Editor’s note: This is the third installment in a series about the California missions. The first featuredthe lead bell ringerat Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. The second feature explored how the missions remain vital to the state’s identity despite more recent backlash regarding the lasting impact of colonial rule.
On a spring day in 1806, a German scientist and explorer visited the San Francisco Bay, where he met with Spanish missionaries and observed Ohlone natives dancing while playing locally made traditional instruments.
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