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Life at Mission San Juan Bautista was a never ending routine of daily chores.

Daily life at Mission San Juan BautistaSuzie Q

For instance, the Mutsun men worked hard every day doing the jobs that took a lot of strength.

did the heavy labor9 men had to make 360 adobe bricks a day16 men had to make 500 tiles a dayTook care of the animals/had 6,500 cattle!took care of the crops - made olive oil, many acres of pears and apples which they trades for important supplies

Additionally, the Mutsun women were kept busy each day with their own tasks.

spun wool and wove it into cloth/used loomresponsible to make the meals-atole for breakfast (barley soup) and pozole (soup with beans) for dinnermade candles and soap from tallowhelped with crops too

Even the Mutsun children were required to work every day and were hardly ever allowed to relax or play.

girls carried buckets of water from the creek to water the plantsboys picked up manure from the groundsboth had to go to religion lessons learned how to sing/read music

Overall, the Native Americans at the mission were kept busy from morning until night with important daily jobs.