Phakathi kwezintaba ezomile zaseSierra de la Giganta, leli chweba livula ukuzola nobukhosi phambi kwamehlo esivakashi.
Phakathi kwezintaba ezomile zeSierra de la Giganta, leli chweba livula ukuzola nobukhosi phambi kwamehlo esivakashi.
Ubusuku buthule kakhulu futhi awukho nhlobo umsindo, kuphela amagagasi olwandle nokuxokozela kokugcina kwezinye zezinyoni okuphula ukuthula okwesikhashana. Ngenkathi simisa ikamu lethu, izinkulungwane zezinkanyezi zisibuka zisuka esibhakabhakeni futhi zisenza sikhumbule amagama umhloli wamazwe waseSpain uJosé Longinos achaze ngawo isibhakabhaka sasebusuku saseBaja California ekupheleni kwekhulu le-18: “… isibhakabhaka sicacile, sihle kunazo zonke engizibonile, futhi ngezinkanyezi eziningi ezikhanyayo okuthi, noma ingekho inyanga, kubonakala sengathi kukhona ... "
Sasizwile okuningi ngaleli theku kangangokuba kwaba yinto engathi shu ukuzwa ukuzoyihlola; futhi namuhla, ngemuva kwesikhathi esithile, ekugcineni silapha, eBahía Concepción, kulobu busuku obungenanyanga obusimboze ngobumnyama balo.
UKUVAKASHELA KWESI-GUYIAGUI
Encwadini yakhe yekhulu le-18, iNoticia de la California, uFata Miguel Venegas uthi “Ilanga, inyanga nezinkanyezi ngabesilisa nabesifazane. Njalo ebusuku bawela olwandle olusentshonalanga futhi baphoqeleka ukuba babhukude baye empumalanga. Ezinye izinkanyezi izibani uGuyiagui azikhanyisa esibhakabhakeni. Yize becinywa amanzi olwandle, ngakusasa iyaphinda ibabhekise empumalanga… ”Le nganekwane yaseGuaycura isitshela ukuthi uGuyiagui (uMoya Ovakashayo), omele iGuamongo (uMoya oyiNhloko), wadabula inhlonhlo ehlwanyela ama-pitahayas futhi ukuvula izindawo zokudoba kanye nezizalo zemifula eGulf of California; Lapho umsebenzi wakhe usuphelile, wayehlala phakathi kwamadoda endaweni eyaziwa namuhla ngokuthi iPuerto Escondido, eningizimu yeLoreto, ngaseBahía Concepción, futhi kamuva wabuyela enyakatho, lapho ayevela khona.
UKUTHOLA IBHAYI
Ukuphuma kwelanga kuyamangalisa ngempela; izintaba zasenhlonhlweni iConcepción, kanye neziqhingana, kubuyiselwe emuva yisibhakabhaka esibomvu esisibekela amanzi ethekwini elizolile kakhulu futhi esisinikeza umbono osabekayo.
Silibangise engxenyeni esenyakatho yetheku; Kuwo wonke ekuseni sasihamba futhi sazi indawo esikuyo; manje sesiphezulu esiqongweni segquma elincane elisendaweni ebizwa ngePunta Piedrita.
Ebuka itheku elingenhla, umuntu ucabanga ukuthi kunelukuluku kangakanani ukuba sendaweni ehlala ingaguquki selokhu abahloli bamazwe bokuqala baseSpain bazi ngobukhona bayo.
Kwenzeka ukuthi ngesikhathi sohambo lokuqala lokuhlola olwandle lwaseCortez, ngo-1539, uCaptain Francisco de Ulloa waqondisa izikebhe zakhe, iSanta Águeda neTrinidad, zibheke eningizimu, zifeza umsebenzi wokumaka konke akuthola endleleni yakhe ukuze akwazi Yazi indawo entsha, ebizwa ngeSanta Cruz, eyathathwa, egameni leNkosi yaseSpain, nguHernán Cortés eminyakeni edlule, ngo-1535.
U-Ulloa akazange alinake leli sayithi, kodwa uFrancisco Preciado, owayengumshayeli wezindiza omdala nokaputeni weTrinidad, ngemuva kokumisa amanzi kancane ngasenyakatho, emfudlaneni owawuzobizwa ngeSanta Rosalía eminyakeni eyalandela, umcaphuna kubhulogi yakhe, futhi kukhombisa nokuthi kwakumele babambelele lapho.
Kwakunemikhankaso eminingi eyalandela eya enhlonhlweni yaseBaja California, ngayinye inezinhloso ezithile; kepha kuze kwaba ngumkhankaso wesithathu oholwa nguKaputeni Francisco de Ortega lapho intshisekelo ekhethekile yanikezwa leli theku.
Uhambo luka-Ortega lwalunentshisekelo enkulu ekutholeni abaphakeli bamaparele kunokuklama indawo entsha; Esuka efrijini lawo uMadre Luisa de la Ascensión, amalungu ohambo alibhekisa enhlonhlweni; Nokho, uhambo aluzange lube khona ngaphandle kwesigameko; ngaphambi nje kokufika ethekwini laseLa Paz, endaweni abayibiza ngePlaya Honda, mhlawumbe ngasePichilingue, bamangazwa yisiphepho esabenza baphukelwa umkhumbi.
Kuthathe izinsuku ezingamashumi amane nesithupha ukwakha omunye "umkhumbi wemasthead" (njengoba u-Ortega abiza kanjalo) ukuqhubeka nenkampani yakhe; Ngaphandle kwezikhali noma umpu wezibhamu futhi kuphela ngalokho ababengakophula emvuthuluka yesikebhe sabo, baqhubeka. Ngo-Mashi 28, 1636, ngemuva kokufika eBahía Concepción, u-Ortega uchaza lo mcimbi kanjena: “Ngibhalisa omunye umphakeli nendawo yokudoba yala maparele ethekwini elikhulu eligudle ulwandle nezwekazi, leli chweba elizoba nalo Kusuka ekugcineni kuya ekugcineni amaligi ayisithupha, futhi wonke agcwele amagobolondo kamama-wamaparele, futhi ekugcineni kwaleli chweba kuya eqenjini lomsingathi wezwekazi, kunendawo yokuhlala enkulu yamaNdiya, futhi ngiyibiza ngokuthi yiNkosikazi Yethu I-Concepción, futhi inemvelaphi kusuka kwesinye isifo sebele kuya kwayishumi ”.
Ukaputeni nabantu bakhe babuyela ngoMeyi ethekwini laseSanta Catalina, eSinaloa, lapho babehambe khona. Azikho izindaba zokuthi u-Ortega ubuyele eBaja California; iyanyamalala esikimini somlando sekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa futhi akusaziwa lutho ngakho.
Kamuva, ngo-1648, u-Admiral Pedro Porter y Cassanate wathunyelwa ukuyohlola le ngxenye yenhlonhlo, ayibiza ngokuthi "Ensenada de San Martín", igama elalingasoze lahlala isikhathi eside. Ngo-1683 u-Admiral Isidro de Atondo y Antillón wenza uhambo olusha ukuze abone la mazwe futhi, waphinde wawathatha, manje esegameni likaCarlos II.
Lapha kuqala isigaba esisha emlandweni wenhlonhlo, njengoba abazali uMatías Goñi no-Eusebio Francisco Kino odumile, bobabili abavela kwi-Society of Jesus, babe no-Atondo; izithunywa zevangeli zadabula i-peninsula futhi zaqala indlela yokuthi amaJesuit angene eBaja California. UKino wenza amamephu amaningi walokho okwakungaqiniseki ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi kwakuyinhlonhlo, esebenzisa ingxenye enhle ye-toponymy eyabelwe u-Ortega.
Ngenkathi uJuan María de Salvatierra efika enhlonhlweni ngo-1697 ngenhloso yokusungula umphakathi onomphela endaweni ebizwa ngokuthi iSan Bruno, waqala wangena ethekwini ngenxa yesiphepho. Ngokushesha wahlola indawo futhi wathola ukuthi awekho amanzi asezingeni elifanele abonakala engahlali.
Ngo-Agasti 1703, ngokuyalelwa nguFather Salvatierra, uBaba uPíccolo noBalsadua bathola umfudlana ababewubonile lapho bengena eBahía Concepción; ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, bekhuphuka ngomfula futhi beholwa yi-Cochimí yendabuko, bafika endaweni lapho umsebenzi weSanta Rosalía de Mulegé wawuzosungulwa khona. Ngokuzinikela okuningi, le mishini yafakwa futhi ngumzamo we-titanic kuphela uBaba Balsadua owenza kwaba lula ukulandela indlela exhumanisa iMulegé neLoreto, inhloko-dolobha yaseCalifornias ngaleso sikhathi (okwenzeka, isigaba somgwaqo omkhulu wamanje odlula lapha kunengxenye yohlangothi lokuqala).
Ukuphetha ngalolu daba lomlando, kufanelekile ukubalula inkampani enkulu kaFata Ugarte, eyayihlanganisa ukukhiqiza umkhumbi, i-El Triunfo de la Cruz, ngokhuni lwaseCalifornias, nokuhambela enyakatho ukubona ukuthi la mazwe akha inhlonhlo ngempela yini. ; UBahía Concepción wasebenza njengesiphephelo sakhe cishe ekupheleni kohambo lwakhe, ngenkathi u-Ugarte namadoda akhe bemangazwa yisigaxa esiqine kunabo bonke abake bahlangana nabo emgwaqeni. Bake babopha amahange, baya emishini yaseMulegé, lapho uBaba uSistiaga ahambela khona; ngokuhamba kwesikhathi bafika eLoreto, ngoSepthemba 1721. Konke lokhu nokuningi kwenzeka ngalezo zinsuku, lapho iPacific Ocean kwakuyiSouth Sea; uLwandle lwaseCortez lwalwaziwa ngokuthi uLwandle iBermejo; IBaja California ibithathwa njengesiqhingi kanti ukubalwa kwesikhundla lapho zitholakale khona bekungumthwalo walabo abakwaziyo “ukukala ilanga”.
IZINSIMA ZANGAPHANSI KWAMANZI OKUTHOLA AMANZI
IBahía Concepción ineziqhingi eziningana lapho ama-pelican, ama-seagulls, ama-frig, ama-crow nezidleke ze-herons, phakathi kwezinye izinyoni eziningi. Sanquma ukuchitha ubusuku phambi kwesiqhingi saseLa Pitahaya, ngaphansi kwegquma iPunta Piedrita.
Ukushona kwelanga kunika ukugqama emagqumeni okuthi, ngakolunye uhlangothi lwetheku, anwebe ngokunganqobeki. Ebusuku nangemva kokusha komlilo omncane, silungela ukulalela imisindo yasebusika yasogwadule futhi simangale nge-phosphorescence yolwandle umango omncane asinikeza yona; izinhlanzi ezisemanzini ziyagxuma futhi ziphikisane kakhulu ngethoshi, okwenza umzuzu ungakholeki ngempela.
Kuqala ngalowo mdlalo omangalisayo wamalambu namathoni; Ngemuva kwesidlo sasekuseni esilula singena emanzini ukungena ezweni elihlukile, eligcwele impilo; ama-stingray adlula ngakithi engakhathazekile, futhi izikole zezinhlanzi ezinemibala ehlukahlukene zibhukuda emahlathini e-kelp akha ihlathi elimangalisayo ngaphansi kwamanzi. Isiqubu esikhulu silunguza sinamahloni, sigcina ibanga laso, sengathi kunokusola okuthile ngokuba khona kwethu.
Iqembu elincane lezimfanzi ligijimela phambili lihamba nelinye iqembu lamafry, amancane kakhulu abukeka njengodoti obala ngokuhamba kwawo; ipeki yenhlanzi emhlophe esuka kolunye uhlangothi iye kolunye. Kukhona ama-anemones, izipanji nama-catharine clams; i-slug enkulu yasolwandle egqoke imibala eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka no-orenji ihlala etsheni. Amanzi, noma kunjalo, anamafu amancane ngenxa yenani elikhulu leplankton eligcwele lapha futhi elikhiqiza ngisho nombala obomvana olwandle.
Uma unenhlanhla ungabona izimfudu zasolwandle, kwesinye isikhathi amahlengethwa angena ethekwini. Ebhishi lase-El Coyote amanzi afudumele futhi imisinga idlula lapho ngethempelesha ephezulu impela. Eduze kweSantispac, ngemuva kwemihlume, lapho kuneningi khona kuleli chibi, kunechibi lamanzi ashisayo agobhoza ngo-50 degrees centigrade.
Ukushona kwelanga kuqala ukuveza umbukwane wawo, manje ngokunye okungasinika kona, inkanyezi enomsila enhle, isihambi esingakhathali esibukisa ngobukhulu baso esibhakabhakeni esigcwele izinkanyezi; Mhlawumbe nguGuyiagui ovalelisa kithi, njengoba siluqedile uhambo lwethu. Sizokubona kungekudala ...
Umthombo: IMexico engaziwa No. 285 / Novemba 2000
