The Secularization of the Missions
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Conditions somewhat analogous existed in Missions Espiritu Santo and Rosario at La Bahia. The Jaraname Indians now at Espiritu Santo were mostly apostates, who recently had been induced by the zealous Fray Jose Mariano Garza to return to the mission. He had penetrated the country of the Tawakoni where the apostates had taken refuge and had persuaded them to return. Many of their relatives still lived among the Tawakoni. They had not had time to become good Christians or to acquire the restraint necessary to administer their own affairs. There was danger that once they had squandered the goods and property of the mission, they would soon return to their former apostasy and join their old friends, the Tawakoni. Because of these considerations, the governor did not transmit the order for secularization to the captain of that presidio. He decided to wait until he had finished in San Antonio so that he could go to Espiritu Santo in person, and take with him Fray Jose Mariano Cardenas who had labored among the J aranames before and who understood their language. It was his intention to ascertain the desire of the Indians and their degree of civilization before putting the orders of the com- mandant general into execution. 28 Secularization of Mission N1'estra Senora de la Concepcion. On July 31, Governor Munoz requested Father Fray Jose Maria Camarena to turn over all mission property to his former neophytes, as provided by the decree of secularization. Father Camarena immediately summoned the Indian governor, Salvador de Soto, and instructed him to bring all the mission Indians. These were then presented to Governor Munoz, who ordered that a list of their names be made by Justicia Pedro Huizar, the surveyor. The Indians present were Salvador de Soto, Felix Castillo, Francisco Hernandez, Jacobo Pintado, Lorenzo Villegas, Manuel Pintado, Cecilio de Armas, Melchor Villegas, Javier Camacho, Jose Manuel Cuevas, Julian Paredes, Ventura Villegas, Juan Antonio Corbera, Fran- cisco Coronado, Jose Guadalupe, Mariano Pintado, Maria Rosa Cuevas, Juana Francisca, Gertrudes Cuevas, Magdalena Menchaca, Viviana Pa- redes, Gertrudes, Petra Villegas, Antonio Tampila, Maria Vicenta Her- nandez, Catalina Gutierrez, Isabel de la Encina, Maria Susana Tampila, Serafina Andrade, Serafina Micheas, Gertrudes de Armas, a total of six- teen men and fifteen women. To this list should be added one boy and six girls, bringing the grand total to thirty-eight persons. Mufioz issued 18 Governor Manuel Munoz to Pedro Nava, July 18, 1794, Saltillo Ar&Aivu, Vol. VI, pp. 88-90.
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