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A SA Indian couple was offended when a friar counted them mission Indians
Source: Runaways, Renegades, and St. Augustine's Towns People #113
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Like Agustina [Perez], Pedro de Rivera and Maria de la Cruz, neighbors living on the street to the west of her, had also become residents and parishioners of the St. Augustine church. The couple balked and argued when a Franciscan friar included them among the mission Indians, making them wards of the crown. The manpower needs of the military had offered to Pedro de Rivera... the path to personal economic improvement and with it the change in status. ...Most of the Indians in St. Augustine were natives of the lower southeast--mostly south of Charleston to around St. Augustine and from the west to the Tallahassee area. ...Remember the Rivera-de la Cruz family who fought against being denominated as Indians, especially a mission villagers? So important was the distinction that Pedro de Rivera gathered witnesses to testify under oath to the fact that he was a resident of St. Augustine. (Parker RR)
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