Old Mission Stories of California

By Charles Franklin Carter

	Foreword
	The Indian Sibyl's Prophecy
	The Flight of Padre Peyri
	Father Zalvidea's Money
	La Beata Juana
	Juana
	Father Uria's Saints
	Pomponio

Forward

     Of the last six stories comprising the seven in this little collection of Stories of the Old Missions, all but one have, as a basis, some modicum, larger or smaller, of historical fact, the tale of Juana alone being wholly fanciful, although with an historical background. The first story of the series may be considered as introductory to the mission tales proper.
     In these quiet, unpretending stories the writer has attempted to give a faithful picture of life among the Indians and Spaniards in Nueva California during the early days of the past century.

October, 1917.