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** Mission San Antonio de Padua **


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===Mission Location ===

The mission is located east of the coastline in the foothills of the Santa Lucias mountain range. To get long time ago you had to ride on horse or walk down the El Camino road. To get there today you need to drive on highway 101 and toward the village of Jolon. The lands around the mission is part of Fort Hunter Ligget.

The mission was suitable because Friar Junipero Serra decided to put the mission in the place where the Salinas indians lived so he could teach them about catholicism. Where Friar Junipero Serra put the mission in the valley where there were fields for growing crops and it was located right next to the San Antonio river which provided water.

**Founding of the mission **

The mission was founded by Friar Junipero Serra in 1771,on the 14 of July.

**Building of the mission **

It was built by neophytes and the adobe bricks they made.Neophytes are the Salinas indians that had recently converted to christianity.Once the adobe bricks were made they were covered in plaster so they were waterproof. Then the adobe bricks were stuck together with mud. The buildings were given a coat of whitewash made of lime,goat milk,and salt.

Enough for all the people to live there.

The mission was built from adobe bricks. They are bricks made out of mud,clay,straw,and sometimes manure. The mission was shaped like a rectangle that was centered around a courtyard called a quadrangle. And it had a corridor of rooms in the front. It also had a bell for attracting indians to the church.

**Life at the mission **

The people who lived at the mission were the friars and the indian children. There were two bells at the mission. One bell would tell you when it is time to eat meals or when to work and rest. The jobs at the mission were different for girls and boys. The boys would become servants, bell ringers, pages, choir boys, and musicians.

The men were blacksmiths, tanners, farmers, carpenters, masons, or herds men. The women cooked meals, they wove baskets, made blankets out of cotton, wool, and flax. Others made candles for use at the mission. People at the mission would eat atole, corn porridge, and pozole, and any other veggies. For entertainment they sang songs and danced.

**Indians at the missions **

The Salinan tribe who lived in the area moved into the mission.

Their daily routine started with the first bell which rang to tell everyone to wake up. Then they had breakfast followed by prayers at the church. After that everyone went to do their work. Then another bell rang and they took a break for lunch. After lunch they worked until evening.

The children lived at the mission because the friars didn’t want them to learn the indian traditions.

The friars insisted that they wear dresses and pants. The friars would let the indians sing songs they wanted, even though the friars did not like it. And sometimes they let them visit their families. Sometimes when the indians broke a rule the friars whipped or flogged them. The soldiers who also stayed at the mission also treated them badly.

**Mission today **

The mission was restored in the 1900s. Today it is one of the few missions that is still functioning. The chapel holds daily masses for the community.

It is used for research, and field trips. It also has a gift shop and a museum.

It does not have a nickname.

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The Missions of California by Stanley Young The California missions by Ann Heinrichs Mission San Antonio de Padua by Kim Serafin

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