Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . of four or fivehundred feet along which extended a gallery. Thechurch formed one of the wings, and in the interior wasa court adorned with trees and a fountain. Round aboutwas a corridor whence doors opened into the friarssleeping apartments, workshops, storehouses, school-rooms, etc. At sunrise a bell was rung and the Indiansassembled in the chapel for prayers. Afterward theyhad breakfast and were distributed to their eleven they ate dinner, and work was resumed attwo. An hour before sunset the Angelus bell was tolledand labor was abandoned f
Highways and byways of the Pacific coast . of four or fivehundred feet along which extended a gallery. Thechurch formed one of the wings, and in the interior wasa court adorned with trees and a fountain. Round aboutwas a corridor whence doors opened into the friarssleeping apartments, workshops, storehouses, school-rooms, etc. At sunrise a bell was rung and the Indiansassembled in the chapel for prayers. Afterward theyhad breakfast and were distributed to their eleven they ate dinner, and work was resumed attwo. An hour before sunset the Angelus bell was tolledand labor was abandoned for religious exercises in thechapel. Supper followed, and then the Indians werefree to take part in a dance or other mild amusements. The rule of the friars was in the main just andkindly. Drunkenness was punished by flogging, andthe offenders in quarrels between husbands and wiveswere chained together by the legs till they promised tokeep the peace. Fresh recruits were secured by sendingout parties of Indians already attached to the new. ;j On the Borders of Mexico 41 mode of life and letting them set forth to the savages itsadvantages, though it is said they were also sometimescaptured by main force. The domestic animals im-ported for the use of the Missions multiplied withgreat rapidity, and in the care of them the Indiansbecame very dexterous. Hides, tallow, grain, wineand oil were sold to ships visiting the coast, and fromthe proceeds the friars supplied the Indians withclothing, tobacco and such other things as appealed tothe taste or fancy of the savage converts. Surplusprofits were employed in embellishing the churches. The Missions were established at about a daysjourney apart on the natural route of travel along thecoast, and they were the usual stopping-places fortravellers. Whenever one of these sojourners arrivedhe was welcomed with the hospitality of the Biblepatriarchs. First of all his horse was led away to thestables, and the man was escorted to a bath. After-w
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