Beads, trinkets, and food were used as lures to attract the local people to the missions. They were curious about these newcomers and their religion. Many Indians accepted the food and trinkets, and many accepted the padres’ religion. Those who agreed to become Christians were called neophytes, ...

The Franciscans came to California not merely to convert the tribes to Christianity but to train them for life in a European colonial society. Conversion was seldom an entirely voluntary process, and converts (neophytes) were not left to return to their old ways but were required to live in the walled mission enclosure or on rancherías, separate settlements sponsored by missions located some distance from the mission proper.

November 15, 2025 - Generally the neophytes have not yet enough affection for Christianity and civilization. Most of them are excessively fond of the mountains, the beach, and of barbarous freedom and independence, so that some show of military force is necessary, lest they by force of arms deny the Faith and law which they have professed. Abuse persisted after Mexico assumed control of the California ...

In some years the increase was ... of neophytes, who were also workers, and in stores of food and other supplies. The result was that by utilizing these resources, it was possible for the people of San Juan Capistrano to begin work in 1797 on the most ambitious building project the Spanish were to undertake in their half-century long occupation of California...

In 1830, the white population was only 4,000 in all of California. One report noted that in 1835 the Indians were satisfied to receive a fathom of black, red, and white glass beads for a season's work. "With secularization came the legal emancipation of the neophytes; but the change proved ...

While the most infamous of all may be the gorgeous Spotted Humboldt Lily (Lilium humboldtii ssp. ocellatum), which can take 4-5 years to reach flowering size, propagating nearly all of California’s native geophytes to the point where they can be sold will take at least 2-3 years.

February 27, 2025 - The native converts were known as “neophytes.” After they were baptized, they were expected to perform labor. Typically, men worked in the fields, and women cooked.

November 10, 2016 - Skowronek, Russell K. 1998 Sifting the Evidence: Perceptions of Life at the Ohlone (Costanoan) Missions of Alta California. Ethnohistory 45(4):675–708. ... Skowronek, Russell K., and Julie C. Wizorek 1997 Archaeology at Santa Clara de Asis: The Slow Recovery of a Moveable Mission. Pacific Coast Archaeological Society Quarterly 33(3):54–92. ... Spearman, Arthur D. 1963 The Five Franciscan Churches of Mission Santa Clara: 1777 to 1825. National Press, Palo Alto, CA. ... Thompson, Richard E. (editor) 2003 Excavations at a Neophyte Indian Dormitory Ca-Ala-1/H, Mission San Jose, Located at 155 Washington Boulevard, City of Fremont, Alameda County, California.

The secularization processes, it was called, was so restrictive that few ex-mission Indians were eligible for the distributed lands. More significant still, the majority of surviving mission Indians were not native to the areas of coastal missions. Most neophytes at this time had been forced to relocate from their tribal domains and promptly returned to them following their liberation.

September 1, 2023 - Thus, Indians who lived on mission lands were generally referred to as neophytes. People who lived according to a Hispanic lifestyle, including settlers, soldiers, and priests, were known as gente de razón or “civilized people.” This category ...

December 1, 2011 - California mission neophytes had successfully · escaped from Spanish servitude, as their names · eventually were dropped from the mission · rolls. Robert Archibald (1978:178) believes · that between 5% and 10% of all California · neophytes successfully ran away from mission ·

September 30, 2016 - Congregation of California natives into missions was theoretically not forcible. However it was early apparent that alien Christian doctrines held little attractive power for suspicious natives. Consequently, neophytes were lured to missions with beads, trinkets, food, clothing and promises of a better life.

The California Missions were under the control of Spain from 1769 to 1821. During this time the Native Americans who were converted to christianity at the Missions were known to as neophytes. The medical care of the neophytes was one of the responsibilities of the priests.

September 3, 2025 - Over the past half-century, rich political neophytes have consistently tried and failed to be elected governor or U.S. senator. What makes California so inhospitable to the upper-crust aspirants?

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The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly (1958) 40 (2): 138–148. ... J. N. Bowman; The Resident Neophytes (Existentes) of the California Missions 1769-1834. The Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly 1 June 1958; 40 (2): 138–148.

Five Views: An Ethnic Historic Site Survey for California · Introduction pre-1769 1769-1848 1849-1879 1880-1904 1905-1933 1934-1964 1965-1980

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