▁mission ▁comp ounds ▁by ▁g ifts ▁of ▁food , ▁colored ▁be ads , ▁bits ▁of ▁bright ▁cloth , ▁and ▁tr ink ets . ▁Once ▁a ▁Native ▁American ▁" gent ile " ▁was ▁bapt ized , ▁they ▁were ▁l abeled ▁a ▁ne oph y te , ▁or ▁new ▁bel ie ver . ▁This ▁happened ▁only ▁after ▁a ▁brief ▁period ▁during ▁which ▁the ▁initi ates ▁were ▁instruct ed ▁in ▁the ▁most ▁basic ▁aspects ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁faith . ▁But , ▁while ▁many ▁n atives ▁were ▁l ured ▁to ▁join ▁the ▁miss ions ▁out ▁of ▁curiosity ▁and ▁s inc ere ▁desire ▁to ▁particip ate ▁and ▁eng age ▁in ▁trade , ▁many ▁found ▁themselves ▁tra pped ▁once ▁they ▁were ▁bapt ized . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁Indians ▁staff ed ▁the ▁milit ias ▁at ▁each ▁mission ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁role ▁in ▁mission ▁govern ance . ▁▁ ▁To ▁the ▁pad res , ▁a ▁bapt ized ▁Indian ▁person ▁was ▁no ▁longer ▁free ▁to ▁move ▁about ▁the ▁country , ▁but ▁had ▁to ▁labor ▁and ▁worship ▁at ▁the ▁mission ▁under ▁the ▁strict ▁observ ance ▁of ▁the ▁pri ests ▁and ▁over se ers , ▁who ▁her ded ▁them ▁to ▁daily ▁masses ▁and ▁lab ors . ▁If ▁an ▁Indian ▁did ▁not ▁report ▁for ▁their ▁duties ▁for ▁a ▁period ▁of ▁a ▁few ▁days , ▁they ▁were ▁searched ▁for , ▁and ▁if ▁it ▁was ▁discovered ▁that ▁they ▁had ▁left ▁without ▁permission , ▁they ▁were ▁considered ▁run aw ays . ▁Lar ge - scale ▁military ▁exped itions ▁were ▁organized ▁to ▁round ▁up ▁the ▁escaped ▁ne oph