E aʻo e pili ana i nā kikoʻī o kēia parade makahiki, kahi e hele ai nā wahi maikaʻi loa, nā mōʻaukala a me nā kūlohelohe, o ka Sierra de San Pedro Mártir.
I kēlā me kēia makahiki hoʻololi ke ala, akā e hāhai mau i nā ala kahiko a me ka hoʻomoana ma nā wahi i hoʻohana ʻia e nā paniolo. Pau ka parade ma ka lā i ka pāʻina patronal o ka ʻO ka misionari Santo Domingo, i ka hoʻomaka o ʻAukake. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻo ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā paniolo e hoʻomaka i ka pāʻina, a ma ke ala, ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa o ka mokuʻāina (1775). ʻO ka neʻe pinepine o ka poʻe holo lio, hoʻomaka kekahi, hui kekahi ma hope, ʻo ka pōkole, he ala kumu ia e noho pū a hoʻopakele i nā kuʻuna o ka ʻāina.
PEHEA KA HUI ANA I NA MEA A PAU?
ʻO ka Sierra de San Pedro Mártir i ke kikowaena o ka mokuʻāina ʻo Baja Kaleponi, kahi o nā wahi kūlohelohe maikaʻi loa a mālama ʻia i ka ʻākau o ka penikala. ʻO kona mau kuahiwi o ka granite keʻokeʻo e piʻi kūleʻa mai ka wao akua, ʻoi aku ma mua o 2 kilomita, a i ʻoi aku ma mua o 3,000 mika ma luna o kaʻilikai. ʻO kēia massif, e like me kahi mokupuni, ua hoʻokele iā ia e pale i kahi ululāʻau nani, a me kahi mea ulu a me nā holoholona. I kēia māhele, mālama ʻia kekahi o nā kuʻuna kahiko loa o Baja Kaleponi, e like me ka hānai holoholona.
ʻO ka mea mua e mākaʻikaʻi i kēia pae mauna ʻo ia ka mikionali Jesuit ʻO Wenceslao Linck, i ka 1766. Ma hope, i ka 1775, ua hoʻokumu nā mikionali Dominican i kona pali komohana, ma waena o nā Kiliwa Indians, nā kānaka miliona o kēia kuahiwi, ka nuʻukia a Santo Domingo de Guzmán, nāna i hāpai i ke kaiāulu o Santo Domingo i kēia manawa, 200 kilomita ma ka hema o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Ensenada.
Mai ka nuʻukia a Santo Domingo i hoʻomaka ai e mākaʻikaʻi ʻia ʻo Sierra de San Pedro Mártir i kahi ʻano ʻōnaehana, i kahi ala e 1794 i hoʻokumu ai nā Dominicans, ma ka piko o ia, ka Ka Misiona a San Pedro Mártir de Verona, i ka ʻāpana i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā ʻo Mission Valley, kahi e ʻike ʻia ai nā kumu o kāna halepule kahiko. Mai kēia mikionali i lawe ai ka sierra i kona inoa.
No laila, hoʻolauna nā mikionali i ka pipi ma ke ʻano he like me ke ʻano o ke ola, ke hoʻokumu nei i kekahi mau lālā, ma ka piko o nā kuahiwi a ma nā pali. Ma luna, ua hoʻohana ʻia nā pūnaewele e like me Santa Rosa, La Grulla, Santa Eulalia, Santo Tomás, La Encantada a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No kēia mea ua lawe mai lākou i nā paniolo a me nā kahu hānai nāna i hāpai i kēia kuʻuna i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Baja Kaleponi i kēia manawa.
Ma waena o kēia mau mahiā a me nā mikionali, a me nā wahi hānai, ua hana ʻia nā ala hele, e hāʻawi ana i ke ola i kahi ʻāpana nui. I ke kauwela ua hānai ʻia ka pipi i luna, kahi e ulu ai ka mauʻu nui; ke hoʻokokoke mai nei ka hoʻoilo, hoʻohaʻahaʻa lākou ia. Ua kapa ʻia kēia mau hālāwai, he vaquereadas.
KA MEA HANAI COWBOY
I ka makahiki i hala aku nei ua hoʻomaka ka holo ma ka ʻO Ejido Zapata, ma ka ʻākau o ke kai kūʻono ʻo San Quintín. I nā lā mua ua hele ʻo ia i ka wāwae o nā kuahiwi, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, e hele ana ma waena o ke kaiāulu o San Telmo, ka Hacienda Sinaloa, ka mahinaʻai ʻo El Coyote, a me kahi o Los Encinos, a hiki i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka pali e piʻi i luna. Lawe ʻia ka ukana ma nā miula, i nā ʻeke noho lio, i hana ʻia i ke ʻano mikionali kahiko. Ua ukali mākou i nā ala hele kahiko, i kēia lā wale nō i ʻike ʻia e nā paniolo nāna e hoʻoholo i nā pipi i nā wahi kiʻekiʻe o San Pedro Mártir. Ke piʻi nei mākou, ma mua o nā hiʻohiʻona kupaianaha. I ka hōʻea ʻana o mākou i ka pā, holo mākou ma waena o ka ululāʻau nani no kekahi mau hola, e hele ana i nā wahi ʻē aʻe he nani loa.
Pau mākou i ka lā ma Kahi Deer Keʻokeʻo, kahi e kahe ai kahi kahawai ma waena o nā kumu paina nui. Aia kahi hale maʻalahi ma laila. Wehe mākou i nā holoholona a lawe i nā noho lio mai nā lio, hoʻokuʻu ʻia lākou e ʻai i ka mauʻu a inu i ke kahawai.
Ma mua o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka wai a me ka wahie, ua hoʻomālamalama ʻia kahi ahi ahi a hoʻomākaukau ʻia ka ʻaina awakea, ʻo ia hoʻi kahi ʻai i hana ʻia mai ka ʻiʻo maloʻo a me ka laiki. Ma hope e hoʻomākaukau mākou i kahi tī pennyroyal, kahi lāʻau lapaʻau e ulu nui ana i nā kuahiwi, a kamaʻilio nui mākou e pili ana i ke ahi hoʻomoana, ma ke ala, kapa ʻia nā bipi kauō he "wahaheʻe" a "wahaheʻe" paha, no ka mea kamaʻilio wahaheʻe maoli lākou. Ma laila, i waena o ka uahi a me ka wela o nā anana, nā anecdotes, nā moʻolelo, nā hoʻomākeʻaka a me nā kaʻao i kupu. Mahalo i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻohe mahina, mahalo mākou i ka lani hōkū i kona nani āpau. Ua hauʻoli nui ka Milky Way iā mākou, no ka mea hiki ke ʻike ʻia i kona lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa mai kā mākou ʻeke hiamoe ma ka mauʻu.
KE KUMU O KAKOU OLA
I ka lā aʻe, ua hoʻomau mākou i ka holo ʻana ma waena o ka ululāʻau, a hiki mākou i kahi i kapa ʻia ʻo Vallecitos, mai kahi e hiki ai iā mākou ke ʻike pono loa i ka teleskopa nui o ka UNAM astronomical observatory. A laila hele mākou i ke ala o La Tasajera a hiki i ko mākou hiki ʻana i ke awāwa nani ʻo Rancho Viejo, kahi nani loa. Mai laila aku ua hoʻomau mākou i ke awāwa nui ʻo La Grulla, ʻoi aku ka nani, kahi a mākou e ʻike ai i ka mākaukau o nā paniolo, e ʻoki ana a alualu ana i nā pipi i hemo. He hōʻike maikaʻi ia na Baja Kaleponi laki.
ʻO ke awakea o ka wā ia mākou e hoʻomoana ai ma ke awāwa o La Grulla, e pili pono ana i ka punawai kahi e piʻi ai ke kahawai ʻo Santo Domingo. Hoʻokumu ʻia kahi loko nui i kahi e hiki ai ke ʻauʻau a iʻa hoʻi no ka iʻa, a mākou i hana ai. ʻAneʻane paʻa ka pūnaewele, mahalo i ka loaʻa ʻole o nā alanui, hiki ke kiʻi wale ʻia i ka wāwae a i ʻole ka lio. Noho mākou ma laila i ka lā holoʻokoʻa, e leʻaleʻa ana i kona nani a me kona ʻano, akā ʻike pū mākou i nā koena he nui o nā kamaʻāina mua o ka sierra, ʻo ia hoʻi nā Kiliwa Indians. Laki mākou i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā koina o ka metates, nā arrowheads, nā scrapers a me nā ipu lepo.
ALANUI I KA LAHUI KANAWAI
Ma hope o ko mākou noho ma La Grulla, hoʻomaka mākou i ka iho. Hele mākou i ke kahawai ʻo La Zanja, hele ma waena o ka La Primera Agua a hoʻomaka e iho i ke kahakai ʻo Descanso, kaulana i waena o nā paniolo no kona pali kūpikipiki a me ka pōhaku. Ua hele kekahi o mākou mai ka lio mai i nā ʻāpana paʻakikī loa. Ua nalowale ka pae i kahi kuahiwi kuapo. Ma hope o kekahi mau hola, ua hōʻea mākou i ka pā hānai ʻo Santa Cruz, ma lalo o nā kuahiwi, kahi a mākou i hoʻopau ai i ka lā. Ma ka wāwae o ke kuahiwi, keu hoʻi i nā kahawai, ʻo nā kumu nui ka ʻoka, ʻoiai ua ʻike mākou i nā wilou he nui. ʻOluʻolu kahi a mākou i hoʻomoana ai, kahi kaulana loa i waena o nā paniolo no ka mea he wahi, wai, mauʻu a ʻoluʻolu ia.
RODEO A ME ʻĀpana
I nā lā aʻe, ua lawe mākou i nā alahele ma o nā māla ʻo El Huatal, ʻo Arroyo Hondo a me El Venado. ʻO ʻAukake 2 ko mākou lā hope loa.
Ma Santo Domingo e kali ana lākou iā mākou e hoʻomaka i ka pāʻina patronal, kekahi o nā mea kahiko loa o ka mokuʻāina. Ua hoʻokipa lākou iā mākou me ka hauʻoli nui. Ua hele wāwae mākou i ke kaona a hiki i ka pau ʻana o mākou ma ka pantheon, kahi a lākou i ʻākoakoa ai e hoʻomaka i ka pāʻina ma ka rodeo, kekahi o nā kuʻuna bipi ikaika ma aneʻi.
Kahi o ka White Deer Sierra de Baja Kaleponi Wenceslao Linck
