Daga cikin tsaunukan bushewa na Sierra de la Giganta, bakin teku yana buɗe nutsuwa da ɗaukaka a gaban baƙon.
Daga cikin tsaunukan bushewa na Sierra de la Giganta, bakin teku yana buɗe nutsuwa da ɗaukaka a gaban baƙon.
Dare yana da nutsuwa sosai kuma kusan babu hayaniya, raƙuman ruwan teku ne kawai da hayaniyar da wasu tsuntsaye ke yi wanda zai iya dakatar da shi na ɗan lokaci. Yayinda muke kafa sansaninmu, dubun-duban taurari suna kallonmu daga sama kuma suna tuna mana kalmomin da mai binciken Spain din José Longinos ya bayyana sararin daren Baja California a ƙarshen karni na 18: “sky sama ta bayyana, mafi kyawu da na gani, kuma tare da dimbin taurari masu haske wanda, duk da cewa babu wata, da alama akwai ... "
Mun ji sosai game da wannan gabar har ya zama kusan kamu da son zowa don bincika ta; kuma a yau, bayan wani ɗan lokaci, a ƙarshe muna nan, a cikin Bahía Concepción, a wannan daren mara wata wanda ya lullubemu da duhunsa.
ZIYARAR GUYIAGUI
A cikin aikinsa na karni na 18, Noticia de la California, Uba Miguel Venegas ya ce “Rana, wata da taurari maza ne da mata. Kowane dare sukan fada cikin tekun yamma kuma ana tilasta musu yin iyo zuwa gabas. Sauran taurari fitilu ne waɗanda Guyiagui ke haskakawa a sararin sama. Kodayake ruwan teku ya kashe su, washegari kuma sai a sake kunna su a gabas ... buɗe wuraren kamun kifi da kuma mashigar Tekun Kalifoniya; Da zarar an gama aikinsa, sai ya zauna tare da mutanen a wani wuri da aka sani yau da Puerto Escondido, kudu da Loreto, kusa da Bahía Concepción, daga baya ya dawo arewa, inda ya fito.
GANE BAY
Fitowar rana da gaske mai ban mamaki ne; duwatsun tsibirin Concepción, kazalika da tsibirai, ana samun hasken rana ta hanyar jan sama wanda ke inuwa ruwan da ke cikin nutsuwa kuma ya ba mu kyakkyawar ra'ayi.
Muna tafiya zuwa arewacin ɓangaren bay; Duk cikin safiya muna tafiya da sanin abubuwan da ke kewaye; yanzu muna saman wani ɗan ƙaramin tsauni wanda yake a wani wuri da ake kira Punta Piedrita.
Lura da bay daga sama, mutum yana tunanin yadda yake da sha'awar kasancewa a cikin wani wuri wanda ya kasance kusan babu canji tun lokacin da masu binciken Sifen na farko suka fahimci wanzuwar ta.
Hakan ya faru ne lokacin da aka fara binciken farko zuwa Tekun Cortez, a 1539, Kyaftin Francisco de Ulloa ya jagoranci jiragen ruwan nasa, Santa Águeda da Trinidad, suka nufi kudu, suna cika aikin sa alamar duk abin da ya samu a hanyarsa don ya iya Gano sabon yankin, wanda ake kira Santa Cruz, wanda aka karɓa mallakin, da sunan Sarkin Spain, ta Hernán Cortés shekaru da suka gabata, a 1535.
Ulloa bai kula da wannan rukunin yanar gizon ba, amma Francisco Preciado, wanda shi ne babban matukin jirgin sama kuma kyaftin na Trinidad, bayan ya tsaya neman ruwa kaɗan zuwa arewa, a rafin da wasu shekaru daga baya za a kira shi Santa Rosalía, ya ambace shi a cikin shafin nasa, har ma yana nuna cewa dole ne su yi kafa a can.
Akwai balaguro da yawa da suka biyo baya zuwa yankin Baja California, kowane ɗayan yana da dalilai na musamman; amma har zuwa balaguro na uku da Kyaftin Francisco de Ortega ya jagoranta ba a ba da maslaha ta musamman ga wannan mashigar ruwa ba.
Balaguron Ortega ya fi sha'awar nemo masu ciyar da lu'u-lu'u fiye da shata iyakokin yankin; Da suka tashi daga jirgin ruwan su na Madre Luisa de la Ascensión, mambobin tawagar masu tafiyar sun doshi yankin teku; tafiya, ba tare da wata matsala ba; Jim kaɗan kafin su isa tashar jiragen ruwa ta La Paz, a wani wuri da suke kira Playa Honda, wataƙila kusa da Pichilingue, sun yi mamakin guguwar da ta sa su haɗari.
Kwana arba'in da shida ya dauke su kafin su sake gina wani "mast mast" (kamar yadda Ortega ya kira shi) don ci gaba da kamfaninsa; Ba tare da makamai ko bindiga ba kuma da abin da za su iya ceto daga tarkacen jirgin ruwan nasu, suka ci gaba. A ranar 28 ga Maris, 1636, bayan sun isa Bahía Concepción, Ortega ya bayyana taron kamar haka: “Na yi rajistar wani mai ciyarwa da kamun kifi ga wadannan lu’ulu’u a wani babban kogin da ke iyaka da teku da babban yankin, wanda wannan bakin zai samu Daga ƙarshen zuwa ƙarshen wasanni shida, kuma dukansu suna cike da ɗakunan kwalliyar lu'u-lu'u, kuma a ƙarshen wannan mashigar zuwa rukunin rundunar a babban yankin, akwai manyan wuraren zama na Indiyawa, kuma ina kiran ta da Lady of the Concepción, kuma yana da asali daga bugun nono daya zuwa goma ”.
Kyaftin din tare da mutanensa sun dawo cikin watan Mayu zuwa tashar jirgin ruwa ta Santa Catalina, a cikin Sinaloa, daga inda suka tashi. Babu wani labari cewa Ortega ya koma Baja California; ya ɓace daga tsarin tarihi na karni na sha bakwai kuma ba a san shi ba game da shi.
Daga baya, a cikin 1648, an aika Admiral Pedro Porter y Cassanate don bincika wannan ɓangaren tsibirin, wanda ya kira "Ensenada de San Martín", sunan da ba zai dawwama ba. A shekarar 1683 Admiral Isidro de Atondo y Antillón ya sake yin wata sabuwar tafiya don sake fahimtar waɗannan ƙasashe, wanda ya sake mallakar su, yanzu da sunan Carlos II.
Anan aka fara sabon mataki a tarihin yankin teku, kamar yadda iyaye Matías Goñi da mashahurin Eusebio Francisco Kino, dukkansu daga ofungiyar Yesu, suna tare da Atondo; 'yan mishan din sun bi ta cikin teku kuma sun sanya sautin yadda Jesuit zai shiga Baja California. Kino ya yi taswira da yawa na abin da ba shi da tabbas cewa yankin ne, ta amfani da wani ɓangare mai kyau na sama wanda Ortega ya ba shi.
Lokacin da Juan María de Salvatierra ya isa cikin teku a shekarar 1697 da nufin kafa mazaunin dindindin a wani wuri da ake kira San Bruno, ya fara shiga bakin ne saboda guguwar. Nan da nan ya bincika yankin kuma bai sami ingantaccen ruwa mai kyau ba kamar ba za a iya rayuwa ba.
A watan Agusta 1703, bisa umarnin Uba Salvatierra, Fathers Píccolo da Balsadua sun sami rafin da suka hango lokacin shiga Bahía Concepción; daga baya, yayin hawan sama da jagorancin chan asalin Cochimíes, suka isa wurin da za a kafa aikin Santa Rosalía de Mulegé. Tare da sadaukarwa da yawa, an shigar da wannan manufa kuma kawai ƙoƙari ne na Uba Balsadua ya ba da damar gano hanyar da za ta haɗu da Mulegé tare da Loreto, babban birnin Californias na yanzu (ba zato ba tsammani, ɓangaren babbar hanyar da ke wucewa ta yanzu a nan yana ɗaukar wani ɓangare na asalin bugun jini).
Don ƙare da wannan kasada ta tarihi, yana da kyau a faɗi babban kamfanin Uba Ugarte, wanda ya haɗa da kera jirgi, El Triunfo de la Cruz, tare da itace daga Californias, da tafiya arewa don ganin ko waɗannan ƙasashe sun zama asalin teku ; Bahía Concepción ya kasance mafaka a gare shi kusan a ƙarshen tafiyarsa, lokacin da Ugarte da mutanensa suka yi mamakin mafi girman mawuyacin abin da suka ci karo da shi a hanya. Da zarar an kafa su, sai suka tafi aikin Mulegé, inda Uba Sistiaga ya halarce su; daga baya suka isa Loreto, a watan Satumba 1721. Duk wannan da ƙari sun faru a waccan zamanin, lokacin da Tekun Fasifik ɗin yake Tekun Kudu; Tekun Cortez an san shi da Tekun Bermejo; Baja California an dauke shi tsibiri ne kuma lissafin matsayin da suke ya kasance alhakin wanda ya san yadda ake "auna rana."
KYAUTATA GONON GWAMNATI
Bahía Concepción yana da tsibirai da yawa inda tsuntsayen doki, dorin teku, frigates, hankaka da mara igiya, a tsakanin sauran tsuntsaye da yawa. Mun yanke shawarar kwana a gaban tsibirin La Pitahaya, a gindin tsaunin Punta Piedrita.
Faduwar rana tana ba da tudu ga tsaunuka waɗanda, a ɗaya gefen bay, suna faɗaɗa rashin nasara. Da daddare kuma bayan an cinye karamar wutar, muna shirye mu saurari sautukan dare na hamada kuma muyi mamakin yanayin halittar teku wanda dan karamin shanyewar yake bamu; kifayen da ke cikin ruwa sun yi tsalle sama kuma sun fi damuwa da tocila, suna mai da lokacin da gaske mai ban mamaki.
Wayewar gari tare da wannan wasa mai ban mamaki na fitilu da sautuna; Bayan ɗan karin kumallo sai mu shiga cikin ruwa don shiga wata duniya ta daban, mai cike da rai; stingrays suna wucewa ta hanyarmu ba tare da damuwa ba, kuma makarantun kifayen launuka daban-daban suna iyo a cikin dazukan kelp wadanda suka zama gandun daji mai ban mamaki. Wata katuwar fiska ta leka cikin kunya, tana kiyaye ta, kamar tana da wasu shakkun kasancewarmu.
Groupananan rukuni na ƙaramin jatan lande da sauri sun wuce tare da wani rukuni na soya, ƙarami har suna kama da shara ta gaskiya tare da motsin kansu; wani farin kifi yawo daga gefe daya zuwa wancan. Akwai anemones, sponges, da catharine clams; babbar tudun ruwa a cikin launuka masu launin shuɗi masu launin shuɗi da ruwan lemu suna kan dutse. Ruwa, duk da haka, yana da ɗan gajimare saboda yawan katako wanda ya wadatar a nan kuma har ma yana samar da launin ruwan hoda a bakin teku.
Idan kun yi sa'a za ku ga kunkuru a teku, wani lokacin kuma kifayen dolphin sun shiga cikin ruwan. A bakin rairayin El Coyote ruwan yana da dumi kuma raƙuman ruwa suna wucewa ta can tare da tsananin zafin gaske. Kusa da Santispac, a bayan mangroves, waɗanda suke da yawa a cikin wannan mashigar, akwai tafkin ruwa mai zafin rana wanda ke guduwa a digiri 50 a ma'aunin Celsius.
Faduwar rana ta fara baje kolinta, a yanzu da wani abin daban don bamu, kyakkyawa mai wutsiya, matafiyi mara gajiya wanda yake nuna girmanta a sama mai cike da taurari; Wataƙila Guyiagui ne yake mana ban kwana, tunda mun gama rangadin mu sai anjima ...
Source: Ba a san Mexico ba No. 285 / Nuwamba 2000
