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LOCAL ANNALS OF SAN FRANCISCO DISTRICT.

1832, probably less than 150 in 1834, and at the end of the decade there were left only 90 living at San Mateo, with possibly 50 more scattered in the district.^[1] Crops were small, and records of farming op-

↑ S. Francisco mission statistics 1831-4. (No figures whatever for 1833-4.) Decrease in pop. 219 to about 150 (204 in 1832). Baptisms 7 and 8 in 1831-2. Deaths 10 and 11 in 1831-2. Gain in large stock 5,132 to 6,018 in 1832, and 10,329 in 1835; horses, etc., 932 to 1,511 in 1835; sheep 2,000 to 4,250 in 1835. Crops 1,670 bush. in 1831, 1,036 bush. in 1832.

Statistics for 1835-40. Debt in Nov. 1831, $10,089. St. Pap. Miss., MS., ix. 65. Inventory of July 28, 1835. Account books, etc., no valuation; buildings minutely described, including 27 structures besides the principal vivienda, $22,482; utensils and furniture $319; manufacturing apparatus $233; goods and produce in storehouse $2,414; garden with fences and fruit-trees $334; corral $335; farming tools $34; launch and boat $880; live-stock, chiefly on the coast, 4,445 cattle, 691 horses, 2,125 sheep, 5 mules, 6 asses, 122 swine, $17,172; church property, buildings $9,057, ornaments, etc., $8,770, total $17,827; S. Mateo buildings and produce $2,753; lands, 5 leagues at the mission, 3 l. at S. Mateo, 9 l. at the Parage de la Costa as estimated, for there was no doc. to show extent and no survey, no value given; credits, 40 items, the largest being the estate of Luis Argüello, $402; Id. of Pablo de Sala $416, and Joaquin Ortega $300, total $2542; grand total $67,227, less $7,222 debts (13 items, largest A. B. Thompson $1,948, Virmond $2,668, John C. Jones $1,183), balance $60,004. Original signed by Estudillo, Flores, Valle, and Pedro Castillo in Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 220; also in St. Pap. Miss., MS., vi. 19-21. Sept. 23, 1839. Hartnell found 89 Ind. all at S. Mateo; 758 cattle, 967 horses, 1,272 sheep, 34 mules, and 2 asses. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 43. May 13, 1840, there were 320 cattle, 707 horses, 1,300 sheep, 40 mules, and 8 asses, other remnants of property being of no value. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vii. 36-7, and debts amounting to $2,615. Pico, Pap. Miss., MS., 47-51.

Statistics of 1776-1832. Total of baptisms, 6,998, of which 3,715 Ind. adults, 2,829 Ind. children, 454 children de razon; annual average 115. Marriages 2,121, of which 85 de razon; average 37. Deaths 5,553, of which 3,464 Ind. adults, 1,900 Ind. children, 58 and 111 gente de razon; annual average 94; average death rate 12.4 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 1,252 in 1820; males always in excess; children ⅓ to ⅕. Largest no. of cattle 11,240 in 1808; horses 1,239 in 1831; mules 42 in 1813; sheep 11,324 in 1813; all kinds 22,663 animals in 1805. Total product of wheat 114,480 bush., yield 10 fold; barley 59,500 bush., 9 fold; maize 16,900 bush., 51 fold; beans 19,380 bush., 25 fold; miscel. grains 19,053 bush., 24 fold.

Summary of events, etc. 1831. Status under Echeandía's decree, never enforced. This vol., p. 306-7. 1833. Proposition before the dip. to fix bounds of mission lands. Id., 249. Reports in favor of secularization. Id., 333, 335. 1834. Joaquin Estudillo appointed comisionado in Sept. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 62. May 10th, petition of the padre to dip. for a definition of boundaries. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 63. Sept. 28th, Estudillo recommends the discharge of one of the two majordomos to save expense. St. Pap. Miss., MS., ix. 62. Oct., claim of a neófita, married to Robles of Branciforte, for 65 head of cattle left by her father and incorporated with the mission herds. P. Abella testified that he knew nothing of the matter, and the gov. decided that the woman was entitled to only her pro rata on the general distribution. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., MS., v. 22-31, 85-92. 1833. Estudillo having some trouble with the padre, Ignacio del Valle came up from Sta Cruz to take his place or to aid him; and on July 28th, as per inventory already cited, the estate was turned over to Gumesindo Flores as administrator. Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 10; Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 74; St. Pap., Miss., MS., vi. 19. The

[p714-16-1] S. Francisco mission statistics 1831-4. (No figures whatever for 1833-4.) Decrease in pop. 219 to about 150 (204 in 1832). Baptisms 7 and 8 in 1831-2. Deaths 10 and 11 in 1831-2. Gain in large stock 5,132 to 6,018 in 1832, and 10,329 in 1835; horses, etc., 932 to 1,511 in 1835; sheep 2,000 to 4,250 in 1835. Crops 1,670 bush. in 1831, 1,036 bush. in 1832.

Statistics for 1835-40. Debt in Nov. 1831, $10,089. St. Pap. Miss., MS., ix. 65. Inventory of July 28, 1835. Account books, etc., no valuation; buildings minutely described, including 27 structures besides the principal vivienda, $22,482; utensils and furniture $319; manufacturing apparatus $233; goods and produce in storehouse $2,414; garden with fences and fruit-trees $334; corral $335; farming tools $34; launch and boat $880; live-stock, chiefly on the coast, 4,445 cattle, 691 horses, 2,125 sheep, 5 mules, 6 asses, 122 swine, $17,172; church property, buildings $9,057, ornaments, etc., $8,770, total $17,827; S. Mateo buildings and produce $2,753; lands, 5 leagues at the mission, 3 l. at S. Mateo, 9 l. at the Parage de la Costa as estimated, for there was no doc. to show extent and no survey, no value given; credits, 40 items, the largest being the estate of Luis Argüello, $402; Id. of Pablo de Sala $416, and Joaquin Ortega $300, total $2542; grand total $67,227, less $7,222 debts (13 items, largest A. B. Thompson $1,948, Virmond $2,668, John C. Jones $1,183), balance $60,004. Original signed by Estudillo, Flores, Valle, and Pedro Castillo in Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 220; also in St. Pap. Miss., MS., vi. 19-21. Sept. 23, 1839. Hartnell found 89 Ind. all at S. Mateo; 758 cattle, 967 horses, 1,272 sheep, 34 mules, and 2 asses. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 43. May 13, 1840, there were 320 cattle, 707 horses, 1,300 sheep, 40 mules, and 8 asses, other remnants of property being of no value. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vii. 36-7, and debts amounting to $2,615. Pico, Pap. Miss., MS., 47-51.

Statistics of 1776-1832. Total of baptisms, 6,998, of which 3,715 Ind. adults, 2,829 Ind. children, 454 children de razon; annual average 115. Marriages 2,121, of which 85 de razon; average 37. Deaths 5,553, of which 3,464 Ind. adults, 1,900 Ind. children, 58 and 111 gente de razon; annual average 94; average death rate 12.4 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 1,252 in 1820; males always in excess; children ⅓ to ⅕. Largest no. of cattle 11,240 in 1808; horses 1,239 in 1831; mules 42 in 1813; sheep 11,324 in 1813; all kinds 22,663 animals in 1805. Total product of wheat 114,480 bush., yield 10 fold; barley 59,500 bush., 9 fold; maize 16,900 bush., 51 fold; beans 19,380 bush., 25 fold; miscel. grains 19,053 bush., 24 fold.

Summary of events, etc. 1831. Status under Echeandía's decree, never enforced. This vol., p. 306-7. 1833. Proposition before the dip. to fix bounds of mission lands. Id., 249. Reports in favor of secularization. Id., 333, 335. 1834. Joaquin Estudillo appointed comisionado in Sept. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 62. May 10th, petition of the padre to dip. for a definition of boundaries. Leg. Rec., MS., ii. 63. Sept. 28th, Estudillo recommends the discharge of one of the two majordomos to save expense. St. Pap. Miss., MS., ix. 62. Oct., claim of a neófita, married to Robles of Branciforte, for 65 head of cattle left by her father and incorporated with the mission herds. P. Abella testified that he knew nothing of the matter, and the gov. decided that the woman was entitled to only her pro rata on the general distribution. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., MS., v. 22-31, 85-92. 1833. Estudillo having some trouble with the padre, Ignacio del Valle came up from Sta Cruz to take his place or to aid him; and on July 28th, as per inventory already cited, the estate was turned over to Gumesindo Flores as administrator. Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 10; Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 74; St. Pap., Miss., MS., vi. 19. The

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