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**Mission Miguel Arcangel **


Created by: Ethan Soo

=== **Mission location ** === San Miguel Arcangel is located near a large rancheria named Sagshpileel and at a place called Vahia. There was plenty of water at Santa Isabel and San Marcos for plants.

**Founding of the mission ** Father Fermin Lasuen founded mission San Miguel Arcangel. San Miguel Arcangel was founded in July 25, 1797.

**Building of the mission ** The workers mixed mud, water and straw to make adobe. When the adobe was molded, they put it in rectangular wooden molds. After it dried, mud was used to cement the bricks. The bricks were used as walls. The tiles were used as the floor and the workers built the roof out of sticks and mud. The mission has seven rooms. Sticks, tiles, mud, water and straw were all used for the construction. The mission had a cemetery, a courtyard, two fountains, a church and a bell wall.

**Life at the mission ** The people who lived at the mission were padres, priests, soldiers, neophytes and the Salinan tribe. Men labored in the fields, orchards, ranchos and workshops. Women tended the children and made food, baskets, cloth and soap. What did they do for entertainment?At night the Salinan tribe likes to play games, sing and dance. They ate atole(a mush made of grain or corn) and pozole(a soup made of grain with little meat and vegetables).

**Indians at the mission ** The Salinan tribe lived at the mission. The mission bells woke the neophytes at dawn. They gathered for church services, followed by Bible lessons. The women served a breakfast of atole(a mush made of grain or corn). Next the friars gave everyone their assignment. Men labored in the fields, orchards, ranchos, and workshops while the women tended the children and made food, baskets, cloth and soap. After the morning work, the women served a lunch of pozole(a soup made of grain with a little meat and vegetables). Then it was time for a siesta(rest). Work continued in the afternoon followed with mass, supper and prayers. In the evening, the neophyte boys were taught Spanish and religous lessons. After that, everyone had time to relax. Their houses would be shaped as a cone made from materials that the Salinan Indians could find. The Europeans wanted to convert the Indians to their religions. The Indians were treated strictly about the rules.

**Mission today ** Today, Franciscans live at the restored mission, which also serves as a parish church, retreat center and museum. San Miguel Arcangel is still standing. My mission doesn't have a nickname.

**<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bibliography ** [|www.sanmiguel.org/about] [|www.oldandsold.com/articles17/california-missions-20.shtml] [|www.missiontour.org/sanmiguel/map.htm] http://reader.follettebooks.com/books/2031?div=6&cust=CAL450

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**<span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.2em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Questions ** <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Where's the courtyard of San Miguel Arcangel? <span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 3em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What is San Miguel Arcangel named for? San Miguel Arcangel is between what two missions?