. ▁Le ader ▁Gas par ▁de ▁Port ol á ▁was ▁accompanied ▁by ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁Francis c ans ▁led ▁by ▁Jun í per o ▁Ser ra . ▁Ser ra ' s ▁plan ▁was ▁to ▁extend ▁the ▁string ▁of ▁miss ions ▁north ▁from ▁the ▁B aja ▁California ▁pen ins ula , ▁connected ▁by ▁an ▁established ▁road ▁and ▁spac ed ▁a ▁day ' s ▁travel ▁apart . ▁The ▁first ▁Al ta ▁California ▁mission ▁and ▁pres id io ▁were ▁founded ▁at ▁San ▁Diego , ▁the ▁second ▁at ▁Mon ter ey . ▁ ▁En ▁route ▁to ▁Mon ter ey , ▁the ▁Rev . ▁Francisco ▁Gó mez ▁and ▁the ▁Rev . ▁Juan ▁C resp í ▁came ▁across ▁a ▁Native ▁settlement ▁where in ▁two ▁young ▁girls ▁were ▁dying : ▁one , ▁a ▁baby , ▁said ▁to ▁be ▁" dy ing ▁at ▁its ▁mother ' s ▁breast ," ▁the ▁other ▁a ▁small ▁girl ▁suffering ▁of ▁burn s . ▁On ▁July ▁ 2 2 , ▁Gó mez ▁bapt ized ▁the ▁baby , ▁naming ▁her ▁Maria ▁Mag dal ena , ▁while ▁C resp í ▁bapt ized ▁the ▁older ▁child , ▁naming ▁her ▁Mar gar ita . ▁These ▁were ▁the ▁first ▁recorded ▁bapt isms ▁in ▁Al ta ▁California . ▁C res pi ▁dub bed ▁the ▁spot ▁Los ▁Crist ian os . ▁The ▁group ▁continued ▁north ward ▁but ▁missed ▁Mon ter ey ▁Har bor ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁San ▁Diego ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 4 , ▁ 1 7 7 0 . ▁Near ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁ 1 7 6 9 ▁the ▁Port ol á