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" Five thousand Indians were at one time collected and attached to the mission. They are represented to have been sober and industrious, well clothed and fed ; and seem to have experienced as high a state of happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive.... "
Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico ... - Page 50
by John Russell Bartlett - 1854 - 534 pages
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"Sam": Or The History of Mystery

Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 574 pages
...of sieaking oppression. Hear again another story, from the same source, of the fate of a Mission. " Situated in the midst of a fertile valley, surrounded...happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive." But, with all the cloud of worldly cant with which the historians of New England love to involve this...
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"Sam": Or The History of Mystery

Charles Wilkins Webber - History - 1855 - 600 pages
...thousand calves, manufactured three thousand barrels of wine, and harvested one hundred thousand fanegaa (two hundred and sixty-two thousand bushels) of grain...happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive." But what, in the meantime, has become of those " two hundred and sixty-two thousand bushels" of grain...
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Christian missions: their agents, their method, and their results, Volume 2

Thomas William M. Marshall - 1863 - 528 pages
...Pacific, vol. ii., ch. i., p. 25. . j A Narrative of Four Voyages, ch. vi., p. 208 (1832). § P. 212. transported to and launched at San Pedro. Five thousand...are represented to have been sober and industrious, well-clothed and fed. . . . They constituted a large family, of which the padres were the social, religious,...
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Christian Missions: Their Agents, and Their Results, Volume 2

Thomas William M. Marshall - Missions - 1864 - 522 pages
...his tribe were scattered, "without a home or protectors, and were in a miserable starving condition." transported to and launched at San Pedro. Five thousand...are represented to have been sober and industrious, wellclothed and fed. .... They constituted a large family, of which the padres were the social, religious,...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 27

Education - 1877 - 972 pages
...Narrative," thus writes: " Five thousand Indians were at one time collected at the mission of St. Gabriel. They are represented to have been sober and industrious, well clothed and led, and seem to have experienced as high a state of happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive....
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 27

Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...Narrative," thus writes: " Five thousand Indians were at one time collected at the mission of St. Gabriel. It is therefore proposed that they learn those things that are likely to led, and seem to have experienced as high :\ state of happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive....
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California and Alaska: And Over the Canadian Pacific Railway

William Seward Webb - Alaska - 1890 - 324 pages
...time. " Five thousand Indians," he says, " were, at one time, collected at the mission of San Gabriel. They are represented to have been sober and industrious,...happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive. They began to learn some of the fundamental principles of civilized life. The institution of marriage...
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The Franciscans in California

Zephyrin Engelhardt - Biography & Autobiography - 1897 - 556 pages
...harvested one hundred thousand IV.negas of grain a year. (10) The timber for a briganliue was cut, tctwctl, and fitted at the mission, and then transported to...been sober and industrious, well clothed and fed; and they teem to have experienced as high a state of happiness as they are adapted by nature to receive....
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The Old San Gabriel Mission: Historical Notes Taken from Old Manuscripts and ...

Eugene Joseph Sugranes - California - 1909 - 118 pages
...thousand calves, manufactured three thousand barrels of wine and harvested one hundred thousand fanegas of grain a year. "The timber for a brigantine was...are represented to have been sober and industrious, well-clothed, and fed, and they seem to have experienced as high a state of happiness as they are adapted...
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The Dublin Review, Volume 58

Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1860 - 644 pages
...devotedness approaching to adoration.t And, lastly, Mr. Bartlett observes : — They (the Indians) are represented to have been sober and industrious, well clothed and fed They constituted a large family, of which the Padres were the social, religious, and, we might almost...
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