Of these he says they "are much more industrious, and appear an entirely distinct race.

They formed, from shells, a kind of money, which passed current among them, and they constructed out of logs very swift and excellent canoes for fishing." Of the character of his Indians he had a very poor idea.

He compares them to monkeys who imitate, and especially in their copying the ways of the white men, "whom they respect as beings much superior to themselves; but in so doing, they are careful to select vice in preference to virtue.

This is the result, undoubtedly, of their corrupt and natural disposition." Of the language of the California Indians, Boscana says there was great diversity, finding a new dialect almost every fifteen to twenty leagues.
They were not remarkably industrious, yet the men made their home utensils, bows and arrows, the several instruments used in making baskets, and also constructed nets, spinning the thread from yucca fibres, which they beat and prepared for that purpose.

They also built the houses.
The women gathered seeds, prepared them, and did the cooking, as well as all the household duties.