Travel Reference
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Where to see Early
San Francisco
Early American Indian tools are
at the California Academy of
Sciences (pp152-3) , while
Mission Dolores (p139) and
Oakland Museum (pp168-9)
have Mission-era artifacts.
Kule Loklo Indians
These early Bay Area
inhabitants were depicted
by Anton Refregier in his
mural in the foyer
of the Rincon
Center Annex
(see p115) .
The Missions
Under the direction of Father
Narciso Duran, the mission of San
Jose was the largest and most
prosperous in the Bay Area.
Male dancers
painted their
bodies with red,
black and white
pigments.
A spear was an important
dance accessory.
17th-century icon of Saint
Peter, carved in Mexico and
carried to California, is now in
Oakland Museum (p168) .
Dance at Mission Dolores
The Russian artist Ludovic
Choris (1795-1828) drew this
picture of Indians dancing
outside Mission Dolores in
1816. They decorated their
bodies, performing for the
missionaries every Sunday.
1701 Father Kino crosses
the Colorado River proving
that Baja California is a
peninsula, not an island
Portolá's 1769 expedition
1700
1776 Juan De Anza
leads the first party of
settlers overland to
San Francisco, arriving
on March 28
1816 Russian traders
arrive on the ship Rurik
and are disturbed by
the high mortality rate
of American Indians
1750
1800
1769 Don Gaspar de Portolá, leading a party of
explorers overland, discovers the bay in November 1769
1797 Mission San
Jose founded
1775 Spanish ship San Carlos ,
captained by Lt Juan Manuel de Ayala,
is the first to enter San Francisco Bay
Indians
gambling
 
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