San Gabriel : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Gabriel". 26 In this mission four distinct idioms are spoken according to the four directions of its establishment. One is called Kokomcar, another Guiguitamcar, the third Corbonamga, and the last Sibanga. 27 p. 12...
San Carlos : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 20 "San Carlos". 48 At this mission there are seven nations of Indians. They are called Excelen and Egeac, Rumsen, SargentaRuc, Sanconeos, Guachirron and Calendo Ruc. The first two are from inland. They have one...
Santa Barbara : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "Santa Barbara". 36 They bury the dead with all their pots and other poor jewels. 37 p. 16 They do not have chiefs (caziques), but in every village or town there are one or more who are called captains (capitanes). Not...
San Fernando : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Fernando". The Indians of this mission speak three distinct tongues. 31 The foods which they use are acorns; pine-nuts; chia (seeds of sage), called pasill in their language; islai, called chamiso by p. 13 them;...
San Miguel : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 18 "San Miguel". 43 The neophytes at this mission speak four languages: that of San Antonio, which is reputed the principal one; that of the shore (la playana), which is the one spoken by those settled on the coast;...
Santa Ynez : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "Santa Ynez". 38 When the rancherias were still inhabited by unconverted Indians, there could be seen in various places bunches of feathers or plumes attached to sticks, which might be called their idol-temples (adoratorios)...
Santa Clara : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 26 "Santa Clara". 62 There are three languages at this mission, two of them related (bastante parecidos), and the third, which is of the east, totally distinct. Sometimes they bury the dead, sometimes burn them. 63...
San Luis Rey : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Luis Rey". The language of this mission is called Lamancus. 15 Fights arise over any sort of trifle, and they readily kill one another. p. 7 They throw seeds, beads, and other objects into the fire in which they burn...
San Juan Capistrano : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 11 "San Juan Capistrano". 23 We know that they adore a large bird similar to a kite, which they raise with the greatest care from the time it is young, and they hold to many errors regarding it. 24 When a new moon shows...
Santa Cruz : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "Santa Cruz". 58 At this place they ordinarily live on salmon and lampreys, of which there are many in the river which flows at the mission. 59 Their dances are most insipid. They gather in a circle and without moving...
San Jose : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Jose". 64 Only in war do they obey the most valiant or successful one, and in matters of superstition their wizards and magicians. Beyond this they admit no civil, political, nor even domestic subordination. In their...
Introduction : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 1 A MISSION RECORD OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS "FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY". BY A. L. KROEBER. [1908] In 1811 the Spanish viceregal government of Mexico sent to Alta California a list of questions regarding...
San Luis Obispo : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Luis Obispo". Fifteen different languages are spoken in this mission. 39 I have found some wind instruments made of elder sticks. 40 Notwithstanding that the Indians in their native state hold lands according to their...
San Diego : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Diego". 2 The language which the Indians of this mission speak is the p. 4 [paragraph continues] Man dialect. It is so called because they say fa for yes and man for no. 3 They have a great desire to assemble...
San Juan Bautista : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Juan Bautista". 56 They say that the first Indians to settle this country came from the north after a great flood; 57 that some went back and did not return; and that here sprung the single common language which is...
San Francisco : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], p. 27 "San Francisco". 66 At this mission there were five languages. 67 When married people separate, the children regularly follow the mother. As soon as a person has stopped breathing, if he has few relatives or lazy ones...
San Antonio : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], "San Antonio". 46 Two distinct languages spoken by the Indians are known: the predominant language, that of the site of the mission, which is understood to the east, south, and north and the circumference of the west;...
Title Page : * "A Mission Record of the California Indians", by A.L. Kroeber, [1908], UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS IN AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY Vol. 8, No. 1, Pp. 1-27 May 28, 1908 A MISSION RECORD OF THE CALIFORNIA INDIANS FROM A MANUSCRIPT IN THE BANCROFT LIBRARY. BY A. L. KROEBER. [1908]...
