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The Founding of
San Jose, California (Cont.)
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| Its' First non Indigenous Inhabitants |
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Although 15 men had been brought by Moraga to establish the
new pueblo of San Jose,only five were actually pobladores (settlers) in the full sense of the word.They
were
| 1...Manuel Amestica....,...... a mulatto and a
widower with a one-year old son Joaquin Gabrie |
2:.... Ignacio
Archuleta,.... a Spaniard, with his wife Ignacia, also Spanish,
but with no children |
3... Manuel Gonzalez, ... an Apache Indian, his
Indian wife Micaela, with five children three boys and two girls; |
4... Jose Romero,..... a mulatto as was his wife Maria, with no children |
5...Jose
Tiburcio Vasquez,... a mulatto, with Maria, a mestiza, and a baby
girl Maria Ignacia |
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these were given land, a salary, rations and a loan of tools
and animals.
The herdsmanJose Sinoba and his
wife Maria Gertrudis Bojorquez were expected to live on wages
so they were given no land, tools, animals or other emoluments.
From this point on, only settlers from outside California would
receive loans, salaries and rations. Californians would receive
land and be expected to finance themselves. The other nine men
who came to San Jose with Moraga were soldiers carrying out
a military assignment.
Most of the men and women listed in the
pardon as Spanish were actually criollos (persons of European
blood) born in the generations.
Some of the names and
ages are different; Amestica and Vasquez were both 18 years
old then- they had gained three and seven years respectively
by the time they were settled at San Jose.
Eight of the men brought to San Jose had come to California
with the Anza expedition - five of the soldiers and three of
the Baja California by trail. The soldiers who came with Anza
were Arrellano, Castro, Mesa Peralta and Tapia; the settlers
were Amestica, Gonzales and Vasquez.
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