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Fermín Lasuén
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“On one of these occasions to some of those greedy people (Native Californians) who requested permission to go to the woods (To hunt for food) I answered with certain annoyance: "Well, you make me realize that now that, although you were given a steer, a mutton, and a fanega of grain every day, you would, despite all this, long for your woods and your shores." Then the keenest-witted Indian of those who had heard me replied, somewhat shamefacedly, "It is so Father, as you say, it is so.”
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Recorded in: Representación," San Carlos, 12 November 1800, Santa Bárbara Arch., 2:174.
“It is evident that a nation (Referring to native Californians) that is barbarous, ferocious, and ignorant requires more frequent punishment than a nation which is cultured, educated, and of gentle and moderate.”
Fermín Lasuén (1736–1803) first seen 1800 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Representación," San Carlos, 12 November 1800, Santa Bárbara Arch., 2:199-211.
“It happens that they put on a heathen and abominable dance or fiesta; if the Christian who is present refuses to participate in that vile diversion, they mock him and laugh at him and persecute him until he gives in.”
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Recorded in: Lasuén to Olmedo, San Carlos, 25 January 1803, ibid., 12:268