Although the Chumash people experienced much pain and suffering at the hands of the Spanish, not all of the natives were passive about their plight. Many escaped from the Spanish and were executed for their “crimes”, while other Chumash people started revolts that killed many of the Spanish military and priest. The most violent of their revolts occurred in 1824 at the Missions Santa Barbara and La Purisima. Attacking the missions and setting them on fire after capture, a battle was waged for many hours that lead in the a Spanish defeat and the native people running away to the back country. The Spanish authorities were unable to force nor persuade the natives to rejoin the mission system.
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