Essay On Mission Nuestra Senora De Soledad

Mission nuestra senora de soledad

The spanish missions in California included a total of 21 missions that were established by the Spanish Order to bring christianity and civility to the Native Americans that lived in California. The California missions were built along a path called the El Camino Real. California did not become a state until 1852 . California was actually part of the Spanish Order and was called Alta California,in 1821 Mexico got their independence from the spanish order and made alt california part of mexico. On september 9th, 1850 became the 31st state in the united states. Mission nuestra senora de soledad, which has a the of mission soledad, was founded october 9th, 1791 by the franciscan order. It was founded to help convert native americans to catholicism. Mission soledad is the 13th mission out

of 21 other california missions to be established. The mission is 30 miles southeast of the monterey in the salinas river valley at a site s a thought to have been an Esselen village known by the natives as Chuttusgelis. Northwest of the Mission Soledad is Mission San Juan Bautista. Southwest of the mission is Mission San Antonio de Padua and southeast of the mission is Mission San Miguel Arcangel.

Mission soledad had a courtyard-centered quadrangle with out-buildings.

Neophytes, newly converted native americans to catholicism, lived in housing located to the south of the mission. The cemetery was to the east of the mission. The salinas river was not used for irrigation, but used for livestock needs. The arroyo seco, meaning dry stream in spanish, was a seasonal water source. The neophytes dug a 15 mile aqueduct to bring water to 20,000 acres land surrounding the mission. Mission soledad’s main business was agriculture. They had 6,000 cattle, 9,000 sheep and 32 horses. They used the cattle’s fat to make soap and candles. The mission used sheep's wool to weave blankets. The mission had a 20 acre vineyard for growing grapes to make wine and brandy. All of the products produced were traded and sold to settlers immigrants and visitors. Mission soledad did not produce as much as other missions because of their size and location. Mission soledad was built in a hot, windy, treeless valley. It was built there because it was a stop on the 100-mile between mission san carlos borromeo de carmelo and mission san antonio de

padua.
Building materials were scarce in the area and it took 6 years before a permanent building was made. The buildings were made out of adobe brick and straw.

Not a lot of native americans lived around mission soledad. Because of that native americans were recruited and shipped in to the mission. The tribes that were recruited were, Yokuts, Esselen and Salinan. Their jobs were to tend the cattle and sheep, make the blankets, make the soap and candles and provided the supply for trading. They also dug the 15 mile aqueduct. Spanish priests taught religion, spanish language, farming techniques, and spanish culture. I learned some interesting facts about my mission Jose joaquin de arrillaga first spanish governor of alta california, died at Soledad in 1814 during a mission tour, and was buried in a Franciscan habit beneath the floor of the church destroyed in 1824. Soledad became the principal headquarters of the President of the California Missions, Fr. Mariano Payeras, in the wake of Bouchard's raid on Monterey (1819-1822). Mission Soledad deteriorated rapidly after secularization. It served for several years as the Felilano Soberanes ranch house, a grocery store and a restaurant and was then abandoned for almost 100 years. The Daughters of the Golden West restored the chapel in 1953, and the convento wing (present day museum) in 1963.

Mission soledad was built in an area where there were no local tribes. The padres recruited native americans from other missions and areas of california. Most of the native americans were from the yokut, esselen, salinan. I don't have an opinion on the mission system. However, i do have an opinion on the mission soledad! I don't think it was very smart idea because mission soledad did not complete the main purposes of the mission movement- convert native americans to catholicism, civilize native americans, and teach spanish culture. Mission soledad was built in an area that was hot and windy in the summer, cold and damp in the winter and had no natural water source close to the mission. The mission was built to be a rest stop between san carlos borromeo de carmelo and san antonio de padua. There were no native american tribes around to convert. There was really no purpose of the mission because it was just a rest stop.