History of the Catholic church in California . he northern inhabitants, too, their capa-bilities and natural virtues showed them morefitted for the reception of the gospel. From theinformation received it was learned that while theone was of a more peaceful and faithful disposi-tion, of a purer morality and a better and higherdevelopment of intellect, the others, or southernpeople, were for the most part implacable, vindic-tive and treacherous, the other vices common totheir nature, such as sloth, fraud and lasciviousness,assuming equally grievous proportions amongstthem. The same motives, how
History of the Catholic church in California . he northern inhabitants, too, their capa-bilities and natural virtues showed them morefitted for the reception of the gospel. From theinformation received it was learned that while theone was of a more peaceful and faithful disposi-tion, of a purer morality and a better and higherdevelopment of intellect, the others, or southernpeople, were for the most part implacable, vindic-tive and treacherous, the other vices common totheir nature, such as sloth, fraud and lasciviousness,assuming equally grievous proportions amongstthem. The same motives, however^ which underdifferent circumstances would have determined theFathers to have given the preference to the north-ern people in the matter of missions, compelledthem in this case to begin with the south. Untilthe southern tribes were brought to a knowledgeof the truth and reclaimed from their barbarousstate, the missions already established were indanger of ruin, and free communication entirelyimpossible. On different occasions the southern.
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