<P> In 1769, the Spanish Portolá expedition--the first Europeans to see inland areas of California--traveled north through the San Fernando Valley . On August 7 they camped at a watering place near where the mission would later be established . Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary travelling with the expedition, noted in his diary that the camp was "at the foot of the mountains". </P> <P> The Rancho of Francisco Reyes (then the Alcalde of the Pueblo de Los Ángeles) was approved by the ion . After brief negotiations with the Alcalde, the land was acquired (Mission records list Reyes as godfather to the first infant baptized at San Fernando). </P> <P> The mission was founded on September 8, 1797 by Father Fermín Lasuén who, with the assistance of Fray Francisco Dumetz and in the presence of troops and natives, performed the ceremonies and dedicated the mission to San Fernando Rey de España, making it the fourth mission site he had established; ten children were baptized on the first day . Fray Francisco Dumetz and his associate Fray Francisco Javier Uría labored in the mission until after 1800 . </P> <P> Early in October, 1797, 13 adults were baptized and the first marriage took place on October 8 . At the end of the year, there were 55 neophytes . By 1800, there were 310 neophytes, 352 baptisms, and 70 deaths . </P>

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