Violence: The Effect Of The San Saba Mission

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Violence has always had a huge impact on the world that is known today. Back then, violence occurred frequently because everyone was greedy for wealth, power, and more property to rule over. In his article, Father Miguel de Molina, tells of the day that the San Saba Mission was attacked in 1758. It was a day that will always be remembered. “The men and women of the Mission cried out that the Indians were upon them” (Haynes, 56). In 1758, a group of 2000 Indians stood side-by-side, and attacked the San Saba Mission. The San Saba Mission, was like any ordinary Mission, which was used by the Spaniards back then, as a place to covert others into the Christianity way. The 2,000 Indians attacked a little after sunrise. The Indians, which were a mix of several different Native Americans tribes, but especially Comanche. The Indians, surrounded the Mission, and several Indians were equipped with firearms, and other forms of weaponry. The Indians had been lied to, and used for so long, and they were tired of it. In March 1978, the Indians destroyed the San Saba Mission. This was the first Mission in Texas to ever be destroyed by Native Americans. …show more content…

They believed that the Indians were unhuman, and that they were basically animals. Indians always had the short-end of the stick, and were treated like they were not important to the way of living. “Doubtless to train and encourage them in their cruel and bloody way of life” (Haynes, 57). The Spaniards were constantly trying to brain wash, and break down the Indians’ spirt. The Spaniards created this “Missions” to allow for the “savages” to be converted into Christianity. However, the Indian’s could never fully let go of their own upbringing, which only made more friction between the Spaniards, and the Indians. The day of the attack, the Indians were there to attack those who had lied to them, and for those who stabbed them in the

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