https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97 en-us 2021-11-04 19:43:22 UTC 2021-11-04 20:55:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f44d.png lu_stephanie1_1 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868348484 Dear Mother,
I miss you so much. Life in the Spanish Missions has been tough. We don't have much say or freedom. A lot of our land has been taken by the Spanish and used for other reasons such as building forts, missions, and churches. I don't even know what the Spanish are saying to me...]]> 2021-11-04 19:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868348484 378598 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868396371 Dear mother, 
Life on the mission is unfair. Me and my sister, Julian’a slave all day, baking in the sun and working till our bones break. Sometimes I can’t understand what they say to me, jabbering on in rapid English. Yesterday this boy spilled the corn from the basket and he was not given food for a whole day. They made him work like a donkey, slaving away at the corn fields. Life on the mission is unfair and we all know it.]]> 2021-11-04 20:18:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868396371 3686651_1 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868399371 Dear amazing Elise,
My sister! It’s been a long, long time. How have you been? I hope you take care of yourself nicely. I miss you!

I live and work in a Spanish fort. The fort is made of sturdy, red bricks. There are many Spanish forts along a trail called the El Camino Real. When the slit of sunlight peers over the mountains, I push my thin blanket off my sheet and get out of the fort and into the field. A new day has begun. I gather corn, wheat, squash, pumpkins, and sweet potatoes into the fort. I can’t afford to not work hard until past midnight. My cut hands and sliced up feet are very sore, but I climb into bed and collapse onto my pillow (It’s not even a pillow). Okay, I’m super tired right now. Enough about me, what about you? Please write back and I need to sleep-

From your very tired sister, Leah.]]> 2021-11-04 20:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868399371 3826153_1 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868403470 Dear sister,
Living in the mission, life isn’t fun. They treat us unfairly, and force us to make things against our will. We have to work in the sunny fields, and this language that they speak is hard to understand, our bones feel like they are going to break evert day. Last week, a boys spilled some grain and didn’t get food for the rest of the week. Life is hard here and I wish I could come home.]]> 2021-11-04 20:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868403470 3726584_1 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868403591  Dear Tae,

I have been mercilessly tortured by the Spanish people. They force me to do backbreaking work every day. They only give me some plain food and some pearls for payment. The worst part is when make me forget my past and culture and tell me to be Catholic. My mother and father ar experiencing the same pain, but only worse. What should I do?

Sincere,y,
Max(Bob)]]> 2021-11-04 20:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868403591 3721632 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868405747 Hello, [insert random friend’s name in here] I am working in a  Spanish fort. I’m not enjoying it here. I am learning catholism and I am worried because our people the Spanish has been spreading sickness to our people. The Spanish are not letting me go and I have little freedom.

From Ian

]]> 2021-11-04 20:25:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868405747 3685681 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868406600 Hello Father, I have been imprisoned in a Spanish fort. I am learning something called Catholicism from the people that come from what they call Spain. I am worried because many of our people are dying from diseases and sickness. The Spanish are scary and will not let me go. I wish to be free once again and be with you. Please write back to me. 
From William, your son]]> 2021-11-04 20:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868406600 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868409302 Dear mother,
Life on the mission is unfair. Me and my sister Riy’a are slaves.
We can’t weave baskets or sing bird songs like we used to. Once I saw a women harvesting crops until her feet bled. And I don’t understand what the Spanish are saying. Every morning we wake up to work work and more work, the only time we aren’t working is at church. Everyday we pray to something we don’t believe in. The missions are unfair and we all know it.]]> 2021-11-04 20:27:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868409302 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868410879 Dear Sister,
I miss you so much. I have been working day and night for the Spanish. They have been treating us like dogs. They have also forced us to learn Catholicism. I have sun burns all over my body from working. Some days, I feel like I’ll never be able to feel free like a bird in the sky. We can never do anything we want and never feel loved. I miss you very much and I hope the Spanish will stop treating us so poorly. 

Your loving sister,
Sanjana
 ]]> 2021-11-04 20:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868410879 3719071 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868415963  
Dear friend,
I’ve missed you very much, the Spanish never respected us, they treat us very badly. They shout, and scream at us, but I do not understand a word they are saying.  I cannot leave the mission, we don’t have any freedom. All I ever do is work, I do not know how many days i’ve stayed here, it’s been so long. One thing I do know, is that I should have never came here. I barely get any food, someone else from the mission didn’t get food for a whole week. The food we do get is bland and it hardly ever tastes like anything. My skin burns and I feel so sick, but the Spanish never do anything about it. They are very unfair. I hope you have it better, I wish I could come back and see you.

From your favorite friend, Aaditri]]> 2021-11-04 20:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868415963 3810303_1 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868416167 Dear mom 
        Living in the rule of the Spanish is very hard. They have made us go to these places called missions and make us practice Catholicism. It is very harsh and they use us for manual labor. They make us work until we can’t move a muscle. They torture us every day. Every Native American hates the Spanish for everything they have done.]]> 2021-11-04 20:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868416167 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868422956 Dear amazing Leah,
My sister! It’s been a long, long time. How have you been? I hope you take care of yourself nicely. I miss you!

I’m working in the Spanish fort, I have had this job for years! We have been picking and washing corn all day today. One time, I spent the day learning Spanish and learning how they do stuff. Another day, we spent the whole day protecting the fort. The fort is big and tall, made out of red bricks. 
From your sister, Elise]]> 2021-11-04 20:37:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868422956 https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868436280 Dear Max, I have been tortured by the Spanish people. They make me do whatever they tell us to do. They make us eat lame food like peanut butter and sandwiches. The Spanish people want me to change to Catholic. Try to be safe. I’ll try my best to  get out of the Spanish missionary.


Joke: Why do we tell actors to break a leg? Because every play has a cast.]]> 2021-11-04 20:46:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lu_stephanie1_1/hhq9mx6l8nzsln97/wish/1868436280