." ▁N ine ▁other ▁settlement s ▁quickly ▁followed , ▁with ▁six ▁more ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ; ▁San ▁Buen av ent ura ▁and ▁San ▁Francisco ▁de ▁As ís ▁were ▁among ▁the ▁last ▁to ▁succ umb , ▁in ▁June ▁and ▁December ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁respectively . ▁The ▁Francis c ans ▁soon ▁there after ▁abandoned ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁miss ions , ▁taking ▁with ▁them ▁almost ▁everything ▁of ▁value , ▁after ▁which ▁the ▁loc als ▁typically ▁pl under ed ▁the ▁mission ▁buildings ▁for ▁construction ▁materials . ▁Form er ▁mission ▁past ure ▁lands ▁were ▁divided ▁into ▁large ▁land ▁gr ants ▁called ▁ran chos , ▁greatly ▁increasing ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁private ▁land ▁hold ings ▁in ▁Al ta ▁California . ▁ ▁Ran cho ▁period ▁( 1 8 3 4 – 1 8 4 9 ) ▁▁ ▁In ▁spite ▁of ▁this ▁neglect , ▁the ▁Indian ▁towns ▁at ▁San ▁Juan ▁Cap ist rano , ▁San ▁Die gu ito , ▁and ▁Las ▁Fl ores ▁did ▁continue ▁on ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁under ▁a ▁provision ▁in ▁Go bern ador ▁E che and ía ' s ▁ 1 8 2 6 ▁Pro clam ation ▁that ▁allowed ▁for ▁the ▁partial ▁conversion ▁of ▁miss ions ▁to ▁pue bl os . ▁According ▁to ▁one ▁estimate , ▁the ▁native ▁population ▁in ▁and ▁around ▁the ▁miss ions ▁proper ▁was ▁approximately ▁ 8 0 , 0 0 0 ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁conf is cation ; ▁others ▁claim ▁that ▁the ▁state wide ▁population ▁had ▁dw ind led ▁to ▁approximately ▁ 1 0 0 , 0