The Spanish Franciscan Missionaries Treated the Indian Inhabitants of California

The Spanish Franciscan missionaries treated the Indian inhabitants of California

A) according to the strict moral principles of their founder St. Francis.
B) fairly respectfully with the exception of refusing to convert them to Christianity because of their "heathen status."
C) extremely harshly, as Indian inhabitants of California were required to toil endlessly as poor farmers and herders and often came down with serious, deadly diseases.
D) much better than they treated their African slaves.
E) as cultural and intellectual equals.