Le mishini yaqala ngo-1730, isithunywa sayo sokuqala sokuqala kwaba uBaba ohlonishwayo uNicolás Tamaral, owabulawa amaNdiya kungekudala ngemuva kwalokho, kanye nobaba kaSantiago.
Le mishini, ecishe ibe ngamaligi ayishumi nambili asuka eCabo de San Lucas noma eSan Bernabé bay kusuka ngoJanuwari, yasungula cishe uhhafu weligi kusuka ebhishi laseGulf of California noma olwandle olubizwa ngokuthi yiNyakatho, olwandle lwayo olwathunyelwa yiChina futhi Uthatha isiphuzo sakhe esithambile, esilawulwa yilelo dolobha kanti lesi esiseSantiago de los Coras, okuyiso esiseduze, sisezingeni eliphezulu lePolo ngama-degree angama-22 nohhafu. Kwaqala ngo-1730, isithunywa sevangeli sayo sokuqala kungubaba ohlonishwayo uNicolás Tamaral, owabulawa amaNdiya ngemuva nje kwalokho, kanye nobaba kaSantiago.
IMarquis yaseVillapuente inikeze lo msebenzi ngama-peso ayi-10 000, ukuze imali engenayo yonyaka engama-500 isetshenziselwe ukunakekela ubaba oyisithunywa sevangeli. Yayiphethe abazali abahlonishwayo beNhlangano kaJesu kusukela ekusekelweni kwayo kuze kube sekuxoshweni, okwakusekuqaleni kukaDisemba 1767, yize eminyakeni yamuva nje ubaba wezithunywa zevangeli engahlali kuye, kodwa enakekela amaNdiya ambalwa ayene ubaba kaSantiago de los Coras [1]
Ekupheleni kuka-Ephreli 1768, wangena esikhundleni saleli kolishi labaphostoli, isithunywa sakhe sokuqala esasingumshumayeli ubaba uFatau Juan Morán, okwathi ngemuva kokusebenza kuso izinyanga eziyishumi nane, washona kuleyo mishini nasenkonzweni, ekhonza labo Bahlushwa, bevela ekuvumeni izono, wezwa ubuhlungu obukhulu wabe esefa.
Ekuhambeleni okwenziwe isivakashi esijwayelekile kunazo zonke uDon José de Gálvez kule mishini, ebona inani elincane lamaNdiya ababebhalelwe lona, wathumela i-ranchería evela eMishini yeSan Xavier ukuba ihlale kuyo ukuze amazwe amahle unayo. Ngakho-ke yabulawa, yadlulisela kuyo imindeni eyishumi nambili eyayinemiphefumulo engamashumi amane nane, yonke eyafa (ngaphandle kwemithathu) ekuguleni konyaka we-1769, kwasala namuhla abantu abangamashumi amahlanu kuphela, phakathi kwabancane nabadala.
Ngaphambi kokushiya iPeninsula, wathi inkosi evakashile yakha imishini yeSantiago de los Coras njenge-curate, ikhomba le mishini yaseSan José njengedolobha elivakashile, ngenxa yalokho washiya imoto yesikole waya kubantu abavamile baseGuadalajara, umpristi wabo wokuqala KwakunguDon Juan Antonio Baeza, okwathi ngoNovemba 1770 washiya isifunda sakhe washiya iPeninsula, ephethwe ngumfundisi wezithunywa zeReal de Santa Ana kwaze kwaba ngu-Ephreli 1771, owathunywa nguMhlonishwa uViceroy Marquis de Croix waqoka omunye wobaba abayizithunywa zevangeli ukuba abaphathe maqondana nokamoya, okunguBaba uFata Juan Juan Riobó, egijima ngokunakekela okwasemhlabeni isikhundla sikahulumeni waseNhlonhlweni, ngenxa yalokho ungasinaki isimo esinaso, angikwazi ukunika isizathu sokuhlonipha kwakho.
[1] Umbhalo wesandla wezindaba ushiye uncishisiwe owalobaba noma owomishini lapho ayeye khona. Ngesikhathi sokuxoshwa, ubaba u-Ignacio Tirsch wayehlala eSantiago de los Coras, owayefika eSan José del Cabo, njengoba kwabonakala ngenkathi ukufika okungalindelekile kukaMbusi uGaspar de Portolá efika ePeninsula.
