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**Mission Santa Ines **
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=== **Mission location ** === Mission Santa Ines is located in the Santa Ynez Mountains in Southern California. Mission Santa Ines was considered suitable because of it's hidden location and all of the families of natives that wanted to become part of the missions. Mission Santa Ines was also used to fill a gap between mission Santa Barbra and Mission San Luis Obispo.

**Founding of the mission ** Father Estevan Tapis founded Mission Santa Ines. Mission Santa Ines was founded on September 17,1804

**Building of the mission ** After the locals established primary buildings the community immediately started building the permanent buildings at the end of 1804 the natives built the first wing of the mission two more wings were established by 1806. The mission originally only had five rooms/sections they were the two friars quarters, the granary, the sacristry, the and church. In 1806 two more wings were built and the number of rooms drastically increased. Their buildings were first made using wood poles and brush then when they had settled in to the location more they built their buildings with adobe bricks or stone blocks. Mission Santa Ines looked like a rectangle from the top and had long stone wings with many arches, twenty two in all. The wings expanded from the front of the mission. Inside the huge rectangle there was a fairly large patio with a field filled with cattle in between the patio and bordering both of them there were workshops.

**Life at the mission ** Fathers, Friars, Padres, Monjero's, and the natives all lived at Mission Santa Ines. The men at the mission would work on the fields or in a workshop feeding cattle or slaying them. The women and the girls would stay in their huts and weave baskets or clothes for the fathers, padres or their family. The boys at the mission would attend classes with the friars or do chores of their own. Whenever the natives had free time the men and women would play games or gamble. The children and some adults would play sports or continue their other jobs or classes with the friars. The fathers and other missionaries also played games or gambled. Many of the fathers enjoyed music so they would also play music. The Mission had many fresh fruits and vegetables they also had many cattle, chicken and buffalo out of this they made many stews and meals but over all the most popular stews and over all meal was Atole and Pizole.

**Indians at the missions ** The local tribe that lived near the mission was the Chumash tribe. Indians at the Mission would work all day unless the mission bells were rung if that had happened the Indians at the mission would eat, sleep or it could symbolize that they had free time. If the Indians were not at the mission their houses would be dome shaped houses, built using bamboo staffs and long but stable leaves called tuli leaves the Indian called these houses Aps. The Europeans used the natives to do there chores and work they were basically used as slaves. The fathers also wanted the catholic religion to be spread, the fathers thought that the catholic religion would help the Indians survive. The fathers treated Indians as workers and severely punish the Indians if they ever broke any rules. The Indians received food and shelter from the fathers, the fathers also gave gifts to the Indians so they would stay longer.

**Mission today ** Mission Santa Ines is still standing and is currently being used as a church. Mission Santa Ines has a nickname. It is "hidden gem of the missions". It is called this because of its beautiful and hidden location.

**Bibliography **
 * Ching, Jacqueline. __Mission Santa Ines.__ New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc., 2000
 * Boule, Mary Null. __The Missions: California's Heritage Mission Santa Ines__. Washington: Merryant Publishing. 1988
 * Weber, Tricia. "Mission Santa Ines," __Californias-Missions.org__. August 18, 2006. [|www.californias-missions.org/individual/mission_santa_ines.htm]__﻿.__ December 5, 2010

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 * How many times was Mission Santa Ines destroyed?
 * How many wings does Mission Santa Ines have?
 * How many families wanted to become part of Mission Santa Ines?