09/28/1775<br>This order was communicated to the reverend father guardian of the College of Santa Cruz, Fray Romnaldo Cartagena, in a letter written to him under date of January 2,1775, and was transmitted to me by the same reverend father guardian in a letter which he wrote to me on January 20 of the same year of 1775. He charged me to make the whole journey, going and coming, to accompany Se&ntilde;or Don Juan Bautista de Anza, Lieutenantcolonel of Cavalry and Captain of the royal presidio of Tubac Commander of this expedition and of the second journey made by him to the port of Monterey by way of the Colorado River, to escort some families with whom to occupy and settle the port of San Francisco, I to serve as chaplain of the expedition and of the people, with the added duty of observing the latitudes and directions on the way, it having been decided thus in Mexico in the royal council of war and exchequer.<br>