Indigenous Life After the Conquest by Caterina Pizzigoni Camilla Townsend

Author:Caterina Pizzigoni, Camilla Townsend [Caterina Pizzigoni, Camilla Townsend]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: History, Latin America, Mexico, Central America, General, Europe, Spain & Portugal, Social Science, Indigenous Studies, Americas (North; Central; South; West Indies)
ISBN: 9780271089188
Google: 0OUfEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2021-02-19T01:03:37+00:00

________________________________________________3 pesos, 2 reales

And four pounds of cocoa beans, the price

________________________________________________2 pesos, 4 reales

Four reales’ worth of cinnamon

________________________________________________4 reales

Robalo fish, the price

________________________________________________2 pesos, 4 reales

A half an arroba of shrimp, the price

________________________________________________2 pesos, 4 reales

And two pesos, four reales’ worth of lentils

________________________________________________2 pesos, 4 reales

[fol. 18]

And one peso’s worth of beans

________________________________________________1 peso

And six reales’ worth of saffron

________________________________________________6 reales

Two reales’ worth of peppers

________________________________________________2 reales

Two quarts of Castillian oil, the price

________________________________________________1 peso

Two reales’ worth of olives

________________________________________________2 reales

Two reales’ worth of vinegar

________________________________________________2 reales

One real’s worth of garlic

________________________________________________1 real

Now on Friday, the 18th of March 1683, we put together all the bills that we paid to Sr. don Diego Castillo, master painter. We gave him 120 pesos. Here it will appear. No tribute was imposed; it came from the whole community. No one is ever to say anything about it.

________________________________________________120 pesos

And to Sr. Miguel de Blancas [the other craftsman], we also gave 120 pesos.

________________________________________________120 pesos

And Sr. Don Juan de la Cruz, gobernador, and doña Josepha Francisca, gobernadora, donated and brought the eighty pesos.

________________________________________________80 pesos

And in order that holy San Pablo be dressed, dyes were purchased through an agreement made elsewhere. It was done for seven pesos.

________________________________________________7 pesos

[fol. 18v]

And we here in Tepemaxalco are responsible for cleaning the Santo Cristo from the middle and above, for the cost of eight pesos.33

________________________________________________8 pesos

And in order that both San Bernardino and Santa Clara in the tabernacle be cleaned, six pesos.

________________________________________________6 pesos.

And to Tomás the craftsman, for gilding, we gave seven pesos.

________________________________________________7 pesos

And to Francisco de la Cruz we gave 5 pesos.

________________________________________________5 pesos

And [papier-mâché] flesh so that the angels could have flesh put on, the price two pesos and six reales. Here it will appear. It came from the community.

________________________________________________2 pesos, 6 reales

[fol. 19]

The lamps of the parish were weighed: Jesús and San Juan, 58 marks, which were given by donation on October 2, 1810.Maya

[fol. 21]

In the year 1733 and in the year 1734, don Nicolás de la Cruz became gobernador.

And in the year 1743, don Nicolás de la Cruz became gobernador.

Here in this year of 1745, don Nicolás de la Cruz became gobernador again. And here will appear, here we state clearly, the expenses of having a new Saint of Jerusalem34 made. It cost 20 pesos. Here will appear what was given in support: the children of holy San Lucas supported it with one peso.

________________________________________________1 peso

[fol. 21v]

The children of Santa María de la Asunción, the alcaldes, supported it with one peso1 peso The children of holy Santiago the Apostle, the alcaldes, supported it with one peso______________________1 peso

The children of holy San Francisco Puxtlan supported it with one peso; here it will appear________________________________1 peso

And here in our altepetl of holy San Pablo Tepemaxalaco Tlatocapan Ahuatitlan, the cabecera [leading community], we put down sixteen pesos___________________________________________16 pesos

And let it be known everywhere that the shirt belongs to the Saint of Jerusalem.

We say clearly that the holy San Felipe and Santiago came [and was finished up?] and was paid for through their children’s wooded land. Four pesos were taken for his shirt.

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