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The Spanish Mission system started in 1718 with Mission San Antonio de Valero. Most spanish missions had the aim of converting the natives to christianity.
When the mission was part of the Mexico mission system there were no Spanish soliders. As a part of Spain Spanish soliders were not stationed there.
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If you mean mission San Juan the Spanish built the mission system in the 1700's.
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He built missions
The mission system was used by Spanish Mexico to colonize the territories in the North. It wasn't a failure but was shut down after it had served it's purpose.
He started the mission system in California.
Father Junipero Serra is credited with establishing the mission system.
It was very harsh. The Spanish saw them as inferior and as slaves. In the southwest they used them as slaves in the mines. With the mission system they didn't allow them to leave the mission once they converted to Christianity and they were treated harshly by the padres and soldiers at the mission.
Native Americans were enslaved by the missionaries. They were forced to convert to Christianity by the missionaries and to leave their cultural ways to live and work at the missions. Thousands of Native Americans are buried in mass graves at California missions. They were killed by the missionaries. Your question should be asking how did the missionaries impact the Native Americans.