0 ▁horses , ▁ 3 5 ▁m ules , ▁and ▁ 5 5 ▁sw ine ▁were ▁on ▁mission ▁lands , ▁while ▁about ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 ▁fan eg as ▁of ▁gra in ▁( some ▁ ▁each ▁of ▁whe at , ▁bar ley ▁or ▁corn ) ▁had ▁been ▁har v ested . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Mexican ▁sec ular ization ▁act ▁of ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁mission ' s ▁land ▁and ▁liv est ock ▁was ▁sold ▁off ▁by ▁Mexico . ▁The ▁mission ▁land ▁was ▁sub div ided , ▁and ▁the ▁land ▁sold ▁to ▁who ever ▁could ▁afford ▁it ▁which ▁often ▁meant ▁it ▁was ▁sold ▁to ▁government ▁officials ▁and ▁with ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁mission ▁land ▁going ▁to ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁buildings ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁as ▁a ▁parish ▁church , ▁unlike ▁the ▁other ▁miss ions ▁in ▁California . ▁By ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁the ▁mission ▁Native ▁Americans ▁were ▁" fre ed " ▁by ▁the ▁Mexican ▁government . ▁The ▁local ▁land ▁near ▁the ▁mission ▁had ▁dr ast ically ▁changed ▁in ▁the ▁ 6 0 ▁years ▁of ▁mission ▁operation ▁under ▁the ▁Spanish ▁and ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁native ▁plants ▁needed ▁for ▁Native ▁American ▁surv ival ▁were ▁gone , ▁requiring ▁a ▁change ▁from ▁the ▁former ▁l ifest yle ▁for ▁many ▁Native ▁Americans . ▁Many ▁Native ▁Americans ▁fled ▁to ▁the ▁Central ▁Valley ▁of ▁California , ▁others ▁stayed ▁locally ▁and ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁new ▁ran chos . ▁There ▁were ▁a ▁few ▁small ▁and ▁short - l ived ▁Native ▁American ▁villages ▁established