Comments on: Father Quintana’s Grisly Death at Mission Santa Cruz /santacruz/father-quintanas-grisly-death-at-mission-santa-cruz-2/ Connecting People to Places Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 .org/?v=7.0.2 By: majrog /santacruz/father-quintanas-grisly-death-at-mission-santa-cruz-2/#comment-4973 Tue, 11 Nov 2014 14:28:46 +0000 /?p=1386#comment-4973 What drove priests to run missions in Alta California, other than assignment?

While picturesque and of great value in Westernizing Alta California (and denying it to the Russians), the mission system here mostly failed its ultimate goals of self-sufficiency and the seeding of the area with natives converted, by sword or cross, into “good Spainiards”.

]]> By: Carol Rodgers /santacruz/father-quintanas-grisly-death-at-mission-santa-cruz-2/#comment-4021 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 20:27:16 +0000 /?p=1386#comment-4021 May the Padre always suffer his meanness.

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