ABSTRACT
Spanish attitudes, for the most part, were quite different, and certainly the Spanish administrators, priests, military men, and other officials who had the greatest possible opportunity to take note of California Indian peoples actually took the least interest. One obvious difference between the Russian and Spanish attitudes toward the California Indians concerned their intelligence. One obvious difference between the Russian and Spanish attitudes toward the California Indians concerned their intelligence. Language and tribal identity were also descriptive aspects of California Indian life that were of interest to the Russians, but as Golovnin noted, most Europeans were unable to pick out minor differences in customs, manner, and language among these people. Voznesenskii apparently recorded a number of "tribal" designations and place-names in his notes, but these data unfortunately are still unpublished. The Russians apparently took considerable care to maintain good relations with Indian people even in areas outside the settlement.
