History of California, Volume III, Part 72

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824

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8 Francisco Suñer was born in Jan. 1758, at Olot, Cataluña, taking the

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The falling-off in neophyte population down to 1834, when there were 626 in the community, was much less marked than in the past decade; and in live- stock there was an actual gain, agricultural operations being also moderately successful to the end. After

Franciscan habit at Barcelona on April 14, 1779. Here he served from 1800 as predicador conventual and as comisario visitador of the 3d order. Leaving Cádiz in April, 1804, he reached the Mexican college in July, and in IS0> came to Cal. His missionary service was at S. Carlos in 18OS-9, San Juan Capistrano in 1809-13, San Luis Rey in 1814-16, Sta Bárbara in 1816-23, and S. Buenaventura in 1823-31. He was rated by his superiors as of medium ability. Autobiog. Autog. de los Padres, MS .; Payeras, Inf. de 1820, MS., 128; Sarria, Inf. sobre Frailes, 1817, MS., 50-1. He was a preacher of more than ordinary eloquence, but his usefulness as a missionary was seriously impaired by his broken health, on account of which he made frequent efforts from 1814 to obtain a passport for retirement, and which probably had much to do with a brusque manner and irritable temperament that made him generally un- popular. From 1824 he was blind. IIe took the oath of republican alle- giance in 1826. His death occurred on Jan. 17, 1831, and he was buried next day in the S. Buenaventura church. S. Buen., Lib. Mis., MS., 25, 67.

Francisco Javier de la Concepcion Uria was born May 10, 1770, at 2 P. M. at Aizarna, villa de Sta Cruz de Cestona, province of Guipúzcoa, Spain. In Doc. Ilist. Cal., MIS., iv. 1-3, I have his original certificate of baptism. He became a Franciscan Jan. 13, 1780, at S. Sebastian; left Cádiz May 8, 1795; and came to Cal. in 1797. After serving at S. Fernando in 1797-1805, he retired to his college, but came back at the end of 1807, serving at Sta Cruz in ISOS, Sta Ines in 1808-24, Soledad in 1824-S, and S. Buenaventura in 1828-34. Accredited by his superiors with distinguished merit and ability. Autobioy. Autog., MS .; Sarria, Inf., 1817, MS., 51-2; Payeras, Inf., 1820, MS., 129; Arch. Sta B., MS , x. 444. Padre Uria was stout in physique, jolly in manner, addicted to pleasantries and jokes, indulging sometimes in coarse language, kind-hearted and well liked though at times very quick-tempered. He was an excellent manager of temporal affairs, and was noted for his gen- erosity, especially to the Indians. Some of his letters are found in Guerra, Doc., MS., ii. 153 et seq., besides business letters in other archives. Valdes, Mem., MIS., 7-9, has something to say of him, and also Osio, Hist. Cal., MS., 62. From 1817 he was anxious to retire, but could not get his passport, though in 1826 he refused to take the oath of allegiance. In his last illness he went to Sta Bárbara, where he died at the house of Capt. Guerra in Nov. or Dec. 1834 and was buried in the vault of the mission church by I. Jimeno. Sta B., Lib. Jis., MS., 37.

Buenaventura Fortuni, or more correctly Fortuny, as he usually wrote it, was born at Moster, Cataluña, in Feb. 1774, and took the habit at Reus Oct. 30, 1792. He left Cádiz in May 1803, and came to C'al. in 1806. His minis- try was at S. José in 1806-25, S. Antonio in 1825-6, S. Francisco Solano in 1826-33, S. Luis Rey in 1833-6, and S. Buenaventura in 1837 40. His superi- ors pronounced him un able, zealous, and faithful missionary. A dobiog. Autoy. de los Padres, MS .; Sarria, Inf., 1817, MS., 70-1; Payeras, Inf., 1820, MS., p. 139. Valdés, Mem., MIS., 9, describes the padre as of medium height and spare. He was a quiet unobtrusive man, careful in temporal management, moderate in his views and expressions, strict in religious duties, but indul- gent to the Indians, and noted for his charitable disposition. In 1826 he re- fused to take the oath, but was respectful and obedient to the government. Like Uría he came to Sta Bárbara in his last days, and died at the residence of José Ant. Aguirre on Dec. 16, 1840. St. Pup., Mis., MIS., ix. 49. His re- mains were deposited in the mission vault on the ISth. S& P., Lib. BIis., MS., 38.

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secularization the decline was not rapid, there being a gain in horses, a loss of only about 50 per cent in herds and flocks, and a succession of good crops at Santa Paula rancho down to the end of the decade, when there were still about 250 Indians in the com- munity with perhaps as many more scattered in the district.º The records of secularization are very slight, but it was not effected until the spring of 1837 by Carlos Carrillo as comisionado under appointment of the preceding year. Carrillo was called away by his contest for the governorship, and in 1838-40 Ra- fael Gonzalez was in charge as majordomo and ad-

9 S. Buenaventura statistics of 1831-4. Decrease of pop. 726 to 626. Bap- tisms, 71; largest no., 21 in 1834; smallest, 12 in 1833. Deaths, 158; great- est no., 51 in 1832; smallest, 30 in 1834. Increase in large stock, 4,860 to 5,140; horses and mules, 360 to 640; decrease in sheep, 3,350 to 2,850. Larg- est crop, 2,925 bush. in 1834; smallest, 1,525 bush. in 1833; average, 2,352, of which 1,050 wheat, yield 6 fold; 600 barley, 18 fold; 525 corn, 31 fold; 178 beans, 14 fold.

Statistics of 1835-40. Baptisms, 126; marriages, 50. Feb. 28, 1837, credits $4,475, debts $4,215. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vii. 67. 1838. Income, $10,496, expend. $9,543. Total receipts for cattle, liquors, manufactures, etc., $9,541; support of Ind. $2,316. Credits at end of year $13,925, debts $1,163. Income for Dec. $3.386, expend. $421. Id., viii. 8-12. 1839. Re- ceipts Jan .- March, $6,584, expend. $570. Id. Property in June, 5,587 ani- mals, 180 hides, 409 arr. tallow, 532 fan. grain, $219 soap. Id., vii. 4-5. Hartnell's inventory in July, 2,208 cattle, 1,670 sheep, 799 horses, 35 mules, 15 asses, 65 goats, 320 fan. wheat, 182 fan. corn, 30 fan. pease, 180 hides, 394 arr. tallow, 15 arr. Iard, 5 bbls brandy, 13 bbls wine, 168 arr. iron, $219 soap. Debts about $3,000. Pop. 263 in community and 22 with license. Diario, MS., 77-8, 87-8. Acc. to St. Pap., Miss., MS., viii. 1, the pop. was 457, probably including many scattered Ind. in the district. Inventory of Dec. Id., viii. 9. Debts incurred May 1838 to June 1839, $463; credits $1.005. Id., vii. 5. 1840. Receipts Aug. 1839 to July 31, 1840, $6,830; expend., $6,737. Debts Aug. 25th, $4,918. Id., vi. 5-6; Pico, Pap. Mis., 83. Debts Ang. 25th, $7,227. Id., 47-51; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxiii. 12. The chief creditors were Concepcion Argüello $1,000, P. Fortuni $1,983, Aguirre $1,843, Scott $779, and Thompson, $447. Inventory in Dec., 5,907 animals, other property about as in June. St. Pap., Miss., MS., vii. 4-5. Receipts Sept. and Nov., $431, $735; expend., $402, $970. Id., ix. 48-52.

Statistics of 1782-1834, the whole period of the mission's annals. Total of baptisms 3,876, of which 1,896 Ind. adults, 1,909 Ind. children, 4 and 67 de razon; annual average 54. Marriages 1,107, of which 11 gente de razon. Deaths, 3,216, of which 2,015 Ind. adults, 1,138 Ind. children, 22 and 21 de razon. Annual average 61; death rate 7.5 per cent of pop. Largest pop., 1,330 in 1816. Males slightly in excess of females, and children about 1-6 of the pop. Largest no. of cattle, 23,400 in 1816; horses 4,652 in 1814; mules 342 in 1813; asses, 2 each year; sheep, 13,144 in 1816; goats, 488 in 1790; swine, 200 in 1803, 1805; all kinds, 41,390 in 1816. Total product of wheat 148,835 bush., yield 18 fold; barley, 54,904 bush., 19 fold; maize, 51,214 buslı., 84 fold; beans, 9,061 bush., 14 fold.

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ministrator.10 The great event of the period was the fight of March 1838, between Carrillo's supporters under Captain Castañeda and those of Alvarado under General Castro, the only battle of the war in which blood was shed.

Padre Blas Ordaz continued his ministry at Santa Inés till 1833, when Padre José Joaquin Jimeno came from the north, serving throughout the decade, with Marcos Antonio Saizar de Vitoria as associate in 1835-6, and Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta in 1836-40.

10 Summary of S. Buenaventura annals. 1831-5. Blank, except an occa- sional mention of this mission with others in various secularization plans not carried into effect, and the death of padres Suñer and Uria as recorded in an earlier note of this chapter. 1836. Cárlos Carrillo comisionado for seculari- zation, appointed in June, the act being hastened by Gov. Chico's quarrel with the padres at Sta Ines and Sta Bárbara; but the formal transfer of the property by inventory did not apparently take place until February of the next year; and the records are very slight. St. Pap. Miss. and Colon., MIS., ii. 3723; Id., Miss., vii. 67; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 24; this work, iv. p. 46; this vol., p. 426, 435. 1837. Alvarado and his northern forces at S. Buena- ventura in Jan. on their way to Los Angeles. Id., 494, 497. Carrillo received his appointment as gov. in Sept. or Oct. Id., 534. 1838. Rafael Gonzalez in charge as majordomo from May. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 48-9. March, occupation of the mission by southern forces; battle between Castañeda's and Castro's armies. This vol., p. 549-55. Gonzalez, Exper., MS., 33-6, claims to have received the mission in good condition, and to have delivered it 4 years later still prosperous, he having always been on excellent terms with the padre; but he says that much aid was given to the troops for which no return was ever made. 1839. Gonzalez mentioned as administrator this year and the next in many records. Hartnell's inspection was June 25th to July Ist. He found affairs in fairly good condition, crops looking well at Sta Paula, though much injured by squirrels at the mission. There was con- plaint that no clothing had been distributed since Carrillo's departure, and the admin. was authorized to buy $1,000 worth of effects on credit, the debt to be a preferred one; also to kill 200 cattle, in addtion to the regular monthly slaughter of 30. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 14, 77-8; Arch. Miss., MS., ii. 905. July 3d, P. Fortuni complains to the visitador that the Ind. will not attend to prayers, alleging that he did not wish them to pray, and that the administrator, majordomo, and alcaldes will not obligo them. Id., 907. In later years it was claimed that there was no distribution of clothing, etc., after Sept. 1839. St. Pap., Mis., MS., 50. 1840. Hartnell's second visit was in Aug. The Ind. had no fault to find with Gonzalez, admitting that he cared well for them; still, for the sake of novelty, they desired his removal, and the appointment of Miguel or Vicente Pico; but H. finally made them understand the folly and injustice of such a demand. The Ind. were also very much alarmed at the danger of losing Sta Paula rancho, their only de- pendence for crops, and of which Manuel Jimeno was trying to get a grant. if they could not keep the rancho they desired to quit the community; and the padres, administrator, and neighbors all agreed that the Ind. were right. Ilartnell thought so himself, though very friendly to Jimeno. Diario, MIS., 15, 21-2. The rancho was not granted for several years. In Dec., for lack of a minister, the sacristan officiated at several burials. S. Buen., Lib. Mis., MIS., ii. GS.

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Both Vitoria and Arroyo died at this mission.11 In neophyte population the loss to 1834 was about 15 per cent, and from that time to 1840 about 12 per cent; but at the end of the decade only 180 of the 300 Indians were living in community.12 Agricul-

11 Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta was born at the villa of Cubo, Castilla la Vieja, on April 30, 1780, becoming a Franciscan Aug. 3, 1796, at the chief convent of Burgos. He sailed from Cádiz Sept. 2, 1804, and left the college of S. Fernando on Dec. 14, 1807, for Cal., where he arrived early in 1808. His missionary service was at S. Juan Bautista in 1808-33, at S. Miguel in 1833-4, at S. Luis Obispo in 1834-5, at Purísima in 1835-6, and at Sta Inés in 1836- 40, though it was only at San Juan that his bodily infirmities permitted him to work. His superiors accredited him with great merit, ability, and zeal. Autobiog. Autog. de los Padres, MS .; Sarria, Inf. de 1817, MS., 64-5; Payeras, Inf. de 1820, MS., 137. From about 1813 he suffered almost continually from rheumatism, and was repeatedly at the point of death. In 1809 he said the first mass in the new church of Mission San Jose. In 1826, though maintain- ing his allegiance to the king of Spain, he took a modified oath to republican- ism. Father Arroyo was a scholar and always a student, giving special at- tention to the languages of the Indians of the San Juan region, of which he had already prepared a grammar before 1817, which and the padre's skill in the native idioms are mentioned in Sarria's report of that year. His Gram- mar of the Mutsun Language and his Vocabulary or Phrase-book were pub-

lished by Shea in New York, 1861; and the original MSS. were at one time in my possession. In Larios, Vida, MS., 35, I have a curious table or perpet- ual calendar apparently made by him. The biographic notice (by A. S. Tay- lor) in the introduction to the Grammar is very erroneous. Robinson, Life in Cal., 108, describes him as closely confined to his chamber, and when tired of study he would have the children called in to play before him, calling them by such names as Cicero, Plato, Alexander, etc. All testify to his great learning and piety. Florencio Serrano, Apuntes, MS., 186-8, spent much time with the padre when he was at San Luis Obispo. At that time his legs were paralyzed, and he was moved about in a wheeled chair by attendants. He used to invent all kinds of pretexts for keeping Serrano at his side for days for the pleasure of conversation. Alluding to the difficulty of quitting the Californian service, he used to say:

'Si fueres á California Encomienda á Dios la vida En tu mano está la entrada Y en la de Dios In salida.'

Father Arroyo died at Sta Ines on Sept. 20, 1840, at the age of 60, and his body was buried on the 22d by P. Jimeno in the mission church on the gospel side near the presbytery. Sta Ines, Lib. Mis., MS., 22-4. The burial notice containing a biog. sketch was translated with some additional notes and printed in the S. F. Bulletin, 1865, being republished in the S. José Pioneer, Feb. 22, 1877.

For a biographic notice of Padre Vitoria, sce Pioneer Register and Index, vol. v. of this work.

12 Sta Ines statistics 1831-4. Decrease of pop. 40S to 344. Baptisms 63. Deaths 109. Decrease in live-stock 7,590 to 7,460; gain in horses and mules 300 to 400; sheep 2,160 to 2,000. Largest crop 2,373 bush. in 1832; small- est 1,623 bush. in 1834; average 1,962 bush., of which 1,525 wheat, yield 10 folil; barley only produced in 1834 125 bush., 11 fold; corn 382 bush., 54 fold; beans 20 bush., 5 fold.

Statistics of 1835-40. Inventory of Aug. 1, 1836, of the property turned over to Covarrubias by P. Jimeno. Credits $1, 892; buildings $945; furniture, tools, and goods in store $14,527; live-stock 8,040 cattle $24,830; 1,923

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tural operations were always on a moderate scale, with constantly decreasing crops; but in live-stock the mission held its own down to the secularization, and afterward showed a considerable gain. The church property was valued at about $11,000; the inventory of other property was generally about $45,000, and the mission debt was reduced from $6,000 to $2,000; so that the establishment was more prosperous than any in the south. The mission was not secularized until 1836, when José M. Ramirez was made comisionado, being succeeded by José M. Covarrubias in 1836-7, Francisco Cota in 1837-40, and Miguel Cordero per- haps acting temporarily from October 1840. Except a few inventories and other statistics, there exist no records of events connected with secularization; 13 nor

sheep $1,469; 343 horses $886; 45 mules $540; 987 fruit trees $987; church $4,000 (482x9 varas, walls of adobe, 4 doors, S windows, sacristy 9x6, 3 doors, 1 window, tile roof, board ceiling, brick floor); ornaments $6,251, library of 66 volumes $188; total $56,437 (or $46, 186 besides church property); debts $5,475; net assets $50,962. St. Pap. Miss., vi. 27-S. Oct., $1,689 paid to Jas Scott. Id., vii. 53. 1837. Jan. 27th, receipts $645, expend. $642. Feb. 6th, Covarrubias' general account, credits $55,619; debits $55,459. Idl., vii. 54. Feb. 6th, Covarrubias turns over to his successor property to the value of $14,772 with debts of $5,487. Id., vi. 28. Dec. 31st, receipts for year $49,770, expend. $54,123. Property on hand (except church, etc.) $45,552, and debts $2,715. Id., vi. 30-1. 1838. Dec. 31st, receipts $50,478, expend. $54,754. Inventory $47,362, debt $2,713, credits $1,533. Id., vi. 29, 31. 1839. Monthly salaries, padre $83.34, prefect $41.65, worship $41.65, clerk $25, admin. $50, 2 majordomos $15, $12, watchman $10, servant $10, total $288.64. Id., vi. 32. March, pop. 315. Id., 31. July, Hartnell's inventory. 9,720 cattle, 2,180 sheep, 382 horses, 32 mules, 4 asses, 50 hogs, 796 fan. grain, 448 arr. tallow, 75 arr. lard, 87 hides, 50 arr. wool, 200 arr. iron, $30 soap, 1 bbl. brandy, etc. Pop. 183 souls. Planted 112 fan. grain. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 82, 90. Nov., 2,129 varas of cloth, 40 rebozos, 4 jackets, etc., distrib. among the Ind. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vii. 17. 1840. Jan. 31st, 'administraciones' for a year, receipts $282, expend. $282. Id. Feb. Ist, inventory similar to Hartnell's, except that there are 2,720 (9,720 ?) cattle, and 1,268 fan. of grain. Debts $1,747. Id., 16-20. Debt $2,079. Pico, Pap. Mis., MS., 47-51.

Statisties of 1804-34, the whole period of the mission annals. Total of baptisms 1,372, of which 566 Ind. adults, 757 Ind. children, 1 and 48 gente dle razon; annual average 45. Marriages 409, of which 9 de razon. Deaths 1,271, of which 736 Ind. adults, 519 Ind. children, 3 and 13 de razon; annual average 42; average death rate 7.56 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 770 in 1816. Females generally in excess of males, and children about ! of the pop. Largest no. of cattle 7,300 in 1831 (but increased after 1834); horses 800 in 1816; mules 124 in 1822; sheep 6,000 in 1821; goats 130 in 1818; swine 250 in 1816; all kinds 12,320 animals in 1820. Total yield of wheat 63,250 bushels or 17 foll; barley (for 12 years only) 4,024 bush., 26 fold; maizo 39,850 bush., 164 fold; beans 4,340 bush., 27 fold.

13 Summary of Sta Ines events. 1831-5. Nothing to be noted. 1836.

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are there any local occurrences of the decade requiring further notice than that contained in the appended items.

Padre Vitoria was the minister at Purísima until August 1835; Padre Arroyo de la Cuesta served here in 1835-6; and Padre Juan Moreno in 1834. Possi- bly Moreno was in charge part of the time in 1836- 40, but I find no definite record for these years, and there was no regular minister. In neophyte popula- tion the mission nearly held its own down to 1834, when it had 407 souls, but at the end of the decade, the number had fallen to 120 in community, with per- haps as many more scattered in the region. The falling-off in crops and in live-stock was constant for the decade, except that there was a considerable in- crease of horses after the secularization, if the some- what irregular statistics may be trusted.14 The value

June, trouble between Gov. Chico and P. Jimeno, leading to secularization. This vol., p. 433-5, 426; iv. 45-6. José María Ramirez as comisionado, turning over the estate Aug. Ist to José M. Covarrubias as majordomo. Va- llejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 24; St. Pap. Miss. & Colon., MS., ii. 372; Id., Miss., vi. 27. 1837. Jan., Covarrubias delivers the property to his successor Fran- cisco Cota. Id., 28-30. Feb., Cota complains that the no. of working horses and mules has been so reduced by supplies to the troops, that only 80 horses and 30 mules are left. Id., vii. 53-4. Trapper horse-thieves at the mission in Oct. Vol. iv., p. 113. 1838. Nothing. 1839. Cota admin., Joa- quin Villa and Miguel Valencia majordomos, José Linares llavero. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vi. 32. April, Cota asks permission to spend $1,000 for clothing for the Ind., who have received none in two years, and also to slaughter 300 cattle; which is granted by Hartnell. Id., ix. 7; Vallejo, Doc., vii. 15; Hartnell, Diario, 2, 4. Hartnell's visit was on July 15th. He found the Ind. desirous of getting rid of their administrator, on whom and his depend- ents they claimed that all the mission revenue was spent; but H. reported Cota successful in paying off debts. Diario., MS., 82, 90. Aug., Gov. author- izes the transfer (probably temporary for repairs ?) of the church to the weav- ing-room. Dept. Rec., MS., x. 15. Dec., Anastasio Carrillo to Hartnell about the 300 cattle promised him, the padre prefecto consenting. Letter copied in Vallejo, Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 83-5, to illustrate the methods of disposing of mission property. 1840. Aug. 5th, an anonymous letter in English warning Hartnell that the admin. is plundering the mission of all its property. Arch. Mis., MS., ii. 1095. Sept. 10th, Hartnell's visit, only a fragment of the record. He found the Ind. much alarmed at reports that the gov. had given orders for mission cattle in favor of private individuals. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 93. Oct. 23d, Cota resigns, and Miguel Cordero takes charge as major- como. Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 44-5.

14 Purísima statistics 1831-4. Decrease in pop. 413 to 407. Baptisms 88, largest no. 47 in 1834, smallest 10 in 1833. Deaths, 167, largest no. 50 in 1832, 1833, smallest 28 in 1834. Decrease in large stock 13,430 to 7,470;

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of the Purísima estate in 1835 and for several years thereafter was about $60,000, divided as follows: church property $8,000, buildings $5,000, implements and furniture $2,000, produce $11,000, lands $17,000, and live-stock $17,000.15 Domingo Carrillo, appointed horses and mules increase 430 to 1,270; sheep 6,070 to 6,514. Largest crop 1,842 bush. in 1834; smallest 600 bush. in 1833; average 1,260 bush., of which 830 wheat, yield & fold; 210 barley, 9 fold; 142 corn, 31 fold; 52 beans, 12 fold.

Statistics of 1835-40. Feb. 18, 1835. Inventory formed by the comisio- nado, and Win G. Dana and Santiago Lugo as appraisers. Chief building with 21 rooms $4,300, 12 smaller buildings $1,203, furniture (tools, etc.) $2,001, effects in store $6,255, grain and produce $4,821, church ornaments, etc., $4,944, church $400, library $655, 5 bells $1,000, 3 gardens $728, live- stock (pertaining to church ?) $201; total of church property $7,928; ranchos, Sitio de Mision Vieja 8373, S. de Jalama $784, Los Alamos $1,185, S. An- tonio $1,418, Sta Lucía $1,080, S. Pablo $1,060, Todos Santos $7,176, Guadalupe $4,065; total of lands $17,141; live-stock $17,321. Credits $3,613, total $62,058; debt $1,218; net assets $60,840. St. Pap. Mis., MIS., v. 43-4. Aug. 18th, inventory of delivery from comisionado to majordomo, excepting real estate and church property, $29,981, about the same as before, credits $1,774, debt $1,371. Id., vi. 16. 1837. Inventory of March 25th $23,653, credits $2, 155, debt $2,155. Id., viii. 11. 1838. Inventory of de- livery by Carrillo to Valenzuela, $27,394. Id., 2-3. Dec. 31st, receipts since June 15th $4,427, expend. $2,441. 1839. Jan. and March, receipts $2,247, $2,301, expend. $255, $190. Salaries of admin., majordomo de campo, and llavero $082. No padre is mentioned. In Feb. over 600 sheep wero drowned in the floods. Pop. Feb. 28th 242. Id., 3-5. July 25th, Hartnell's inventory. Pop. 122, many of them sick, at the mission and 47 free Ind. at Álamos. 3,824 cattle, 1,532 (?) horses, 1,300 sheep, 89 mules, 1 burro, 3} bbls wine, 3} bbls brandy, 60 arr. tallow, 22 arr. lard, 100 hides, 99 tanned skins, 210 fan. grain, etc. Planted 60 fan. wheat and barley. Crops looking well, many wild cattle. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 23. Debt July 25th $3,696. Pico, Pap. Mis., MS., 47-51.

Statistics of 1787-1834. Total of baptisms, 3,314, of which 1,740 Ind. adults, 1,492 Ind. children, 4 and 78 de razon; annual average 70. Mar- riages 1,031, 5 being gente de razon. Deaths 2,711, of which 1,790 Ind. adults, 902 Ind. children, 1 and 18 de razon; annual average 57. Largest pop. 1,520 in 1804. Sexes about equal to 1800, females in excess in 1801-7, and males later; children about } of pop. Largest no. of cattle 13,000 in 1830; horses 1,454 in 1821; mules 300 in 1824; sheep 12,600 in 1820; goats 202 in 1791; all kinds 23,862 animals in 1821. Total product of wheat 9,522 bush, yield 11 fold; barley 9,306 bush., 17 fold; maize 28,253 bush., 82 fold; beans 4,818 bush., 14 fold.

13 Events at Purísima. 1831. Fears of an Ind. revolt. Dept. Rec., MS., ix. 7. 1832-3. No record except as this mission is mentioned in seculariza- tion plans never put in operation. 1834. Domingo Carrillo appointed comi- sionado in Nov. Slaughter of mission cattle rather vaguely recorded. This vol., p. 346, 349-50. 1835. The place seems to have been called Pueblo de los Berros. Guerra, Doc., MS., vii. 81; Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. y J., MIS., vi. 17. Secularization effected in Feb., and on Aug. 18th the comisionado turned the estate over to his brother Joaquin Carrillo as maj. St. P'ap. Miss., MS., vi. 16. Aug. 25th, Carrillo writes to gov. about the Lompoc rancho where he is going to build, and is apparently using the mission effects and Ind. rather freely for his private advantage. Dept. St. Pap., MIS., iv. 48-9. The rancho was granted two years later. The building of a new church was contemplated this year, the old one being in a sad state, but nothing was

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History of California, Volume III, Part 72

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 824

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824