Ua hoʻokumu ʻia kēia ma ʻAukake 27, 1762. I loko o nā pepa hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻaʻohe hoʻomanaʻo o ia, ʻoiai ma o ka nūhou o kekahi poʻe o ka Peninsula ua ʻike wau ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻia e Don Antonio de Lanzagorta, kahi hoanoho o ke kaona ʻo San Miguel ʻo ka Nui, ʻoiai nā manaʻo ʻē aʻe inā e hāʻawi ʻia ia me ka hoʻoilina o ka Duchess o Gandía.
Ua mālama ʻia e nā mākua Jesuit a hiki i Ianuali 1768, a i Mei i mālama ʻia ai kēia kula, i loaʻa ʻia e Makua Fr. Fermín Francisco Lasuén. A mai ia manawa a hiki iā ʻAukake 1771 ʻehā haneri a hoʻokahi i bapetizo ʻia; ʻO kēia mau mea, ma kahi o iwakāluakūmāono mau mākua, a me nā kamaliʻi ʻē aʻe, a ua hala nā haneli me kanaiwakumamāiwa i waena o nā keiki a me nā mākua, a ʻelua haneli me kanahikukumamākolu nā kāne i male ʻia, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka makuakāne. ʻAʻohe ʻāina laha ʻole i ʻike ʻia ma ka moku ʻoihana. Ma ke poʻo o ka nuʻukia, he kanahākumamāhā mau ʻohana i mare ʻia a ʻekolu mau kāne kāne make, e hoʻonui ana i hoʻokahi haneli kanawalukumamāhā mau ʻuhane. A ma ʻō aku o ke poʻo he ʻelima mau rancherías, hoʻokahi i kapa ʻia ʻo San Juan, me nā ʻohana he kanahākumamāono, ʻekolu mau wahine kāne make, ʻehiku wahine kāne make, me hoʻokahi haneri me kanaonokumamālima mau ʻuhane; ʻo kekahi San Francisco Regis, me nā ʻohana he iwakāluakūmākolu, ʻelima mau kāne kāne make a me ʻeiwa mau wahine kāne make, me nā ʻuhane he kanaiwakumamālua; i kapa ʻia ʻo Los Angeles, me ʻohana he kanakolukumamāhiku, ʻelima mau kāne kāne make, ʻumikūmāhā wahine kāne make, me hoʻokahi haneri me kanalimakumamālima mau ʻuhane; ʻo kā mākou Lede o Guadalupe, me ʻohana he kanahikukumamāhā, ʻumikūmāwalu wahine kāne make a me nā wahine kāne make he ʻumikūmāhā, me ʻelua haneli me kanalimakūmāono mau ʻuhane; ʻo San Ignacio kekahi, me ʻohana he kanahikukūmāwalu, iwakāluakūmākolu mau wahine kāne make a me nā wahine kāne make he iwakālua, me ʻekolu haneli me kanalimakūmāhiku mau ʻuhane, a pau lākou i ke poʻo me hoʻokahi tausani ʻehā haneri me kanahikukumamāiwa poʻe.
ʻAʻohe hale pule a hale paha kēia mau mahiʻai, neʻe a ʻike wau i kahi e loaʻa ai kā lākou mau mea ʻai hihiu, a ʻaʻole hiki ke hōʻiliʻili hou aʻe i ke poʻo, no ka pōkole o ka ʻāina a no ka ʻilihune o ka wai, e mālama pono ai i kekahi mau ʻ familieslelo nā ʻohana, pono e lūlū i nā wahi ʻelua i hoʻokaʻawale maikaʻi ʻia mai ka misiona i kapa ʻia ʻo San Regis a me El Paraíso. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Kepakemapa koke, ua kākau mai ka Makua iaʻu ua ʻohi ʻo ia ma kahi o ʻekolu haneri busela o ka palaoa espinguín a me ka ʻumikūmāwalu bale, a lākou e hoʻolilo ai iā ia mai Iulai; a ʻo ke kulina, ʻoiai he māla kulina kā lākou, ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo e hopu, no ka mea, ua pau ka ʻula.
Loaʻa iā ia kāna wahi hānai pipi ʻoi aku ka nui, a ma waena o nā poʻe akahai a me nā rodeo aia ma kahi o ʻelima haneli mau poʻo ma waena o ka mea liʻiliʻi a me nā mea nui; o na pipi hanai aohe; o nā bipi huluhulu liʻiliʻi he hoʻokahi tausani me ʻehiku haneli poʻo, a he eiwa haneri a me kanakolu lauoho; he iwakālua ona hoki wahine i haki ʻia a ʻehā haki haʻihaʻi; makahiki a me ʻelua makahiki mau miula he ʻumi; pups o ka makahiki ʻeiwa koke iho nei; lio akahai kanakolu a me nā keiki ʻeiwa; na hana hao o keia makahiki iho nei he kanakolu; mākia ʻōpū cent; piha nā kanahākūmāono; he hoki a me nā hoki kahu ʻelua. He mau māla waina hou kāna i kanu ai ka makuakāne, a me kekahi mau lāʻau hua o ka lāʻau fiku a me nā pomegerane, a me ka pulupulu he nui, kahi a lākou e hana ai i nā kapa moe e kōkua ai i nā kapa komo, a hana lākou i nā mea wili mai ka huluhulu mai.
Aia ia ma kahi kiʻekiʻena 30º kekelē, he ʻumikūmālua mau lepe mai ke Kai Nui a he ʻumi mai ke Kai Kūʻono, kahi e loaʻa ai kahi awāwa i kapa ʻia ʻo Los Angeles, kahi e kū ai ka moku ponoʻī o ka mikionali. He mamao ia mai ko Santa Gertrudis ma mua o kanakolu a me kumamālima mau lepe, a mai ko Santa María ma kahi o kanahā. Loaʻa iā ia kona hale pule a me kahi hale adobe i hoʻopili ʻia, me kahi hale tule hou a ka Makua Lasuén i kūkulu ai.
