Excerpt from An Illustrated History of the Catholic Church of California: From the Time Christianity Was Introduced Into the Country in the 17th Century, Down to the Present Date Discovery of the country by Fernando Cortez. - Its descrip tion - Manners and customs of the Aborigines - Christian traditions existing in the country on the arrival of the Spaniards. Probable sources whence derived - An Irish Colony on the At lantic border in the 11th century - First journey of Europeans across the continent in 1535. - Probability of St. Thomas the Apostle having preached in the country - Mexican Traditions to this effect - Authors in its favor - Conversion of Lower Cali fornia by the J esuits. - Their expulsion. - Origin of the ancient monuments and other remains of the United States and of Mexico. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.