E nā bele o San Blas, makehewa ke hoʻāla hou ʻoe i ka wā i hala! Mau ke kuli o ka wā i hala i kāu noi, e waiho ana i nā aka o ka pō e ʻōwili ka honua i ka mālamalama: ala ka wanaʻao ma hea a pau.
"E nā bele o San Blas, makehewa ke hoʻāla hou aʻe nei ʻoe i ka wā i hala! Kūleʻa ke kuli o ka wā i hala i kāu pule, me ka waiho ʻana i nā aka o ka pō e ʻōwili nei ka honua i ka mālamalama: ala ke alaula ma hea lā."
ʻO Henry Wadworth Longfellow, 1882
I loko o nā makahiki he iwakālua i hala o ke kenekulia 18, ua hele ka huakaʻi hele mai ke kapikala o New Spain, i ke kaona ʻo Tepic i ke awa o San Blas, ua ʻike ʻo ia ma kēlā ʻaoʻao hope loa o ka huakaʻi ʻaʻole ia e makaʻu pū kekahi.
Ma ke ala aliʻi, i hoʻopili ʻia me nā pōhaku muliwai a me nā pūpū ʻōpihi, hoʻomaka ke kaʻa e iho mai nā awāwa momona i lūlū ʻia me ka paka, kō a me nā maiʻa a hiki i ka pā kahakai kahiki. Makaʻu ka wahi o ka makaʻu ma muli o nā hopena ʻino i loaʻa i ke kai kūʻono i ke olakino o nā "poʻe o uka."
Hiki ke hele ʻia kēia ala i ke kau maloʻo, mai Nowemapa a Malaki, no ka mea i ka ua ua kahe ka ikaika o ke kahe o nā estuaries i nā kaola kedera ʻulaʻula i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he alahaka.
Wahi a nā mea hoʻokele, i nā manawa ua, ʻaʻole i ka wāwae ke ala ʻino hou.
I mea e hōʻemi ʻole ai ka papa, ʻehā mau pou i kahi mamao kūpono: Trapichillo, El Portillo, Navarrete a me El Zapotillo. ʻO lākou nā wahi kahi e hiki ai iā ʻoe ke kūʻai wai a me ka meaʻai, hoʻoponopono i kahi huila, hoʻololi i nā lio, pale iā ʻoe iho i ka hoʻoweliweli o nā pōā, a i ʻole moe i ka pō i nā hale o bajareque a me nā lāʻau pāma a hiki i ka mālamalama o ke ao i hāʻawi i ke alakaʻi e hoʻomau.
I ka wā e hele ana i ka ʻumi alahaka, ua hōʻea nā mea kaʻa i nā pā paʻakai o Zapotillo; ke kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe, i ka nui, i hiki ai ke kupu mai o ka moku moana. ʻOiai ua ʻike ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻia ʻana o ka paʻakai i kekahi mau leagues i hala aku nei, i ka Congregation of the Huaristemba, ʻo ia nā waihona waiwai nui loa, no laila ke kumu e waiho ai nā hale ukana o ka mōʻī ma aneʻi. I kēia manawa o ka makahiki, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau no kahi wīwī hoʻolōʻihi e kakali i ka hālāwai ʻana me nā mea kalai mule nāna, i nā miula, i halihali kā lākou ukana keʻokeʻo iā Tepic.
ʻO ke kū ʻana o nā pūʻā bipi liʻiliʻi a me nā kao, nā kekahi o nā luna o ka ʻoihana paʻa, i hoʻolaha e hoʻomaka koke ka Cerro de la Contaduría e piʻi. Ma ka piko, ua hoʻololi ʻia ke ala aliʻi ma ke alanui me nā pali kūpikipiki, i hoʻopili ʻia e nā hale me nā paia lāʻau a me nā hale o ka pāma, a ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ka parish o Nuestra Señora del Rosario La Marinera i alakaʻi ai i ka square square.
ʻO San Blas kahi "kaha ikaika" o ka pūʻali koa aliʻi o kona mōʻī. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana a ka pūʻali koa pale, he kikowaena hoʻomalu pū kekahi a he kūlanakauhale ākea ia i loko o kekahi mau kau i hoʻomohala ʻia kahi hana ʻoihana loio a i ʻole clandestine. Ma ke komohana, ua kaupalena ʻia ka square nui e ke keʻena nui; i ke kūkulu ʻākau a me ka hema e nā hale hana pōhaku a me nā pōhaku lepo, nā nā luna nui a me nā mea kālepa; a i ka hikina me nā wāwae o ka piko o ka halepule.
Ma ka esplanade, ma lalo o nā palapa, ua kūʻai ʻia nā pāpale pāma, nā ipu lepo, nā hua o ka ʻāina, nā iʻa a me nā ʻiʻo maloʻo; Eia nō naʻe, ua lawelawe kēia wahi kaona i ka pūʻali koa a hoʻonohonoho i ka heluna lehulehu i ka wā o nā nānā, i hoʻonohonoho paʻa ʻia ma nā wahi kiʻekiʻe ma kahakai, ua ʻike ʻia ke kū mai o nā peʻa a ka ʻenemi a me nā aniani i hāʻawi i ka hōʻailona i ʻae ʻia.
E hoʻomau ʻia ke kaʻa, me ka ʻole o ke kū iki ʻana, a hiki i mua o ke keʻena helu moʻohelu awa, kokoke i ka lihi o ka pali e kū pono ana i ka Moana Pākīpika, ʻo kēia hale pōhaku ke keʻena nui o ka pūʻali koa a me nā luna kīwila e mālama ana i ka mālama ʻana i nā mea āpau. ka Oihana. Ma laila, e hoʻomaopopo ka luna i nā mea hou; e loaʻa iā ia nā ʻōlelo aʻo a ka leka a ka hope; a inā ua laki ʻo ia e hoʻonoho ʻia e uku i kona poʻe koa.
Ma ka pā o ka maneuvering, e lawe ka costaleros i nā huahana i ka manawa kūpono e hoʻouna ʻia ai i nā mikiona a me nā kahakai kahakai i Kaleponi, a lawe iā lākou i kēia manawa, i ke kai kūʻono i mālama ʻia no ka mālama ʻana.
Ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻākau o ke keʻena helu moʻohelu o ke awa, ua alakaʻi ʻia kahi alahaka i San Blas "mai lalo", ma ke kapa o ka lua wai ʻo El Pozo, kahi o nā kamana o ke kino o ka maestranza a me ka ʻoki lāʻau, nā lawaiʻa a me nā pua a nā lawehala i lawelawe ma ke ʻano he poʻe hoʻokipa kūkaʻi no ka noho hou i hoʻolālā ʻia e ka mea kipa ʻo José Bernardo de Gálvez Gallardo a me ka ʻelikua ʻo Carlos Francisco de Croix.
ʻO ka Cerro de la Contaduría kahi o nā hui i ka mana a waiho ʻia nā kahakai kahakai no nā kāne, no kā lākou hana, pono e noho kokoke i ka wahi awa a ʻike ʻole ʻia e ka mākaʻi pūʻali koa. ʻO ka pō, ʻoi aku ma mua o ka hoʻihoʻi hou ʻana o nā pūʻali koa, lawelawe, i ka mālamalama o nā ipukukui ʻaila, e hoʻokō i kahi hana smuggling a kipa aku i nā hale inu "ma lalo".
He awa fluvial ʻo San Blas, ʻoiai ua lawe nā pailaka mai Veracruz e hiki iā El Pozo ke pale aku i kekahi mau waʻapā, mai ka hana a nā nalu, a mai nā komo piratical, ʻoiai e ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka pale o ka waha o ka wahawai ma mua o ka lōʻihi holoʻokoʻa o ke kai kūʻono. ʻO ka mea i hiki ʻole ke ʻike ʻia i ka nānā ʻana i ka nānā ʻana ʻo ka lalo o kēia kahawai kūlohelohe ke hāneʻe nei a, i loko o kahi manawa pōkole, ua hōʻike nā kahakai one i kahi weliweli koʻikoʻi no ka hoʻokele. ʻAʻole hiki i nā moku kai hohonu ke komo i ke awa, pono e heleuma me nā heleuma he nui i ke kai ākea a hoʻouka a hoʻoiho ma o nā moku liʻiliʻi.
He waiwai nui kēlā mau one one like ke hiki mai i ke kalulu ʻana a i ʻole ke kalai ʻana i ka moku o kahi moku: ke hoʻohana ʻana i ke kai kiʻekiʻe, ua hoʻokau ʻia ia i ka pahu wai i ka emi ʻana o ka wai, me ka ikaika o nā kāne he nui, hilinaʻi ia ma luna o kekahi o kēia mau domes e hoʻolauna i ka tow towed with tar or tar in the boards of the external lining, which was embetunado ma hope; i ka pau ʻana o kahi ʻāpana ua ʻili ʻia i ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe.
ʻAʻole lawelawe nā moku mokuahi o San Blas i ka mālama ʻana i nā moku o ke kalaunu Sepania, akā ua hoʻonui pū ʻia nō hoʻi ko lākou moku. Ua kūkulu ʻia nā papa hao lāʻau ma nā kapa wai kahi i hoʻokino ʻia ai ka hull, a laila pono e heʻe, ma o nā auwai i ʻeli ʻia i ke one, a i ka wai i waiho ʻia ai ka arboring. Ma ka ʻāina, ma lalo o nā ala lāʻau a me nā pāma, kuhikuhi nā haku ʻokoʻa i ka hoʻomaloʻo ʻana a me ke ʻoki ʻana o ka wahie; ka hoʻolei ʻana i nā heleuma, nā bele a me nā kui; ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana o ke kāhili a me ke knotting o ke kaula. Loaʻa nā mea āpau me ka pahuhopu like: e hoʻouka i kahi moku hou.
No ka pale ʻana i ka puka komo i ke awa, ma ka Cerro del Vigía, ua kūkulu ʻia ka "hale kākela" e pale ai i ke komo ʻana ma loko o ka lua wai ʻo San Cristóbal. Ma Punta El Borrego i kūkulu ʻia ai kahi pakuhi; e kiaʻi ʻia ke kapakai ma waena o nā kihi ʻelua e nā hale lana lana. I ka hopena o kahi hoʻouka kaua koke, ua loaʻa i ka hale waihona kālā, ma kona mau kahua, nā pūkuniahi i mākaukau e wehe i ke ahi. No laila, me ka pā ʻole ʻia, he kūlanakauhale paʻa i ka pā.
ʻAʻole nā ʻenemi a pau i hele mai mai ke kai: ua hōʻike ʻia ka lehulehu i nā maʻi ahulau mau o ka wela melemele a me tabardillo, i ka ʻinoʻino o nā leona, i ka huhū o nā makani ʻino, i nā ahi i hoʻolaha ākea ʻia e nā uila i luna o nā hale. a me ke kumu waiwai o ka poʻe kālepa "bayuquero" i ʻike pono i ka hilinaʻi loa i ka lako o waho. ʻO kahi pūʻali maʻi, ʻaʻohe aʻo ʻia, mākaukau ʻole ʻia me ka lole koa i lilo i ka hapa nui o ka lā ʻona.
E like me nā awa ʻē aʻe ma Nu Sepania, ua ʻike ʻo San Blas i nā fluctuations o ka heluna lehulehu: ua hoʻolimalima ʻia ka nui o nā limahana ma nā pā moku i ka wā e hoʻākoakoa ʻia ana kahi moku. halawai nā "luina" ma ke kahua moku i ka wā e holo ana kahi huakaʻi i San Lorenzo Nootka; Ua uhi nā pūʻali koa i ke kaʻa i nā kiko ikaika ke makaʻu i ka huhū; hele mai nā mea kūʻai mai ke paʻa ka paʻakai i loko o nā waihona.
A hala nā haipule, nā koa a me nā mea hoʻolaha i ke kauhale o ka puʻu ke kokoke lākou e haʻalele i nā huakaʻi hele i Kapalakiko, San Diego, Monterrey, La Paz, Guaymas a i Mazatlán. E oscillating mau ana ma waena o ka ʻū o ke kālepa kālepa a me ka hāmau o ka haʻalele ʻana.
Puna: Mexico i ka Manawa # 25 Iulai / ʻAukake 1998
