Identifier: sanfrancwat4192581930spri (find matches)
Title: San Francisco water
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Spring Valley Water Company (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subjects: Water-supply
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Spring Valley Water Co.
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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ve windows on the side to-wards the interior court only. The presidiois occupied by ninety Spanish soldiers, acommandant, a lieutenant, a commissary,and a sergeant. Most of these are married.The men and women are tall and well built.Very few of the soldiers have married In-dians. They are all good horsemen and twoof them can easily cope with fifty natives. Two leagues to the southeast of tne pre-sidio and on the southern shore of the har-bour is the Mission of San Francisco, whichmakes a fair-sized village. The missionchurch is large and is connected with thehouse of the missionaries, which is plain andreasonably clean and well kept. The missionalways has a guard of three or four soldiersfrom the presidio. The village is inhabitedby fifteen hundred Indians; there they aregiven protection, clothing, and an abundanceof food. In return, they cultivate the land forthe community. Corn, wheat, beans, peas,and potatoes—in a word, all kinds of prod-uce—are to be found in the general ware-
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The Indians of M Dolores celebrating a holiday with native dance SAN FRANCISCO WATER October, 1926

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