Para consequir los fines de una nueva y gustosa Christianidad en la canal de Santa Barbara, 1782?

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Para consequir los fines de una nueva y gustosa Christianidad en la canal de Santa Barbara, 1782?

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Anonymous report on the conditions at three missions in Alta California, particularly at Santa Barbara. It mentions the difficulty of converting California Indians but points out that the three new missions have brought the total number of converts to more than 10,000. Conflicts between the secular and spiritual duties of the missionaries toward their charges have led to other problems, as the missionaries were overworking the Indians rather than attending to their spritiual needs. The author suggests that the secular business of the missions be attended to by a disinterested minister whose salary would be independent of the mission. The report also notes two cases in which soldiers abused Indian women; in one of these the soldier involved was removed from the Santa Barbara mission. Cattle raising is suggested as a means of making the mission profitable, after the example of the San Gabriel mission.

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