Mission San Juan Bautista

by Angelica Romero Giselle

Mission San JuanBautistaby Angelica Romero Giselle

Mission History

Mission San Juan Bautista was closed in 1795. This mission was the 15th mission. The Yukut tribe lived in the mission. The founder of mission San Juan Bautista was Fray Joseph. The mission stuffed a violent earth quake in April 12,1906.

Daily life at the mission

  • In the mission the the Yokuts and the Mutsut were forsed to live in the mission. Fray Serra was in charge of the mission. The Indians were the ones who did chores. The jobs that needed to be done was to gather food to cook food. The mission raised 6,000 cattle ,604 sheep ,296 houses ,13 mules. There was a school and Fray Martiarena was the teacher. There was a church ,workshops, and a jail. When there were free time the indians would play games that they made to make them look bussiy .

pictures/ illustrations

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The mission bells were used to keep everyone on schedule to go to work, to go to church, and to eat. There were three bells ,but two were broken and were replaced. But only one bell is not broken.
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The mission San Juan Bautista has long hallways because the hallway takes you to different places like where the indians went to mass.
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The outside of mission San Juan Bautista is a statue of father Serra wearing a catholic suite. He was in mass paring to God.

mission today

The mission of San Juan Bautista is still open as a church. The mission was also a field trip for many schools that are close by. There is a museum about the mission. The mission is still open to look at.

Bibliography

www.californiamission.com, Mission San Juan Bautista by Allison Stark Draper copy right on New York, NY 10010 on 21 street by Rosen.