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I don t know, Jim replied. But I would like to tell someone about Jesus, that never heard of Him before! And that is just what happened. When Jim grew up, he and his wife Betty were missionaries to the Indians in South America.They met a missionary from Ecuador, who told them about the needs of the Indians in that country. There were several different tribes of Indians living in the jungle. don t know, Jim replied. But I would like to tell someone about Jesus, that never heard of Him before! And that is just what happened. When Jim grew up, he and his wife Betty were missionaries to the Indians in South America.
Moreover there were relatively few Indians living near the presidio site. So, Fr. Serra personally traveled the area searching for a more suitable place for the mission, which he found in the fertile Carmel valley. Over time a substantial agricultural operation developed on the mission lands. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo grew wheat (the mission ranked in the middle of all the missions in wheat production) and other crops such as corn, beans, peas, lentils and barley. The Indians that occupied this area belonged to the linguistic group, the Costanoan, a term derived from the Spanish word costanos, which means coast people.