▁issued ▁a ▁" Pro clam ation ▁of ▁E man cip ation " ▁ ▁( or ▁" Pre ven ción es ▁de ▁E man cip acion ") ▁on ▁July ▁ 2 5 , ▁ 1 8 2 6 . ▁All ▁Indians ▁within ▁the ▁military ▁districts ▁of ▁San ▁Diego , ▁Santa ▁Barbara , ▁and ▁Mon ter ey ▁who ▁were ▁found ▁qualified ▁were ▁fre ed ▁from ▁mission ary ▁rule ▁and ▁made ▁el ig ible ▁to ▁become ▁Mexican ▁citizens . ▁Those ▁who ▁wished ▁to ▁remain ▁under ▁mission ▁tut el age ▁were ▁ex empt ed ▁from ▁most ▁forms ▁of ▁corpor al ▁pun ishment . ▁By ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁even ▁the ▁ne oph y te ▁populations ▁themselves ▁appeared ▁confident ▁in ▁their ▁own ▁ab ilities ▁to ▁operate ▁the ▁mission ▁ran ches ▁and ▁far ms ▁independently ; ▁the ▁pad res , ▁however , ▁doubt ed ▁the ▁capabilities ▁of ▁their ▁charges ▁in ▁this ▁regard . ▁ ▁Acc eler ating ▁imm igration , ▁both ▁Mexican ▁and ▁foreign , ▁increased ▁pressure ▁on ▁the ▁Al ta ▁California ▁government ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁mission ▁properties ▁and ▁dispos s ess ▁the ▁n atives ▁in ▁accord ance ▁with ▁E che and ía ' s ▁directive . ▁Despite ▁the ▁fact ▁that ▁E che and ía ' s ▁em an cip ation ▁plan ▁was ▁met ▁with ▁little ▁encourag ement ▁from ▁the ▁nov ices ▁who ▁populated ▁the ▁southern ▁miss ions , ▁he ▁was ▁non eth eless ▁determined ▁to ▁test ▁the ▁scheme ▁on ▁a ▁large ▁scale ▁at ▁Mission ▁San ▁Juan ▁Cap ist rano . ▁To ▁that ▁end , ▁he ▁appointed