Today was a fantastic day. I spent 4 hours with 30 9-year-old kids who worked as rancheros and rancheras at a rancho called Sanchez Adobe in Pacifica.
The indigineous people in this were called Ohlones. They didn't practice warfare; they settled disagreements between tribes by playing a game much like Cricket. They were peaceful people who worked together with other tribes in the area (like Costanoan to the south and Miwok to the north.)
The first thing Sam did was make bricks out of the adobe clay in earth found by the coast. These bricks were used to make the hacienda where families from Spain lived after settling in the of California.
