Many Native Indians of San Fernando were neophytes. To be a
neophyte, meant that these Native Indians had recently been
converted to the Catholic
faith. In San Fernando, these Indians
were called Fernandinos. Many of these
Indians suffered from
diseases that they were not immune to, and many passed
away. In
1838-39, around 400 Indians lived in San Fernando, but theirs lives
were full of hardship because of corruption, and because they
were believed to
be inferior to the new European settlers. Today,
the state of California refers
to the Native Indians of San Fernando
as Tongva Indians.
Two Tongva Indians at the San Fernnado Mission (http://www.scvhistory.com/scvhistory/jj1005.htm)
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