Introductory American history by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Boston, New York [etc.] D. C. Heath and company
Published: 1916-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

EARLY SPANISH EXPLORERS

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of land and worked two hours a day on the farm belonging to the village. The produce of the village farm supported the church. The monks or friars who had charge of the mission cared for the poor, taught in the schools, preserved the peace and order of the village, and looked after the religious welfare of all.

Ruins of a Spanish Mission House

Gradually Spanish emigrants settled in the mission stations, and planters established farms around them, and they became Spanish villages in every respect like those in the islands or in the Old World, except that many inhabitants in the towns on the mainland were Indians. The emigrants freely intermarried with the Indians and a mixed race took the place of the old inhabitants. The customs, language, religion, and rule of Spain prevailed in this New Spain, though in some ways the new civilization was not so good as that of the Old World.

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