Many Native Americans in Texas rejected mission life due to a desire to maintain their traditional ways of living and cultural practices. Missions often imposed European customs, agricultural practices, and religious beliefs, which conflicted with their established lifestyles. Additionally, the harsh conditions, forced labor, and loss of autonomy within the missions contributed to their resistance. Many tribes preferred to remain independent and continue their nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles rather than adapt to the restrictive environment of the missions.
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they forced them to stay and live their way.
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the europeans brought diseases to the Indians so the had a horrible life because they died from diseases
The Indians also
The role of the Spanish padres was to take care of the mission, teach the indians Catholicism and ways of life and to be responsible for the mission
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The San Jose Mission Indians typically drank water from local sources such as rivers, streams, and nearby wells. The mission was established near natural water sources to support both the indigenous population and the agricultural activities of the mission. These water sources were crucial for daily life, agriculture, and sustaining the mission community.
The presidios faced many problems such as disease that killed the Indians that they taught, Indians rejecting mission life, Indians using the missions as forts of protection from enemies, and running out of supplies at the presidios.
Mission soldiers were not happy people. There were usually 5-6 stationed at each mission with not much to do. They often treated the Mission Indians poorly and raped the women. They lived in separate dorms from the mission proper and didn't have much to do.
For the indians, it was very hard because the spanish treated them badly.