Tushen abin da zai zama Ofishin Jakadancin Santa Gertrudis la Magna de Cadamán, a cikin Baja California, shine aikin Fada Fernando Consag (Conskat).
A ranar 4 ga Yuni, 1773, Fray Gregorio Amurrio, ya bi umarnin Fada Francisco Palou, “da son rai da son rai ya miƙa wuya…” cocin, sacristy, gida da filin Ofishin Santa Gertrudis la Magna, ban da "Jauhari da kayan aikin coci da sacristy da duk wani abu da yake na wannan aikin." Wannan isarwar zata hada da Indiyawan Cochimí wadanda suka hada kai, ba ma Ofishin Jakadancin kadai ba, amma rancherías da za a kafa karkashin mafakarta. Ba a bayar da isar da Cochimíes kamar na abubuwa ko abubuwan mallaka ba, amma na mutane ne da ya kamata su kasance ƙarƙashin kariyar masu wa'azin Dominican waɗanda duk aikin Jesuit zai gudana a hannunsu bayan rusa shi. Ta wannan hanyar an kammala babban labarin mishan, wanda aka fara a Baja California a 1697, na Society of Jesus.
Tushen abin da zai zama Ofishin Jakadancin Santa Gertrudis la Magna de Cadamán, kamar yadda za a sani, shi ne aikin Uba Fernando Consag (Conskat).
An haifi Ferdinando Conskat a Varazadin, Kuroshiya a shekarar 1703. Ya zo ne daga Ofishin Jakadancin San Ignacio Kadakaamán, wanda aka kafa a 1728 daga Uba Juan Bautista Luyando; ya san yankin sosai, kamar yadda ya sadaukar da kansa don bincika Alta California kuma ya yi tafiya a Tekun Cortez; Bugu da ƙari kuma, ya shafe shekara guda yana koyon yaren Cochimí kafin ya fara balaguronsa da zai tashi daga Ofishin Jakadancin Loreto, tare da shahararren makahon nan mai suna Andrés Comanjil Sestiaga, wanda shi ne babban mai tallafa masa a cikin sabon tushe. Marquis na Villalpuente da matarsa, Doña Gertrudis de la Peña, sun kasance masu tallafawa wannan aikin, wanda zai ɗauki sunan Santa Gertrudis la Magna don girmama maigidan nata.
A ƙarshe, bayan kwanaki masu wahala na yin yawo a ƙarƙashin rana mai ƙoshin hamada, a cikin wani kyakkyawan wuri mai daɗaɗɗun duwatsu, a ƙasan babban tsaunin tsauni mai tsafta da ake kira Cadamán, tsakanin Tekun Golf da na daidai da na 28, an sami wurin da ya dace da tushe. Da zarar an yanke shawarar shafin, Uba Consag - wanda zai mutu jim kaɗan - ya bar aikin ga magajinsa, Bajamushen Jesuit Jorge Retz. Retz, "mai tsayi, mai fari, kuma mai shuɗi" an haife shi a 1717 a Düseldorf. Kamar magabacinsa, ya karanci yaren Cochimi. Tuni Papa Consag ya bar adadi mai yawa na Cochimí neophytes, ƙungiyar sojoji, dawakai, alfadarai, awaki da kaji don kafa manufa cikin kyakkyawan yanayi.
Taimakon Andrés Comanji, Retz ya gano ramin ruwa da sassaka dutse mai nisan kilomita uku, wanda Cochimíes ya taimaka, ya kawo ruwan da ake buƙata. Don ciyar da Kiristocin da suka zo daga kewayen, an juya ƙasar don shuka kuma, yana buƙatar ruwan inabi don tsarkakewa, Retz ya dasa gonakin inabi waɗanda inabansu za su kasance, da sauransu, asalin kyawawan gonakin inabin Baja California. Ya kamata a tuna cewa Masarautar ta hana dasa gonakin inabi da na zaitun don kauce wa gasa, amma gidajen ibada ba su da wannan haramcin, tunda giya tana da mahimmanci a cikin taron.
An adana shi a cikin kwantena masu kaɗan waɗanda aka sassaka daga duwatsu, an lulluɓe shi da allo kuma an rufe shi da fata da ruwan pitahayas. Wasu daga cikin waɗannan kwantenan ana ajiye su a cikin ƙaramin gidan kayan tarihin buɗe ido, amma mai ba da shawara wanda mai ba da labari mai daɗi, Uba Mario Menghini Pecci, wanda shi ma ke kula da Ofishin Jakadancin San Francisco de Borja ya ƙirƙiro! aiki tukuru a gabansa!
A cikin 1752, Uba Retz ya fara gina abin da zai zama kyakkyawan aiki da aka sadaukar da shi ga Bajamushen Gertrude na Jamus, wani abin da zai faranta wa Jamusawan Retz rai. Tsarin zai kasance a kwance kuma a kusurwa don gida, a ƙarshen, cocin da abubuwan dogaro da ɗayan ɗakunan da wuraren adana kaya. Gina shi da kyakkyawan sassaƙaƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙƙnnuƙaƙƙunhaƙan dutse da aka zana a dutsen mai rai, kamar yadda ake iya gani a farkon matakin maidowa, yana kiyayewa, kamar adadi mai yawa na ayyukan Baja California, abubuwan da aka yi a zamanin da, tare da tunanin gine-ginen da mishaneri suka kawo daga ƙasarsu. Ofar shiga zuwa cocin an haɗa ta da ginshiƙai waɗanda aka cika da kyawawan kayan ado. Musamman kyawawa sune ƙofar da taga a cikin kusurwa wanda ya ƙunshi ɓangaren da aka keɓe don masauki, dukansu sun ƙare a cikin tsaunukan ogee kuma waɗanda a hanya suna buƙatar maido da gaggawa. Taskar gidan shugaban da ya yi barazanar rushewa, amma wanda aka maido da shi a matakin farko, tunda wanda ya gabata ba shi da matsala, yana da haƙarƙarin Gothic waɗanda suka haɗu a cikin da'irar tare da alamar Dominicans, magadan aikin, kwanan wata ta 1795. A Belfry, tare da kararrawa daga lokacin - wanda sau da yawa sau da yawa sarakunan Spain ke bayarwa - aan matakai ne daga cocin. Daga Santa Gertrudis rancherías ya dogara - ban da "gidan" - wanda wasu ke zaune, wanda dangin Kian, Nebevania, Tapabé, Vuyavuagali, Dipavuvai, da sauransu suka yi. Ranchería na Nuestra Señora de la Visitación ko Calmanyi ya ci gaba, tare da iyalai da yawa, har sai da aka sami jimillar mutane 808, dukansu sun yi bishara kuma sun shirya sosai, ba kawai a cikin al'amuran addini ba, amma a cikin sabbin albarkatu kamar itacen inabi da na alkama. A zamaninmu, ana gudanar da aikin ne dangi daya ke kula da shi; Koyaya, ɗaruruwan masu bautar Saint Gertrudis la Magna sun zo wurinta kuma suka yi aikin hajji, mai wahala a kanta, cikin godiya da buƙatun kakanni, a gaban ɗaukakar alfarma ta Waliyi, wanda aka wakilta a cikin tarko, mai yiwuwa Guatemalan, ƙarni na goma sha takwas.
Source: Mexico a Lokaci # 18 Mayu / Yuni 1997
