Excerpt from History of San Bernardino Valley: From the Padres to the Pioneers, 1810-1851 These brief chapters of the history of San Bernardino Val ley have been prepared by Father Caballeria with the sole purpose of preserving some historical facts that are in dan ger of being overlooked and forgotten. The later days have many chroniclers, but of events prior to American colonization nothing has been written. These events form an important link in the historical chain; they provide a starting point, be yond which there is no record, no tradition. As the early history of San Bernardino Valley is inter woven with mission history, it is well to outline the principal events preceding the first settlement of the valley. This will cover brie y the Spanish occupation of California and what is known as the missionary era. No person is more competent to write of mission histor' than Father Caballeria. Endowed with a love for ancient historical lore, and the spirit that impels men to search f0! Knowledge, he deems no effort or labor too great if knowl edge may be gained. He found in the Indian and mission history of California an interesting field to which he has dovoted much time, study and research. His profession is the open sesame to doors sealed to the average student. The faded, musty old records of a by-gone age and generation written in the seclusion of Cloistered missions, need no trans lation to tell to him their story; for the language in which they are written is his mother tongue; the men who made the early history of California, by faith, race and land of birth, his kindred. 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."