▁their ▁horses . ▁Indeed , ▁when ▁the ▁n atives ▁began ▁to ▁rust le ▁cattle ▁and ▁horses ▁for ▁food , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁ret ali ated ▁by ▁burning ▁cam ps ▁and ▁villages , ▁and ▁for ci b ly ▁taking ▁native ▁children ▁for ▁labor ▁at ▁the ▁various ▁miss ions . ▁Such ▁conflict ▁created ▁enorm ous ▁cultural ▁loss , ▁and ▁violence ▁contin ually ▁es cal ated ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁sides , ▁with ▁no ▁apparent ▁end ▁in ▁sight . P ritz ker , ▁p . ▁ 1 5 7 ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 th ▁century , ▁the ▁Spanish ▁military ▁frequently ▁ra ided ▁the ▁San ▁Jo aqu in ▁Valley , ▁taking ▁host age ▁hundreds ▁of ▁native ▁Y ok uts ▁and ▁Mi w oks ▁and ▁forcing ▁them ▁to ▁nearby ▁miss ions ▁– ▁San ▁Juan ▁B aut ista , ▁San ▁José , ▁San ▁Francisco ▁de ▁As ís , ▁for ▁example . ▁Military ▁violence ▁and ▁disease ▁caused ▁the ▁ex termin ation ▁of ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁remaining ▁valley ▁population , ▁including ▁those ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁ 2 4 ▁villages ▁along ▁the ▁lower ▁San ▁Jo aqu in ▁River ▁described ▁by ▁Mor aga . ▁Those ▁n atives ▁that ▁lived ▁in ▁the ▁fo oth ills ▁and ▁the ▁higher ▁mountains ▁of ▁the ▁Sierra ▁remained ▁und ist urbed ▁for ▁the ▁most ▁part , ▁and ▁fought ▁back ▁against ▁the ▁Spanish ▁while ▁shelter ing ▁their ▁valley ▁counter parts . ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁greater ▁military ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁Europe ans ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁ind igen ous ▁people ▁getting ▁pushed ▁further ▁and ▁further ▁back ▁from ▁their ▁native