The Spanish in the Southwest . e Missions 145 As more and more Indians came to the missions, the num-ber of little offenses and annoyances increased, and thewhip was in daily use. During the first thirty or thirty-five years of missionlife everybody, man,woman, and child, tookhis whipping as good-naturedly as could beexpected. The Indiansknew that they de-served to be punished,and they had greatrespect for the priests,who were like fatherstoward them. So, afterthe punishment wasended, they kissed thepriests hand and wentback to work with nohard feelings in theirhearts. Later therewill be a dif
The Spanish in the Southwest . e Missions 145 As more and more Indians came to the missions, the num-ber of little offenses and annoyances increased, and thewhip was in daily use. During the first thirty or thirty-five years of missionlife everybody, man,woman, and child, tookhis whipping as good-naturedly as could beexpected. The Indiansknew that they de-served to be punished,and they had greatrespect for the priests,who were like fatherstoward them. So, afterthe punishment wasended, they kissed thepriests hand and wentback to work with nohard feelings in theirhearts. Later therewill be a different anda sadder story to tell. Although the Indians worked hard and were understrict discipline, they were given many amusements. OnSundays there was no work. They went to church threeor four more hours than usual, but the rest of the day wasfree for games or idleness. Sometimes on Saturdayevenings there was dancing, and there were many oppor-tunities for fun and pleasure. On great occasions, such SPAN. IN SOU! HWES1 — IO. Bells of San Gabriel 146 The Missions of Alta California as the visits of a governor or some noted man from abroad,the priests helped plan the entertainment. One of themost important for such an occasion was a mock battleaccording to savage customs. Painted as in olden times,decked out with feathers such as they had gloried inbefore the coming of white men, the Indians played at abattle between angry villages. But it was only a show,and, at the end, the bows and arrows and war clubs werebrought back to the priests. They might have proveddangerous weapons if left in the hands of the old games, such as takersia and driving thewooden ball to the enemys base, were often played, andthere seems to have been no new one to take their of the new pleasures that came to the Indians wasthe music learned for the church. They were taught touse several instruments, and they played with equal gustowhether at mass in the morning or at a ball in the
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