The Spanish made the Muwekma move from their homes to the Mission Dolores. Then, adding insult to injury, they marched them back to the Presidio under armed guard to make them build their military post. (Like the illustration on the previous page, this 1816 drawing by Louis Choris is from a pamphlet entitled "The Archaeology of the Presidio of San Francisco", published by the Department of the Army, U.S. Forces Command.)

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