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Content: While Fr. Serra was in Mexico on the Fages matter, significant changes were taking place in San Diego. The missions of Lower California were transferred to the Dominicans and 10 new Franciscans, including Palou and Lasuén, arrived in Alta California. During his stay at San Diego, Father Palou, who had been made acting presidente in the absence of Father Serra, had caused the mission site to be moved six miles inland in order to relieve the difficulties the padres were having with the soldiers. Water and soil quality were other major considerations for choosing the new site. When Fr. Serra returned early in 1774, he was greeted by Fathers Jáyme and Fuster. Many priests had been in charge since the founding of the mission but these were to be remembered for a special reason. Father Jayme had great rapport with the American Indians but two of the mission Indians became discontented with the rules and regulations necessary for an orderly unit and they incited hundreds of Indians in remote villages to riot. According to Father Palou's report of the incidence, eight hundred American Indians st