Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir

grandchildren, was never legally an adult and so
could not leave the mission without written
permission. Nor could she own land. Officially
emancipated in 1836 by Mexico, declared citizens
of the United States in 1924, are we grown up yet?
2. They are born among the mountains and in the
ravines like savages, feeding on wild seeds, and
are without either agriculture or arts. In their
pagan state the Indians…mated after the fashion
of animals. Their superstitions are as numerous
as they are ridiculous and are difficult to
understand.
Figure 10. “Inhabitants of California”