mission was succeeded in 1833 by the Zacatecan Padre José María de Jesus Gonzalez Rubio, who remained throughout the decade. This mission for the whole decade was probably the most prosperous in California both before and after secularization. Its highest population of 1,866 souls was reached in 1831, and though the number fell to about 1,400 in 1834.[1]
- ↑ Statistics of S. José mission 1831-2 (no figures for 1833-4). Decrease of pop. 1,745 to 1,456 (in 1833, but 1,886 in 1831). Baptisms 366 (336 incl. 293 adults in 1831). Marriages 129. Deaths 398. Increase of large stock 13,300 to 13,710, horses and mules 1,300 to 1,250; sheep remained at 13,000. Crops about 10,800 bush. each year.
Statistics of 1835-40. Statement of P. Gonzalez that the mission had 18,000 cattle, 15,000 sheep, 1,900 horses, and effects valued at 20,000. Taylor, in Cal. Farmer, June 1, 1860. Inventory of Jan. 15, 1837. Credits (chief debtors Wm Gulnac $336, S. Rafael mission $1,236, the canónigo Fernandez (!) $385, and dept. govt $6,117), $9,117. Buildings, including corrals, etc., $10,700. Utensils and furniture $240. Manufacturing apparatus and material, also hides, tallow, lard, wagons, and 3,600 fan. of grain, $9,108. Goods in warehouse $17,810. Orchard and vineyard at the mission, 6,000 vines, about 600 fruit trees, $7,472; id., S. Cayetano, abt 600 trees, incl. 10 olive-trees, $1,514. Farming tools $282. Live-stock, $18,000 cattle, 2,074 horses, 14,965 sheep, 30 mules, 15 asses, 77 swine, $98,977. Boat $100. Total valuation $156,325. Debt (chief creditors J. Aguirre $402, Antonio Moreña $377), $975. Balance $155,350. Original with autographs of J. J. Vallejo and Padre Gonzalez, in Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 64; also St. Pap,, Miss., MS., vii. 49-51. 1837-8. No records. 1839. Pop. in Aug. according to Hartnell's count 589 souls. Id., x. 12. March 2d, gov. orders the loan of 3,000 sheep to the Solano establishment for 5 years. Id., x. 14. Aug. 28th, property available for trade or for distribution to the Ind. $30,000. Id., vii. 48. Sept. 1st, acct of supplies govt and escolta (no period specified, possibly since 1837) $16,809. Id., 43. 1840. Live-stock 20,000 cattle, 15,000 sheep, 1,120 horses, 15 mules, 150 swine, 2 asses. Other property (enseres) $23,570. Credits $3,452 (as to what had become of the acct of $6,000 against the govt the reader may adopt any theory he likes except that it had been paid). Debts $4,434. Id., 37-40; Arce, Doc., MS., 28-9; Pico, Pap., Mis., MS, 47-51.
Statistics of 1797-1834. Total of baptisms 6,737, of which 4,182 Ind. adults, 2,488 Ind. children, 67 child. de razon; annual average 177. Marriages 1,984, of which 4 de razon. Deaths 5,109, of which 3,524 Ind. adults; 1,554 Ind. children, 4 and 27 de razon; annual average 134; average death rate 12.17 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 1,886 in 1831; males always in excess of females; children ¼ to ⅙. Largest no. of cattle 18,000 in 1826; horses 1,425 in 1834; mules 100 in 1830; sheep 20,000 in 1826; all kinds 35,600 in 1826. Total product of wheat 13,680 bush. yield 19 fold; barley 16,750 bush., 20 fold; maize 17,290 bush., 80 fold; beans 3,790 bush., 25 fold; miscel. grains 8,800 bush., 33 fold.
Summary of events, etc. 1831. Status under Echeandía's plan not carried out. This vol., p. 396-7. 1832. P. Duran on the proposed reglamento. Id., 316. May 7th, Duran in great trouble because the Ind. die so fast. They seem 'mas frágiles que el vidrio.' He has appointed 5 boys to report cases of sickness, and has had them well flogged to make them attend to the duty, yet now and then some Ind. slips out of the world without the sacraments. S. José, Lib. Mis., MS., 27. 1833. P. Gonzalez succeeds Duran, the latter reporting this mission in a condition for partial secularization. This vol., p. 318, 333. S. J. was to be joined to Solano and S. Rafael as a parish of 1st class.
