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1836. Alcaldes Jose Ramon Estrada and Marcelino Escobar; regidores
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next; but for only 1831 and 1835 are the records of ayuntamiento sessions extant, those of the latter year being especially complete. In 1838 the governor,
Win Hartnell, Teodoro Gonzalez, (also acting alcalde), Bonifacio Madari- aga, and Gil Sanchez (to April); síndico, James Watson; sec., José M. Mal- donado; Antonio Lara, alguacil. Jucces de campo Santiago Estrada, Trinidad Espinosa, Feliciano Espinosa, José Arceo, Guadalupe Cantua, Santiago Guat (Jas. Watt ?); auxiliaries, Quentin Ortega, Jose M. Villavicencio, Luis Mesa. Comisarios de policía, José Madariaga, Francisco Soto, José Ábrego, José Pacomio; suplentes, José Sta Cruz, Nicanor Zamora, Gil Cano, Luis Placen- cia. Ayunt. records not extant. Jan., two couples sentenced to chain-gang and seclusion for illicit intercourse. One of the women was the wife of Cosme Peña. Mont. Arch., MS., vi. 6-7. Two girls of the colony while bathing at Huerta Vieja were carried off by Carmeleuo Ind., who were arrested and flogged. IIijar, Cal., MS., 118-19. April, ayunt. allowed to use the assem- bly chamber temporarily. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. & J., MS., iii. 31. Grant of a town lot to Louis lombert. Doc. Ilist. Cal., MS., i. 235. June, gov. de- cides that Maldonado may be sec. of ayunt. and assembly. Leg. Rec., MS., iii. 22-3. Aug .- Oct., trial of Corporal Antonio Cadena, of the piquete de Hidalgo, for the murder of private Barbaro Barragan of the artillery. He was sentenced to 10 years' presidio at Chapala; and a woman in the case to 2 years confinement at S. José mission. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., MIS., lxxxii. 29-54; Ixxviii. 2-3.
1837. Alcaldes Estévan Munrás and perhaps Marcelino Escobar. Mun- rás is often mentioned as 2d alcalde, and Escobar is named once in Dec. The only regidores named are Simeon Castro and Bonifacio Madariaga. Mont. Arch., MS., vi. 7; Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., ii. 107. Juez de campo Eu- femio Soto. Fragmentary police regulations in Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. GO.
1838. Alcaldes (or encargados de justicia) Simcon Castro and Feliciano Soberanes; secretary Florencio Serrano. Jan. 10th (or Aug. 10th) bando of police regulations. Dept. St. Pap., Mont., MS., iii. 66-8; Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 85-6.
1839. Prefect of Ist or Monterey district, with headquarters at S. Juan de Castro, José Castro appointed Feb. 28th, and installed, making a patriotic speech March 10th; salary $2,000. His secretary was Jose M. Covarrubias. Castro was required to give up the military command. During his tempo- rary absence in May, Juan Ansar, the juez de paz at S. Juan, acted as pre- feet. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iv. 247-8; xvii. 44; Id., S. J., v. 21. 26, 56; Id., Mont., iii. 78; iv. 4, 78, 81; Id., Ang., x. 12-13; xii. 14; Id., Ben., P. j J., iii. 2; Id., C. & T., iv. 28; Mont. Arch., MS., iv. 4; xvi. 28; S. José Arch., MS., ii. 72; iii. 30-1; Dept. Rec., MS., x. 7; Unb. Doc., MS., 212; Vallejo, Doc., MIS., viii. 407: xxxii. 183; Estudillo, Doc., MS., i. 253: Gomez, Doc., MS., 39. Encargados de justicia Castro and Soberanes as before till April. Jucces de paz from May, David Spence and Estevan Munras; sceretary at $300, and collector at commission of 5 per cent, Manuel Castro, juez auxiliar Vicente Cantua. Feb. instructions to comisarios de policía. J'allejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 176. April, justices fined $20 by gov. for permitting a game of bagatelle on holy days. Fine for benefit of school. Dept. St. Pap., Mont., MS., iv. 12. Alcalde Castro by order of the prefect decides to appoint jueces de paz at Mont., S. Carlos, Salinas, Natividad or Alisal, S. Cayetano, Car- neadero, and S. Luis Obispo ranchos. Mont. Arch., MS., ix. 6. April 29th, elections to take place on May Ist. Vallejo, Doc., MS., vi. 497.
1840. Prefect José Castro until his departure with the Graham exiles in May, after which Jose M. Villavicencio acted ad interim until August 20th when Tiburcio Castro, father of José, was appointed. Francisco Arce was secretary until Dec., when he was succeeded by Manuel Castañares. Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 16-18, 31, 60; Arch. Doc., MS., 19; Dept. St. Pap., Mont.,
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having accepted the Mexican central system, abol- ished the town council and appointed an encargado to serve temporarily until the new organization could be effected; and accordingly in 1839-40 a juez de paz was at the head of affairs. Also in 1839 José Castro was made prefect of the first district with headquarters at San Juan, his father, Tiburcio Castro, succeeding him in 1840. Excepting the Castañares- Herrera cases, noted elsewhere in connection with the political troubles to which they contributed, the administration of justice at Monterey furnishes very little matter that is either interesting or instructive; nevertheless the criminal record with other details of municipal affairs are believed to be worth preserving. Private ranchos6 mentioned in the records as having
MS., iii. 84; Id., Ben. P. y J., iii. 13; Mont. Arch., MS., ix. 30. Juez de paz David Spence and perhaps Estévan Munrás; juez auxiliar Joaquin Buelna at Pilarcitos; capt. of the port Pedro Narvaez. Simeon Castro is also named as alcalde. April 7th while the town was under martial law on account of the arrest of foreigners Diego Felix murdered his wife and her un- born child, for which crime he was shot by the governor's order within 12 hours. Vallejo, Doc., MS., ix. 108; Pinto, Apunt., MS., 45-9; Castro, Rol., MS., 57-60. July, gov. organizes and instructs a patrol force to protect the district against Ind. and other robbers. Dept. St. Pap., St. José, MS., v. 5S- 00. Aug .- Sept., the jurisdiction of the juez defined as extending to Rio de Soledad, including Alisal, Sauzal, Espinosa's rancho, Bolsa Nueva, all the ranchos of the Salinas, Tucho, to the Carmelo boundary. Dept. St. Pap., Mont., MS., iv. 23; Mont. Arch., MS., ix. 26-7. Dec., owners of shops, etc. inust keep a light before their doors till 10 P. M., even if the shop is elosed. Id., 30-1; Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 29. Additional references for the list of town officials. Mont. Arch., MS., i. 28; ii. 1, 3, 8, 12; iii. 2-4; v. 1; vi. 3-9, 24; vii. 40, 43, 62-6; ix. 3, 9, 25-7; xi. 12, 14; xvi. 16, 23; Dept. St. Pap., Mont., MS., ii. 21-2; iv. 82; iii. 93; vi. 10, 28, 36, 38; S. José Arch., MS., i. 46-7; ii. 50; iii. 40, 103; iv. 15, IS, 51; v. 32, 39-40; vi. 27, 38; Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 95, 162, 167; iv. 249; xiv. 2; xvii. 2, 3; Id., Ben., P. y J., iii. 30, 47-8, 79, 84, SS; vi. 37; Id., Ben., ii. 3; vi. 74, 310; St. Pap., Miss., MS., v. 40; Id., Sac., xi. 69; xii. 10; xiv. 7, 13; Id., Miss. & Col., ii. 229, 235, 353-6; Leg. Rec., MS., i. 348; ii. 262; iii. 22-3; Gomez, Doc., MS., 24-5, 33.
6 Ranchos of Monterey district, 1831-40. Those marked with a * were rejected by the land commission or U. S. courts. Aguajito, { 1., granted in 1835 to Gregorio Tapia, who was the claimant. Aguajito (Sta Cruz Co.), 500 v., 1837, Miguel Villagrana, who was cl. Alisal, 13 1., 1834, Feliciano So- beranez et al .; B. Bernal el. In 1836 Soberanes and 37 other persons lived on the rancho. Alisal, 3 1., Wm. E. Hartnell, who was cl. Animas, or Sitio de la Brea (Sta Clara C'o.), 24,000 acres, conf. in 1835 to Josefa Romero de Cas- tro, who was cl. In 1836 she and her family, 16 persons, were living at Las Animas. At the same time Antonio German and 32 persons were living at La Brea. Sce also Cañada de S. Felipe y Las Animas. * Arias Rancho, 1 1., 1839, Francisco Arias; A. Canil et al. cl. Aptos (Sta Cruz Co.), 1 1., 1833, Taffel Castro, who was cl. Aromitas y Agua Caliente, 3 1., 1835, Juan M. Ansar, who was cl. Arroyo de la Laguna (Sta Cruz Co.), 1840, Gil Sanchez;
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been granted or occupied during the decade number about 95, the population of which, at the end, as al- ready noted, was about 550 souls, or about one third
J. and S. Williams el. Arroyo de la Purísima, see Cañada Verde. Arroyo del Rodco (Sta Cruz Co.), 14 1., 1834, Fran. Rodriguez; J. Hames et al. cl., Arroyo Seco, 4 1., 1840, Joaquin de la Torre, who was cl. Ballena, sce Rin- con de Ballena. Bolsa Nueva y Moro Cojo, 8 1., 1825, 1836-7, 1844, Simeon Castro; M. Antonia Pico de Castro, cl. Bolsa del Pájaro (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 1., 1837, Sebastian Rodriguez, who was el. Bolsa, see also S. Cayetano, S. Fc- lipe, Escorpinas, and Chamisal. Brea, sec Animas. Buena Esperanza, see Encinal. Buenavista, 2 1., 1822-3, Santiago and José Mariano Estrada; Ma- riano Malarin, Attorney for Estrada, and David Spence cl. The Estrada brothers with families, 34 persons, lived here in 1836. Butano (Sta Cruz Co.), 1 1., 1838, 1844, Ramona Sanchez; M. Rodriguez el. Calabazas, see Cañada de C. Cañada Honda, 1835, Angel Ramirez. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 225; Mont., Actas del Ayunt., MS., 114. Not brought before the L. C. Canada de S. Felipe y las Animas, 1839, Thomas Bowen; C. M. Weber cl. Cañada de la Segunda, 1 1., 1839, Lázaro Soto; A. Randall et al. cl. Cañada Verde, 1836, mentioned by Janssens, J'ida, MS., 67-S, as having been granted by Gov. Chico to Francisco Castillo Negrete, but the grant was not completed on account of the political troubles. Cañada Verde y Arroyo de la Purísima (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 1., 1838, José M. Alviso; J. A. Alviso cl .; Carbonera (Sta Cruz Co.), ¿1., 1838, Wm Buckle, who was el. Carneros, 1 1., 1834. David Littlejohn, whose heirs were cl. * Chamizal, 1 1., 1835, Felipe Vasquez, whose heirs were cl. Ap- proved by the ayunt. in 1835. Chamizal (Bolsa de), 1837, Francisco Quijada; L. T. Burton el. Chualar (Sta Rosa de), 2 1., 1839, Juan Malarin, whose exec- utor was cl. Joaquin and Francisco Estrada with 2 servants lived on the rancho in 1836. * Corral de Padilla, 2,000 v., 1836, Baldomero; M. Antonia Pico de Castro cl. Corral de Tierra, 1836, Guadalupe Figueroa; II. D. Mc- Cobb cl. Corralitos (Sta Cruz Co.) not yet granted, but occupied in 1836 by Ignacio Coronel and family, 12 persons in all. Encinal y Buena Esperanza, 3 1., 1634, 1839, David Spence, who was el. Vicente Félix as majordomo with 5 others living here in 1836. Escorpinas (Escarpinas or Escorpiones ?) 2 1., 1837, Salvador Espinosa, who was cl. * Espíritu Santo (Loma), 1839, 31. del E. S. Carrillo, who was cl. Los Gatos, or Sta Rita, 1 1., 1820, 1837, José Trinidad Espinosa, whose heirs were el. Guadalupe, 1840, D. Olivera and T. Arellanes, who were el. Guadalupe or Llanito de los Correos, 2 1., 1833, Juan Malarin, whose executor was el. ; occupied in 1836 by Guadalupe Cantua as majordomo and S persons. Laguna, sce Arroyo de la L. Laguna de las Calabazas (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 1. 1833, Felipe Hernandez; C. Morse, el. Laguna Scca, 13 1., 1834, C. M. de Munrás, who was cl .; occupied in 1836 by Teo- doro Moreno as majordomo and 6 others. Laureles, 13 1., 1839, J. M. Bo- ronda et al., who were el .; the grant of Cañada de Laureles to José Ant. Ro- mero was approved by the ayunt. in 1835. Llagas, 6 1., 1834, Carlos Castro; Murphy cl. (Sta Clara Co.), Carlos and Guillermo Castro with 11 other persons lived on the rancho in 1836. Llano de Tequisquite, § 1., 1833, J. 31. Sanchez, who was el. Llano, see Buenavista. Llanito, see Guadalupe. Loma, sce Espíritu Santo. Milpitas, IS3S, Ignacio Pastor, who was el. Moro C'ojo, sce Bolsa Nueva. Rancho Nacional, 2 1., 1839, Vicente Cantua who was cl .; occupied in 1836 by Francisco Mesa as majordomo and 7 others. The Iluerta de la Nacion was asked for in 1835 by Capt. J. A. Muñoz, and approved by the ayunt. Natividad, 2 1., 1837, Manuel Butron and Nicolas Alviso; Ramon Butron et al. cl. M. Burton and others, 29 in all, lived on the rancho in 1836. Noche Buena (Huerta do la Nacion ?), 1 1., 1832, José Aut. Muñoz; José and Jaime de Puig Monmany (?) cl. Ojitos, sce l'oza. Pajaro, see Vega del Rio; also Bolsa del l'. Palo de Yesca, see Shoquel. Parage de Sanchez, 1! 1., 1839, Francisco Lugo; Juana Briones de Lugo el. Patrocinio (Alisal ?), occu-
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of the total population of the district. Excepting, however, the padron of 1836, showing the names and numbers of inhabitants at that time, we have no sat-
pied in 1836 by Hartnell, P. Short, and 13 colegiales with servants, etc., 44 persons in all. Pescadero, 1 1. 1836, Fabian Baretto, who was cl. Pescadero or S. Antonio (Sta Cruz Co.), § 1., 1833, Juan José Gonzalez, who was cl. Piedra Blanca (S. Luis Obispo Co.), 1840, Jesus Pico, who was cl. Pilarcitos; expediente of Gabriel Espinosa in 1835. Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., i. 485; grant of a tract to Luis Mesa approved by ayunt. in 1835; occupied in 1836 by José M. Arceo, Gregorio Tapia, and others, 40 in all; not before L. C. Pismo, 2 1., 1840, José Ortega; Isaac Sparks cl., in S. Luis Obispo Co. Potrero, see S. Cárlos; also S. Pedro. Poza de los Ositos, 4 1. 1839, Carlos C. Espinosa, who was cl. Puente del Monte, see Rincon. Punta de Pinos, 2 1., 1833, 1844, José M. Armenta, José Abrego; J. P. Leese cl. Purísima, see Cañada Verde. ** Quien Sabe, 6 1., 1836, Fran. Castillo Negrete, who was cl. (S. Joaquin Co.) * Refugio (Sta Cruz Co.), 1839, María de los Angeles Castro et al .; J. L. Majors cl. * Rincon de la Ballena (Sta Cruz Co.), 1 1., 1839, José C. Bernal; S. Rodriguez cl. Rincon de la Puente (Punta ?) del Monte, 7 1. 1836, Teodoro Gonzalez, who was cl. In 1833 the grant to Felipe Aguila was approved by the ayunt. Rincon, see Salinas, also S. Pedro. Rinconada del Zanjon, 1} 1., 1840, Eusebio Boronda, who was cl. Rosario, see S. Francisco. Rodeo, see Arroyo del R. Rosa Morada, see S. Joaquin. Sagrada familia, see Bolsas. Salinas, 1 1., 1836, Gabriel Espinosa, who was cl. Salinas (Rincon) } 1., 1833, Cristina Del- gado; Ramon Estrada cl. In 1836 Salinas was occupied by José M. Boronda, Blas Martinez, and others, 78 persons in all. Salsipuedes (Sta Cruz Co.) 81., 1834, 1840, Manuel Jimeno Casarin; James Blair et al. cl. San Andrés (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 1., 1833, Joaquin Castro; G. Castro cl. S. Antonio, occupied in 1836 by José Ant. Castro and family, 15 persons. The identity of this rancho is uncertain. See also Pescadero. S. Bernabé, see S. Justo. S. Bernardo, 1 1., 1840, Vicente Cané, who was cl. S. Carlos (Potrero), 1 1., 1837, Fructuoso; J. Gutierrez cl. S. Cayetano (Bolsa), 21., 1824, 1834, Ignacio Vallejo; J. J. Va- llejo cl. In Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., i. 123, are some papers relating to the Pico claim on this rancho. Jesus Vallejo and 15 persons occupied the rancho in 1836. S. Felipe, 3 1., 1836, F. D. Pacheco; F. P. Pacheco cl. S. Felipe (Bolsa) 21., 1840, F. D. Pacheco; F. P. Pacheco cl .; occupied in 1836 by Rafael de la Mota and 7 others. S. Francisco del Rosario, occupied in 1836 by Angel Castro and 13 other persons (perhaps Paicines granted to Castro in 1842). S. Francisquito, 2 1., 1835, Catalina M. de Munrás; José Abrego cl. Occupied in 1836 by Juan Rosales as majordomo with family, etc., 9 persons. S. Gregorio (Sta Cruz Co.), 4 1., 1839, Antonio Buelna; E. Buelna et al. cl. S. Isidro, 1 1., 1833, Quintin Ortega, who was cl. (Sta Clara Co.) Occupied in 1836 by Ortega and 37 persons. S. Joaquin or Rosa Morada, 21., 1836, Cruz Cervantes, who was cl. * S. José y Sur Chiquito, 2 1., 1839, Marcelino Esco- bar; J. Castro cl. The grant of Sur Chiquito to Teodoro Gonzalez was ap- proved by the ayunt. in 1835. S. Juan y Cajon de Sta Ana, 1837, Juan P. Ontiveros, who was cl. S. Justo, 4 1., 1839, José Castro; F. P. Pacheco el. *S. Justo el Viejo y S. Bernabé, 6 1., 1836, Rafael Gonzalez; Ellen E. White et al. cl. S. Matías, occupied in 1836 by Joaquin Soto and family, 14 per- sons (not in L. C. cases under this name; Soto was granted El Piojo and Cañada de Carpenteria later). S. Miguel, occupied in 1836 by Trinidad and Salvador Espinosa, 21 persons (the grant of Canada de S. Miguel to Jose M. Andrade was approved by the ayunt. in 1833). * S. Pedro, Potrero y Rin- con de (Sta Cruz Co.), 1838, José R. Buelna. * S. Vicente (Sta Cruz Co.), 2 1., 1839, Antonio Rodriguez, who was cl. S. Vincente, 2 1., 1835, Francisco Soto and S. Munras; Concepcion Munras et al. cl. (Las Pozas was approved to Soto in 1833 by the ayunt.) *Sta Ana y Sta Anita (S. Joaquin Co. ), 6 1., IS36, Francisco Castillo Negrete; Josefa M. de C. N. cl. Sta Ana, see S.
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isfactory statistics nor any record of events at the ranchos beyond the occasional mention of a few in connection with general annals of the territory.
Padre Ramon Abella remained in charge of Mis- sion San Carlos until 1833, when he was succeeded by the Zacatecan José María del Refugio Sagrado Suarez del Real. There is extant neither record of secularization or other events, nor statistical informa- tion for any part of the decade; but I append the few scattered items that can be found." Seculariza-
Juan. Sta Cruz Co. ranchos, see Aguajito, Aptos, Arroyo de la Laguna, Arroyo del Rodeo, Bolsa del Pájaro, Butano, Cañada Verde, Carbonera, Cor- ralitos, Laguna de Calabazas, Pescadero, Refugio, Rincon de la Ballena, Salsipuedes, S. Andrés, S. Gregorio, S. Pedro, S. Vincente, Sayante, and Shoquel. Sta Manuela, 1837, Francis Branch, who was cl. (S. Luis Obispo Co.) Sta Rita, see Los Gatos. Sta Rosa, see Chualar. Saucito, 1} 1., 1833, Graciano Manjares; J. Wilson et al. cl. ; occupied by M. and fam., S persons, in 1836. Sauzal, 2 1., 1834, 1845, José Tiburcio Castro; J. P. Leese, cl. ; occupied in 1836 by Martin Olivera and fam., 19 persons in all. * Sayante (Sta Cruz Co.), 3 1., 1833, Joaquin Buelna; N. Cathcart cl. Shoquel and Palo de Yesca (Sta Cruz Co.), 4 1., 1833-4, 1844. Martina Castro, who was cl. Sur, 2 1., 1834, J. B. Alvarado; J. B. R. Cooper el. Sur Chiquito, sce S. José. Toro, 13 1., 1835, Ramon Estrada; C. Wolters cl .; much trouble about the right of the ayuut. to grant this rancho, which was claimed by the military company. Trinidad, occupied by Sebastian Rodriguez, etc., 40 per- sons in 1836 (not before L. C. under this name; but Rodriguez was granted 2 ranchos in Sta Cruz Co.) Tucho, occupied by Cruz Cervantes majordomo and 10 others in 1836; parts of the rancho granted after 1840; the grant to Manuel Boronda and Blas Martinez approved by ayunt. in 1835. Tularcitos, 6 1., 1834, Rafael Gomez, whose widow was cl. Vega del Rio del Pajaro, 8,000 acres, 1820. Ant. M. Castro; J. M. Anzar cl .; not mentioned in this (lecade. Verjeles, 2 1., 1835, José Joaquin Gomez; J. C. Stokes cl. ; occupied in 1836 by 14 persons, Eusebio Boronda being majordomo. Yesca, sce Shoquel. Zanjones, 14 1., 1839, Gabriel de la Torre; Mariano Malarin cl. Zanjon, see also Rinconada. Also the following ranchos without names: Antonio Romero, 1840; Jas Meadows cl. Francisco Perez Pacheco, 2 1., 1833, id. cl. * Hermenegildo, 500 v., 1835, Id. cl. Manuel Larios, 1 1., 1839; Id. cl. Mariano Castro, 1839; Rufina Castro cl. Estévan Espinosa, } 1., 1840; IIenry Cocks el. Ranchos approved by the ayunt. in 1835 and not mentioned above; Los Pajines, or Paicines, to Angel Castro; not named, near Soledad, to José Cantor; Chichiguas, near S. Juan B., to Rafael Gonzalez; not named, S. Luis Cbispo region, to Simeon Castro. See Hoffman's Reports and Monterey, Actas del Ayunt., M.S.
7 San Carlos events. 1831. Provisions of Echeandia's decree, or the Padres plan, never carried into effect; Manuel Crespo being appointed comisionado; visit of Gov. Victoria; robbery of the mission storehouse by Aguilar and Sagarra. This vol., p. 183, 190, 305-7. 1832-3. No record except of the change of padres in the latter year. P. Duran favored the par- tial secularization. Id., 319, 335. 1834. No record of secularization. July Sth, the assembly permits a moderate slaughter of cattle to pay debts. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 14S. The majordomo forbidden by the gov. to punish Ind., some of them having complained of being beaten. Dept. St. Pap., Ben.,
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tion was effected in 1834-5, Joaquin Gomez being comisionado, succeeded by José Antonio Romero as majordormo. There was but little mission property left in 1834, and none at all except the ruined buildings in 1840. The neophytes numbered about 150 at the time of secularization, and I suppose there were 30 left in Carmelo Valley at the end of the decade, with perhaps 50 more in private service in town or on the ranchos.
At San Luis Obispo, the southernmost mission of the district, Padre Gil y Taboada continued to serve as minister till his death at the end of 1833, in which
MS., v. 38-40. Joaquin Gomez was probably appointed comisionado this year. This vol., p. 354. 1835. José Ant. Romero administrator put in charge by Gomez, according to Torre, Remin., MS., 37-S, who says that the Ind. rapidly got rid of their share of the live-stock, and that Romero stocked his own rancho with the mission cattle and sheep. July. Gov. Figueroa's plan to establish a mission rancho of 600 cattle, 1,000 sheep, and a few horses for the support of the padres and worship; but the president declined to permit the friars to take charge of such an establishment. This vol. p. 351; St. Pup. Miss. and Colon., MS., ii. 334-5. July 31st, P. Real asks the gov. to order the majordomo to detail the horses for his ministerial duties as agreed on by the gov. and president. Id., 339. 1836. Ruschenberger, Narr., ii. 407, visited S. Carlos, and describes the mission as in ruins and nearly abandoned; though he found 8 or 10 Ind. at work repairing the roof. 1837. Petit-Thouars, Voyage, ii. 113 et seq., gives a melancholy description of the prevalent dilapidation; but he found P. Real, who 'fit les honneurs de ses ruines,' and two or three families of Ind., who lived in the mission buildings, living on shell-fish and acorns. 1838. No record. 1839. Juan Rosales, juez de paz. Marcelino Escobar juez interino in March. March 11th, in- ventory of buildings, 25 rooms, apparently turned over by P. Real to Escobar, the padre's habitation and other rooms being reserved as church property. Dept. St. Pap., MS., xvii. 5-6. April 10th, prefect to juez; an Ind. must return and live with his wife. Doc. ITist. Cal., MS., i. 406. Oct. 5. Mis- sion owes $160 to Escobar and Rafael Gonzalez. Pico, Pap. Mis., MIS., 47- 51. Laplace, ('ampagne, vi. 294, gives a view of the mission as it was in this year. 1840. Nov. 11th, gov. orders the encargado to surrender to Jesus Molino some lands, house, etc., held by José Aguila. Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 48. Farnham visited and described the forsaken buildings of 'San Carmelo.' According to the reglamento of this year, the govt was to continue to man- age S. Carlos 'according to circumstances.' Vol. iv., p. 60.
Statistics of S. Carlos 1831-4, entirely lacking. Statistics of 1770-1834 (only estimates for the last four years). Total of baptisms, 3,957, of which 1,790 adult Ind .; 1,306 Ind. children; 17 and 838 de razon; annual average of Ind. 49. Total of marriages 1,065, of which 199 de razon. Deaths, 2,885, of which 1,365 Ind. adults; 1,137 Ind. children; 194 and IS9 de razon; annual average 38; average death rate 8.17 per cent. of pop. Largest pop., 921 in 1794; sexes very nearly equal; children 1-3 to 1-5. Largest no. of cattle, 3,000 in 1819- 21; horses, 1,024 in 1806; mules, 76 in 1786; sheep, 7,000 in 1803-12; goats, 400 in 1793; swine, 25 in 1783; all kinds, 9,749 animals in 1809. Total pro- duction of wheat, 43, 120 bush., yield 10 fold; barley, 55,300 bush., 15 fold; maize, 23,700 bush., 56 fold; beans, 21,000 bush., 23 fold.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO.
year Padre Ramon Abella came down from the north to take his place, remaining throughout the decade. Padre Felipe Arroyo de la Cuesta was Abella's asso- ciate in 1833-5.8 The statistical record of San Luis is comparatively complete, and shows that down to 1834 the establishment lost but slightly in popula- tion, having 264 neophytes in that year; gained some- what in live-stock, especially in sheep; but had little success in agricultural operations.9 After the secu-
8 Lnis Gil y Taboada was one of the few Mexican Fernandinos, though of Spanish parentage and himself intensely Spanish in feeling. He was born at Guanajuato, May 1, 1773, becoming a Franciscan at Pueblito de Querétaro in 1792, joining the S. Fernando college in 1800, and being sent to Cal. in 1801. He served as a missionary at S. Francisco in 1801-2, 1804-5, 1819-20; at S. José in 1802-4, Sta Inés in 1806-10, Sta Bárbara in 1810-12, S. Gabriel in 1813-14, Purísima in 1815-17, S. Rafael in 1817-19, Sta Cruz in 1820-30, and S. Luis Obispo in 1820, 1830-3. His superiors gave him credit for more than average merit, noting the fact that he saved many souls by the Cesarean operation, but he was often in bad health. Autobiog. Autog. de los Padres, MS .; Sarria, Inf. sobre Frailes, 1817, MS., 54-5; Payeras Inf. de 1820, MS., p. 137-8. In 1814 he blessed the corner-stone of the Los Angeles church; in 1816 he asked leave to retire, having more than fulfilled his contract with the king in 16 years of service, 'que le han parecido otros tantos siglos; in 1817 was the founder of S. Rafael, being thus the first to introduce christian- ity north of the bay; in 1821 he was asked to become pastor of Los Angeles, declining on account of ill health; again in 1825 and 1830 he tried hard to get a license for departure; and in 1833, while recognizing his destiny to die in the country, he declared that he was tired of mission affairs. It was at his own request and against the wishes of P. Jimeno that he was given charge of S. Luis. He was a man of much nervous energy and considerable execu- tive ability, with a certain skill in medicine and surgery, and a knowledge of several Indian languages. To his neophytes he was indulgent and was well liked by them, being very free and familiar in his relations with them-some- what too much so in the case of the women it is said, and it is charged that his infirmities of body were aggravated by syphilitic complications. In 1821 he was accused of improper intimacy with a married woman who often visited his room and was found in his bed by the husband nnder circumstances hardly explained by the padre's plea of services as amateur physician; but his supe- riors were inclined to regard him as innocent, though imprudent. Arch. Ar- zob., MS., xii. 360-1. In Dec. 1833, at the rancho of Sta Margarita where he had gone to say mass for the Ind. occupied in planting, he was attacked by dysentery and vomiting of blood, and died on the 15th. He was buried next day in the mission church on the gospel side near the presbytery, by P. Juan Cabot. Guerra, Doc., MS., i. 246-7.
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