The work was done as a thesis in history under the direction of Mary Sheldon Barnes. To her careful supervision and many suggestions the book owes much of whatever merit it may possess.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[PART I]
WHEN DOCAS LIVED AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE
PAGE
Building the Fire[ 3]
Docas at Breakfast[ 5]
How Docas went Fishing[ 7]
Massea’s Storehouse[ 10]
How Docas caught the Grasshoppers[ 15]
The Grass-seed Basket[ 17]
Docas’s New Skirt[ 21]
The Sweat House[ 24]
The Feast of the Eagles[ 27]
The Invitation to the Dance[ 30]
The Acorn Dance[ 31]
Docas playing “Teekel”[ 36]
Making the Mountains[ 40]
The Measuring-worm Rock[ 42]
The First White Man[ 44]
Docas goes to the Red Hill[ 49]
Docas in a Fight[ 52]
[PART II]
WHEN DOCAS LIVED AT THE MISSION
Docas goes to live at the Mission[ 57]
Breakfast at the Mission[ 59]
The Mission School[ 63]
Raising Corn[ 65]
Threshing the Grain[ 69]
Getting ready to make Bricks[ 72]
Getting the Timbers[ 79]
Building the Church[ 80]
Visit of Father Serra[ 85]
Visit of Captain Vancouver[ 88]
Preparing Hides and Tallow[ 93]
Making the Ox-cart[ 98]
Shipping the Hides and Tallow[ 102]
Trading on the Ship[ 108]
Leaving the Mission[ 111]
[PART III]
WHEN DOCAS LIVED WITH DON SECUNDINI ROBLES
Wash-day[ 117]
The Cascarone Ball[ 122]
The Sheep-shearing[ 128]
The Barbecue[ 133]
Horseback-riding[ 138]
The Rodeo[ 142]
Bibliography[ 148]
Pronunciation of Names[ 151]

PART I
WHEN DOCAS LIVED AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE

A little Indian boy poked his head out of a brush house.

PART I
WHEN DOCAS LIVED AT THE INDIAN VILLAGE

BUILDING THE FIRE

“OH, mother!” cried a little Indian boy, “I am hungry.”

“Then go and start the fire so that I can cook breakfast,” answered his mother.