"all the work of the neophytes." By 1810, there were 1,138 neophytes, peaking at 1,361 in 1812, and declining thereafter. The stone church was destroyed in the 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake, which killed nearly 50 native people who were attending mass. After the secularization of the mission in 1833, a total of 4,317 natives had been baptized at the mission, 1,689 of whom were adults and 2,628 of whom were children. The number of deaths at the mission was 3,158. Many of the people who survived the mission period settled in the surrounding areas. American occupation In 1933, it was noted that the nearby Putuidem spring, referred to by the Spanish as El Aguagito or El Aguajito could be found 0.8 miles north of Highway 101 at a spot where an old Sycamore tree stood. The land was owned by Aaron Buchheim in 1933, whose descendant sold it to Junipero Serra High School. Approximately five hundred descendants of the villagers continued to live in the San Juan Capistrano area. Evidence of ceremonial burials and cremations, sacred artifacts, golden eagle and condor bone fragments, which have been linked to and are sacred to Chinigchinich, were found in the soil around the village site. Archaeologists estimated that two hundred burials occurred around Putuidem, with sites thousands of years older being located closer to the sacred spring of the village. Burial under Junipero Serra Catholic High School The construction of Junipero Serra Catholic High School disrupted and buried the site when construction began in 2003. Various members of the community sued the city to stop construction, but the city went forward with construction. The village was buried by the gymnasium, athletic fields, and performing arts complex of JSerra Catholic High School. The construction of this complex was unsuccessfully blocked by the Acjachemen, who protested after human remains were discovered at the site, thus giving it cultural value. The two larger groups of the Acjachemen opposed development, while the leader of one small faction approved of the development. The leader of this faction gained consulting fees for the project and was designated as the MLD (most likely descendant) for the project, which is a requirement under California state law. It was noted that he had lost many battles against development for years, and had given up on opposing development. The person who initiated development of the site was reportedly the owner of a