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shares, weighing nineteen pounds, seven plows with their yoke and harness; one cart, two extra cart wheels; a mule, a mare and two horses, and four yoke of oxen; two branding irons; one iron cannon and three one-pound balls. There were fifty-five head of cattle, of which twenty- two were cows, twenty-two yearlings, and eleven calves. The Indian governor and the other twelve neophytes each took four, and the remaining three cows with their calves were left for the use of the new parish priest when he would come. The pasture lands, a field planted in sugar cane, and the crop from four bushels of corn that had been planted but not yet harvested, were assigned to the neophytes also, but with the understanding that they were to distribute the harvest equally among themselves and use the pasture in common for their stock and cattle. Out of the income derived from these fields the Indians were to provide for the needs of the orphans, the widows, the disabled, and the sick. Governor Munoz explained to them their new status, their duties and obligations, and the relation that existed now between them and Jose Gil, the Spanish jnsticia appointed to look after their interests. They were told, also, that before going to work, they were to continue to attend church and hear Mass as good Christians should. 26 Not much was to be expected from the new jtuticia who had to have his son sign his name for him. Secularization of Mission San Jose. The governor next went to Mission San Jose de San Miguel de Aguayo on July 16, and requested Father Fray Jose Manuel Pedrajo, the priest in charge, to summon all the neophytes and proceed to turn over to them all the temporal property of the mission in the presence of Jose Herrera, the justicia just appointed guardian of the Indians. Father Pedrajo immediately complied with the request, and a detailed list of the neophytes, who were much more numerous than in the two previous instances, was carefully made. This list shows that there were at San Jose twenty-seven men, twenty-six women, eleven boys, and fourteen girls, who were Christianized, and fifteen who had come to the mission recently and were still receiving instruction, a total of ninety-six persons. 26Ynventario de los bienes de temporalidad de la Mision de Sn. Juan Capistrano Provincia de los Texas Entregados con arreglo a orden del senor comandante gen- eral de estas Provincias Ynternas de Nueva Espana Briger. Dn. Pedro de Nava. A los Yndios de el!a por el Governador Dn. Manuel Munoz. Saltillo Archives, Vol. VI, pp. 119-134,
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