NATIVE AMERICANS in the MISSION ECONOMY - Revision history

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	While work itself was not the immediate cause of the horrible population decline, the forced labor system of the missions could accurately be described as the underlying reason for the decimation of the Native Americans, since they were brought to the missions primarily to work. The diet, disease and living conditions that actually killed the mission Indians followed their transformation from subsistence hunter-gatherers into forced laborers creating a surplus for their Spanish masters. Unfortunately for the Native Americans--California's first working class--things were only to get worse in the coming years.		While work itself was not the immediate cause of the horrible population decline, the forced labor system of the missions could accurately be described as the underlying reason for the decimation of the Native Americans, since they were brought to the missions primarily to work. The diet, disease and living conditions that actually killed the mission Indians followed their transformation from subsistence hunter-gatherers into forced laborers creating a surplus for their Spanish masters. Unfortunately for the Native Americans--California's first working class--things were only to get worse in the coming years.

			[[Image:Rumsen-or-Costonoans-defending-against-Spaniard Madrid-Naval-Museum 1791-pencil-drawing.jpg]]

			'''Rumsen or Ohlones defending against Spaniard settler, 1791.'''

			''Image: Madrid (Spain) Naval Museum''

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Ccarlsson at 04:17, 25 April 2021

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Ccarlsson at 20:32, 31 August 2020

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	[[Image:Foundsf-hsf-icon.gif\|link=Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building]]<br>		[[Image:Foundsf-hsf-icon.gif\|link=Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building]]<br>
	Next Stop #3: [Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building\|Sailors and Shanghaiing]]		Next Stop #3: [[Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building\|Sailors and Shanghaiing]]

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Ccarlsson at 20:31, 31 August 2020

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	''by Fred Glass''		''by Fred Glass''

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			[[Image:Foundsf-hsf-icon.gif\|link=Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building]]<br>
			Next Stop #3: [Sailors' Union of the Pacific Building\|Sailors and Shanghaiing]]

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	[[Image:Indians-dancing-at-Mission-HN000275a.jpg]]		[[Image:Indians-dancing-at-Mission-HN000275a.jpg]]

Lisaruth: added Louis Choris credit to his painting

2016-09-29T19:54:04Z

added Louis Choris credit to his painting

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	'''Ohlone "neophytes" playing a forbidden gambling game.'''		'''Ohlone "neophytes" playing a forbidden gambling game.'''

	''Image: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA (brk00000869 24a)''		''Image: Painting by Louis Choris, Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA (brk00000869 24a)''

	Understandably, the Indians were not quite so eager to participate in the Spanish plan as its principal architects, such as Padre Junipero Serra, imagined. While some were recruited through theatrical church ceremonies conducted in the villages by the Franciscans, most converts in the early years of the missions were forcibly captured by Spanish soldiers. Once inside the mission, the Native Americans were not allowed to leave. Typically, the Spanish did not consider this to be the same as imprisonment, since the mission system supposedly would be over with in a decade, by which time all the Indians would be converted and released. As a fur trapper observed, "The greater part of the Indians were brought from their native mountains against their own inclinations, and by compulsion, and then baptised; which act was as little voluntary on their part, as the former had been. After these preliminaries, they had been put to work, as converted Indians."		Understandably, the Indians were not quite so eager to participate in the Spanish plan as its principal architects, such as Padre Junipero Serra, imagined. While some were recruited through theatrical church ceremonies conducted in the villages by the Franciscans, most converts in the early years of the missions were forcibly captured by Spanish soldiers. Once inside the mission, the Native Americans were not allowed to leave. Typically, the Spanish did not consider this to be the same as imprisonment, since the mission system supposedly would be over with in a decade, by which time all the Indians would be converted and released. As a fur trapper observed, "The greater part of the Indians were brought from their native mountains against their own inclinations, and by compulsion, and then baptised; which act was as little voluntary on their part, as the former had been. After these preliminaries, they had been put to work, as converted Indians."

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	Above all, the missionaries saw in the converted Indian population a workforce for the Church and the Spanish economy. By working the "neophytes," as they were called in the missions, 30 to 40 hours per week, they would create the basis for the missions' survival. The surplus (everything beyond what was needed for subsistence) could be traded and sold to build the wealth of the missions and Spain. It was assumed that the Native Americans--viewed as simple and childlike creatures--would eagerly embrace their place in the Spanish empire.		Above all, the missionaries saw in the converted Indian population a workforce for the Church and the Spanish economy. By working the "neophytes," as they were called in the missions, 30 to 40 hours per week, they would create the basis for the missions' survival. The surplus (everything beyond what was needed for subsistence) could be traded and sold to build the wealth of the missions and Spain. It was assumed that the Native Americans--viewed as simple and childlike creatures--would eagerly embrace their place in the Spanish empire.

			[[Image:Indians-at-the-Misson-brk00000869 24a.jpg]]

			'''Ohlone "neophytes" playing a forbidden gambling game.'''

			''Image: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA (brk00000869 24a)''

	Understandably, the Indians were not quite so eager to participate in the Spanish plan as its principal architects, such as Padre Junipero Serra, imagined. While some were recruited through theatrical church ceremonies conducted in the villages by the Franciscans, most converts in the early years of the missions were forcibly captured by Spanish soldiers. Once inside the mission, the Native Americans were not allowed to leave. Typically, the Spanish did not consider this to be the same as imprisonment, since the mission system supposedly would be over with in a decade, by which time all the Indians would be converted and released. As a fur trapper observed, "The greater part of the Indians were brought from their native mountains against their own inclinations, and by compulsion, and then baptised; which act was as little voluntary on their part, as the former had been. After these preliminaries, they had been put to work, as converted Indians."		Understandably, the Indians were not quite so eager to participate in the Spanish plan as its principal architects, such as Padre Junipero Serra, imagined. While some were recruited through theatrical church ceremonies conducted in the villages by the Franciscans, most converts in the early years of the missions were forcibly captured by Spanish soldiers. Once inside the mission, the Native Americans were not allowed to leave. Typically, the Spanish did not consider this to be the same as imprisonment, since the mission system supposedly would be over with in a decade, by which time all the Indians would be converted and released. As a fur trapper observed, "The greater part of the Indians were brought from their native mountains against their own inclinations, and by compulsion, and then baptised; which act was as little voluntary on their part, as the former had been. After these preliminaries, they had been put to work, as converted Indians."

Ccarlsson: put in better quality image

2010-07-20T21:35:21Z

put in better quality image

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	''by Fred Glass''		''by Fred Glass''

	[[Image:~~labor1$1820~~-~~painting~~-of-~~ohlones~~.jpg]]		[[Image:Indians-dancing-at-Mission-HN000275a.jpg]]

	'''1820 painting of European view of supplicating Indians seeking absolution from local priests... meanwhile, it was the local Native Americans who were actually building the missions and producing the surplus that the padres were trading with passing ships. ''' ''Image: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA''		'''1820 painting of European view of supplicating Indians seeking absolution from local priests... meanwhile, it was the local Native Americans who were actually building the missions and producing the surplus that the padres were trading with passing ships. '''

			''Image: Bancroft Library, Berkeley, CA (HN000275a)''

	'''INDIAN SLAVERY ABOLISHED in 1829!'''		'''INDIAN SLAVERY ABOLISHED in 1829!'''

Texteradmin at 06:03, 21 August 2009

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	[[Image:Tours-labor.gif]] [[Eight hour day movement\| Continue Labor History Tour]]		[[Image:Tours-labor.gif\|link=Eight hour day movement]] [[Eight hour day movement\| Continue Labor History Tour]]

	[[THE MAYOR, THE CABBIES and the 84 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION \|Prev. Document]] [[WAITRESSES and UNIONS The Fruits of Solidarity \|Next Document]]		[[THE MAYOR, THE CABBIES and the 84 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION \|Prev. Document]] [[WAITRESSES and UNIONS The Fruits of Solidarity \|Next Document]]

	[[category:Labor]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Mission]]		[[category:Labor]] [[category:1823-1846]] [[category:1776-1823]] [[category:Indigenous]] [[category:Mission]]

Texteradmin at 14:20, 20 August 2009

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	While work itself was not the immediate cause of the horrible population decline, the forced labor system of the missions could accurately be described as the underlying reason for the decimation of the Native Americans, since they were brought to the missions primarily to work. The diet, disease and living conditions that actually killed the mission Indians followed their transformation from subsistence hunter-gatherers into forced laborers creating a surplus for their Spanish masters. Unfortunately for the Native Americans--California's first working class--things were only to get worse in the coming years.		While work itself was not the immediate cause of the horrible population decline, the forced labor system of the missions could accurately be described as the underlying reason for the decimation of the Native Americans, since they were brought to the missions primarily to work. The diet, disease and living conditions that actually killed the mission Indians followed their transformation from subsistence hunter-gatherers into forced laborers creating a surplus for their Spanish masters. Unfortunately for the Native Americans--California's first working class--things were only to get worse in the coming years.

	[[Image:~~Labor-history~~-~~button~~.~~jpg~~]] [[Eight hour day movement\|~~-->~~Labor History Tour ~~next stop~~]]		<hr>

			[[Image:Tours-labor.gif]] [[Eight hour day movement\| Continue Labor History Tour]]

	[[THE MAYOR, THE CABBIES and the 84 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION \|Prev. Document]] [[WAITRESSES and UNIONS The Fruits of Solidarity \|Next Document]]		[[THE MAYOR, THE CABBIES and the 84 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION \|Prev. Document]] [[WAITRESSES and UNIONS The Fruits of Solidarity \|Next Document]]

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Ccarlsson: Protected "NATIVE AMERICANS in the MISSION ECONOMY": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

2009-01-06T06:51:27Z

Protected "NATIVE AMERICANS in the MISSION ECONOMY": finished essay [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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