Hele i ka mauna, puʻuhonua i waena o mesquites, palapala noi i nā kūpuna a me nā mōhai i ka Guadalupana. Mai ka semi-wao nahele i ka nahele, huikau nā pua i ka syncretism o ka poʻe Otomí e hakakā nei e mālama i ko lākou ʻike.
Hoʻopiha ka ʻala o kahi kapuahi hana home i ka waiho ʻana o Dona Josefina i kahi pā o nā nopales a me nā pīni ma ka papa. Ma luna o ka hale, ua huki ʻia ka silhouette o ka Cerrito Parado me ka ʻōlinolino o ka mahina a ʻike ʻia ka semi-wao nahele i ka ʻaoʻao pouli. Me he mea lā kahi hiʻohiʻona i huki ʻia mai ka nohona o kēlā me kēia lā ma Mesoamerican pre-Hispanic poʻe i ola i kēia wahi Otomí o Higueras ma Tolimán, Querétaro, mai kahi e hoʻomaka ai ka huakaʻi ʻehā mau lā i ka ʻOta del Zamorano.
I ke kakahiaka aʻe, i ke kakahiaka nui loa, ua mākaukau nā hoki e hali i kā mākou ukana a hele aku mākou no ke kaiāulu o Mesa de Ramírez, kahi e kiaʻi ai ka hale pule me kekahi o nā Keʻa Hemolele ʻelua e hana ana i ka huakaʻi. Ma ke poʻo o kēia kaiāulu ʻo Don Guadalupe Luna a me kāna keiki ʻo Félix. Wahi a ka anthropologist ʻo Abel Piña Perusquia, ka mea i hoʻopaʻa i ka ʻāpana no ʻewalu mau makahiki, ʻo ka hele wāwae kapu a me nā hana haipule a puni ke Keʻa Hemolele kahi ʻano o ka pilina kūloko, ʻoiai nā alakaʻi haipule o nā kaiāulu he ʻumikūmālua i hana i ka ʻāina ʻo Higueras hele lākou i kēlā me kēia makahiki.
Ma hope o kahi hanana i alakaʻi ʻia e ka mea lawe kīʻaha ma ke keʻa, ua hoʻomaka ka laina o ka poʻe huakaʻi e piʻi i luna i nā ala maloʻo a wili hoʻi. Hāpai lākou i ko lākou mau lima i nā makana o nā pua wao nahele i wahī ʻia i nā lau maguey a me nā meaʻai e pono ai no ka huakaʻi, me ka haʻalele ʻole i nā ʻohe a nā mea hoʻokani pila.
I ka hōʻea ʻana i ka hopena o ke "awāwa", ua hōʻike ʻia ka laina o ke kaiāulu ʻo Maguey Manso ma luna a, ma hope o kahi hōʻike pōkole ma waena o nā keʻa a me nā mayordomos, ua hoʻomau hou ʻia ke ala. I kēlā manawa ua hana ʻia ka hui ma kahi o hoʻokahi haneli mau poʻe i makemake e hāʻawi i ka Virgin of the chapel ma ka piko o ka mauna. He mau minuke ma hope ua hōʻea mākou i kahi hale pule hāmama kahi i hana ai ka mua o nā kū he ʻehiku, ma laila e kau ʻia ai nā keʻa me nā mōhai, hoʻā ʻia nā copal a pule ʻia nā pule i nā helu nui ʻehā.
I ka wā o ka huakaʻi, ua haʻi mai ʻo Don Cipriano Pérez Pérez, ka mea lawe kīʻaha o ke kaiāulu ʻo Maguey Manso iaʻu, i ka makahiki 1750, i ka wā o ke kaua ma ka Pinal del Zamorano, kahi kūpuna o kāna i hāʻawi iā ia iho i ke Akua, nāna i pane mai: "... inā e hoʻomana ʻoe iaʻu, ʻaʻole e hopohopo ʻoe e hoʻōla wau iā ʻoe. " A pēlā i hana ʻia. Mai ia manawa, he hanauna a he hanauna, ua alakaʻi ka ʻohana o Don Cipriano i ka huakaʻi: "... he aloha kēia, e hoʻomanawanui ʻoe ... ʻo kaʻu keiki ʻo Eligio ka mea e noho ke hele au ..."
Hoʻomaka ke kaiapuni e hoʻololi i kā mākou neʻe i mua. I kēia manawa ke hele wāwae nei mākou ma kahi kokoke i nā lau nahele haʻahaʻa a kū koke ʻo Don Alejandro i ke kaʻa kaʻa lōʻihi. ʻO nā keiki a me ka poʻe ʻōpio e hele nei no ka manawa mua pono e ʻokiʻoki i kekahi mau lālā a hele i mua e kahiki i ka pūnaewele kahi e kū ai ka lua o ka hana. I ka hopena o ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe i kahi, komo nā huakaʻi i, e hana ana i ʻelua laina, hoʻomaka e hele a puni ke kuahu pōhaku liʻiliʻi i nā ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka hope e kau ʻia nā keʻa ma lalo o kahi mesquite. Hoʻohui ka uahi o ke kope me ka namunamu o nā pule a huikau ka hou me ka waimaka e kahe mai nā kāne a me nā wahine. Hana hou ʻia ka pule i nā makani ʻehā a kū ka hopena o ka manawa me ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana o ka copal i mua o nā Keʻa Hemolele. ʻO ka manawa kēia e ʻai ai a ʻākoakoa kēlā me kēia ʻohana i nā hui e leʻaleʻa ai: nā pī, nopales a me nā tortilla. Ma hope iki o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ke ala, zigzagging ma nā puʻu, huli ke anuanu, ulu nā lāʻau a keʻa ke dia i kahi lōʻihi.
Ke piʻi aʻe nā aka a hōʻea mākou i kahi hale pule ʻē aʻe i kū i mua o kahi mesquite nui kahi a mākou i hoʻomoana ai. I ka pō holoʻokoʻa ʻaʻole e hoʻomaha nā pule a me ke kani o ka ʻohe a me ka pahu kani. Ma mua o ka puka ʻana o ka lā, ke hele aku nei nā luina me nā ukana. I ka hohonu i loko o ka ululāʻau ʻoka a e iho ana i kahi wao lāʻau a hele i kēlā kahawai liʻiliʻi, pālahalaha ke kani o ka bele ma kahi lōʻihi. Kū ʻo Don Cipriano lāua ʻo Don Alejandro a noho ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e hoʻomaha. Hāʻawi mai lākou iaʻu i kahi hōʻailona naʻaupō a hāhai wau iā lākou. Komo lākou i kahi ala i waena o nā mea kanu a nalo aku mai kaʻu mau maka e puka hou ma lalo o kahi pōhaku nui. Ua hoʻomālamalama ʻo Don Alejandro i kekahi mau ihoiho a kau i kekahi mau pua. I ka pau ʻana o ka hanana a ʻehā wale nō poʻe i komo, haʻi maila ʻo ia iaʻu: "hele mai mākou e hāʻawi i nā mākua i kapa ʻia ... inā maʻi kekahi, nīnau ʻia lākou a laila ala aʻe ka mea maʻi ..."
ʻO nā "kūpuna" ʻo Chichimeco-Jonaces i noho ma ka ʻāina i hui pū ʻia me nā hui Otomi i hele pū me ka Paniolo i kā lākou komo i loko o ka wahi i ka ʻumikūmāhiku kenekulia, no kēia kumu ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he mau kūpuna o nā mea noho i kēia manawa.
Ma hope o kekahi puʻu e ukali ana kekahi a ʻo kekahi. I kona huli ʻana i kekahi o nā kaha i ke ala, kūlou kahi keikikāne i kahi lāʻau mesquite e helu i ka poʻe huakaʻi a hiki i ka 199, kahi helu āna i hoʻopaʻa ai ma ka lāʻau. "Ma kēia wahi ʻōlelo mau ʻia ka poʻe.", Ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu, "... ua hana mau ʻia ..."
Ma mua o ka napoʻo ʻana o ka lā, kani hou ka bele. Ua hele hou mai nā kāne ʻōpio e holoi i ka pūnaewele kahi a mākou e hoʻomoana ai. I koʻu hōʻea ʻana i kēlā wahi, ua hōʻike ʻia mai iaʻu kahi puʻuhonua pōhaku nui, kahi lua 15 mau mika ke kiʻekiʻe a 40 mika ka laulā, e kū pono ana i ka ʻākau, i Tierra Blanca, ma Guanajuato. Ma hope, ma ka piko o ka paia pōhaku, ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia nā kiʻi o kahi wahine puʻupaʻa o Guadalupe a me kahi Juan Diego, a ma ʻō aku, a ʻoi aku hoʻi ka ʻike ʻole ʻia, ʻo ka ʻekolu mau kāne naʻauao.
Ma ke ala e holo ana ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka mauna ululāʻau, neʻe ka poʻe huakaʻi i nā kuli, lohi a ʻeha hoʻi ma muli o ka ʻāina pōhaku. Hoʻonoho ʻia nā keʻa i lalo o nā kiʻi a hoʻokō ʻia nā pule maʻamau. Ua pīhoihoi ka makaʻala iaʻu i ka hoʻomālamalama ʻana o nā ihoiho a me nā kapuahi ahi i ka paia a pane ka leo i nā pule.
I ke kakahiaka aʻe, ua palu iki mai ke anuanu mai ka ʻākau o ka mauna, hoʻi mākou i ke ala e ʻike i ke ala kaumaha e piʻi i luna. Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau, he hale pule liʻiliʻi i hana ʻia me nā pōhaku i kau ʻia ma luna o kahi pōhaku nui e kali ana i nā Keʻa Hemolele, i waiho ʻia ma lalo o ke kiʻi o kekahi Puʻupaʻa o Guadalupe i kau ʻia ma ka monolith. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Felix lāua ʻo Don Cipriano i ka hana. Ua hoʻopiha koke ke kope i ka pā liʻiliʻi a waiho ʻia nā makana i kā lākou wahi i hele ai. Me ka huikau o Otomī a me Paniolo, mahalo ʻo ia iā ia iho no kona hiki hōʻea ʻana mai, a ua kahe nā pule me nā waimaka. ʻO ka mahalo, ua pau nā lawehala, ua hāʻawi ʻia nā noi no ka wai no nā mea kanu.
Ua nalowale ka hoʻihoʻi. E ʻoki ʻia nā mea kanu mai ka nahele e hāʻawi iā lākou i ka semi-Desert a i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka iho mai ke kuahiwi e hoʻomaka ka hāʻule ʻana o nā paka ua, kahi ua e pono ai no nā mahina. Me he mea lā ua hauʻoli nā kūpuna o ka mauna i ka hāʻawi ʻia ʻana mai.
