In the reading “The impact of The Mission,” the author is talking about the history of missions. In the 1785, the father-president of Alta California changed from Serra to Lasuen. During the 1785 to 1803, the Indian population in Alta California increased more than double. Most people might think that the Indian were well cared under Spanish mission but actually they weren’t. The Spanish priests had destroyed them, social beginnings, a pure and holy religion, safe and healthy foods, and a variety of other blessings. The Spanish treat them as irrationals, subhuman. They treat them as animals. Young Indian female has to separate with their family. It was emotionally painful. A miscarriage of female had to charged with infanticide and punish by having her head shaved. The death rate of Indians were very high, 75 percent of Indians were died under Spanish dimension.
I think the poem, “Like Crazy: Resistance,” written by Wendy Rose is related to the Spanish missions. The lines "The voices betony my office door, speak of surveys and destruction, selling the natives, to live among strangers," indicates the anger and helplessness of Indians.
No comments:
Post a Comment