Could the two cultures ever blend and become one? Domingo was not sure. Maybe it was possible; the Spanish thought so. But the differences were so great...

The year was 1772. In their bid to settle California, the Spanish were building Catholic missions throughout the area. These missions had two purposes—to Christianize the native Indians and to keep Spain in control of California.

Young Domingo, a Salinan Indian, faced many struggles as he and his family were forced to change their accepted way of life and adopt a Spanish culture. There were hardships and diseases, and most unsettling of all, agonizing questions: Is the God of the missions the true God? If so, why do the soldiers do such evil deeds?

Portraying both the good and the bad, this book shows how God used the missions, despite their shortcomings, to point the California natives to the cross of Jesus Christ.

Table of Contents

• Author's Note
• Prologue
• 1. The Coming
• 2. Clashing of Cultures
• 3. Confusion
• 4. The Coast
• 5. Tragedy
• 6. Darkness
• 7. Alone
• 8. Maria
• 9. Attack
• 10. The Message
• 11. Company
• 12. Heartbreak
• 13. A Plot
• 14. Wedding
• 15. Grizzly!
• 16. Deliverance
• 17. The Rancho
• 18. Rosa
• 19. Later Years
• 20. A Very Old Man
• 21. The Story
• 22. Light and Peace
• Bibliography
• About the Author