in the santa barbara area, the linguistic group of the shamash malibu northfrom of los angeles up toan luis obispo, south of monterey county. one of the largest groups in california inhabited the area and from the channel islands off the coast inland to what is now current county -- kern county. when they established this mission, they have good relationships with the shamash people. that deteriorated as the toulations dwindled due massive disease incursions and more restrictions came from the spanish and mexican government. in the beginning, the she mashed were very welcome -- the shoe mashed were very welcoming. the spanish note in all the early diaries but she mashed h people weremas manufacturers of beautiful baskets, stone tools print everything they produced seem to be high-quality. the spanish population was extremely impressed with the quality of the culture of the people. about halft on and of the chumash came into the mission system, there was discontent. there was huge population lost due to disease and record their the best because there was more restrictive life as the s