San Gabriel
San Gabriel
San Gabriel
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History<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> was founded in<br />
1771. <strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> became<br />
the heart and soul of the Los<br />
Angeles region. Although<br />
this mission was originally<br />
estadlished along the slope<br />
of montebellu, it was<br />
moved to the nativemilies<br />
left and 9 miles west to from<br />
site of lisanchanga. After<br />
Puilding began two father,<br />
several Indian, and form El<br />
Pueblu de Nuestra la Reina<br />
de Los Angels ( present day<br />
L.A. After Mexico won<br />
independence from Spain ,<br />
all the mission were<br />
serclized. The land that was<br />
supposed to be given to the<br />
natives was given amostly to<br />
dishunest pulitians and their<br />
friends. Pic Pic fried to sell<br />
the mission to a friend. But<br />
sclsiers stopped stopped.<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong><br />
Location<br />
The padre of this mission is<br />
Friar Serra Cumbun. <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Gabriel</strong> was originally<br />
established along the slopes of<br />
the Montebello hills at the<br />
native site of Shevaanga. But<br />
in 1775 the mission was<br />
relocated to the native site<br />
which is lisanchanga 3<br />
miles to the northwest. It is<br />
also 9 miles east from<br />
downtown Los Angeles.<br />
Interesting Facts<br />
on <strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong><br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> is<br />
founded in 1781.<br />
The internuncio<br />
to the church is<br />
bland. <strong>San</strong><br />
<strong>Gabriel</strong> was<br />
located on three<br />
proment trail.<br />
<strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> had<br />
the largest<br />
vineyard in<br />
Spain. People<br />
say it is a pretty<br />
place.<br />
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Indians of <strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong><br />
The Indian that lived near <strong>San</strong> <strong>Gabriel</strong> are the<br />
Chumash and the Tongva. They believed they<br />
were created from the land. So they gave<br />
many thanks to their creat flutes and rattles.<br />
When they were doing rituals and ceremonies<br />
they played carved flutes and rattles. They also<br />
dances and sang songs. The Indian men had<br />
another ritual, as sweet ledges. Sweat ledges<br />
were mud huts built near the river The men sat<br />
inside the sweat ledges by a hat fire until they<br />
dripped with sweat. They would jump in the<br />
river and cleanse themselves. In the winter<br />
they would keep warm with blankets and capes<br />
they made form feathers, rabbit fur, or sea<br />
other skin. The villagers of the Indians would<br />
carve bowls pipes and breads from a soft rock<br />
called steatite.<br />
Purpose Of Mission<br />
The California Indians who joined the<br />
mission were called neophytes. once<br />
neophytes are apart of the mission, they bare<br />
not allowed to leave. In older missions, they<br />
realized if they let the neophytes leave they<br />
will return to their old ways, lose their<br />
clothing, and forget what they learned at the<br />
mission. But at the mission, the neophytes<br />
had little chance to practice their old ways .<br />
They were forced to do what the people of<br />
the church said. This included working,<br />
praying, and lessons. The missions were used<br />
to convert Indians to Catholicism.