[The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by George Wharton James]@TWC D-Link bookThe Old Franciscan Missions Of California CHAPTER IV 10/10
Lasuen, with the honored Padre Peyri and Padre Santiago, conducted the ceremonies on June 13, and the hearts of all concerned were made glad by the subsequent baptism of fifty-four children. It was as an adjunct to this Mission that Padre Peyri, in 1816, founded the chapel of San Antonio de Pala, twenty miles east from San Luis Rey: to which place were removed the Palatingwas, or Agua Calientes, evicted a few years ago from Warner's Ranch.
This chapel has the picturesque _campanile_, or small detached belfry, the pictures of which are known throughout the world. With the founding of San Luis Rey this branch of the work of President Lasuen terminated.
Bancroft regards him as a greater man than Serra, and one whose life and work entitle him to the highest praise.
He died at San Carlos on June 26, 1803, and was buried by the side of Serra..
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