missions of Santa Clara and San Juan, and the missionaries sent to new fields.

Of course nothing came of this.
In the decade 1820-1830 population declined rapidly, though in live-stock the Mission about held its own, and in agriculture actually increased.

In 1823, however, there was another attempt to suppress it, and this doubtless came from the conflicts between the villa of Brancifort and the Mission.

The effort, like the former one, was unsuccessful.
In 1834-1835 Ignacio del Valle acted as comisionado, and put in effect the order of secularization.

His valuation of the property was $47,000, exclusive of land and church property, besides $10,000 distributed to the Indians.