Oh karrarawa na San Blas, a banza kuna sake tayar da baya! Abubuwan da suka gabata sun zama kurma ga buƙatarku, suna barin inuwar dare duniya tana birgima zuwa haske: wayewar gari yakan tashi ko'ina.
"Oh karrarawa na San Blas, a banza kuke tunzura abubuwan da suka gabata! Abubuwan da suka gabata sun kasance ba sa jin magana game da addu'arku, yana barin inuwar daren duniya tana birgima zuwa ga haske: asuba tana tashi ko'ina."
Henry Wadworth Longfellow, 1882
A cikin shekaru 20 da suka gabata na karni na 18, matafiyin wanda, ya fito daga babban birnin New Spain, ya bar garin Tepic zuwa tashar jirgin ruwa ta San Blas, ya san cewa a wannan bangare na ƙarshen tafiya ba zai kasance cikin haɗari ba.
A kan hanyar masarauta, wanda aka yi layi da duwatsu na kogi da bawo da kawa, karusar ta fara gangarowa daga kwari masu ni'ima da aka shuka da taba, da sukari da ayaba zuwa gaɓar gabar bakin fili. Yankin da ake fargaba saboda lahanin da fadama ya yi ga lafiyar "mutanen karkarar."
Wannan hanyar ba ta wucewa sai a lokacin rani, daga Nuwamba zuwa Maris, saboda a cikin ruwan sama ƙarfin kwararar 'yan majalisar ya jawo jan katako na itacen al'ul wanda ya zama gadoji.
A cewar masu horarwar, a lokacin ruwan sama, hatta a kafa ba hanya ce mai hadari ba.
Don rage wahalar karatun, akwai wurare huɗu a nesa mai sauƙi: Trapichillo, El Portillo, Navarrete da El Zapotillo. Wurare ne da zaka iya siyan ruwa da abinci, gyara taya, canza dawakai, kare kanka daga barazanar yan fashi, ko kwana a cikin tarin bajareque da dabino har sai wayewar gari ya ba da yanayin ci gaba.
Lokacin tsallaka gada ta goma, fasinjojin sun ci karo da gidajen gishirin Zapotillo; albarkatun ƙasa wanda, zuwa wani babban matakin, ya ba da damar bayyanar jirgin ruwan ruwa. Kodayake an ga amfani da gishiri a wasanni da yawa da suka gabata, a cikin regungiyar Huaristemba, waɗannan sune wadatattun ɗakunan ajiya, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa aka ajiye rumbunan sarki a nan. A wancan lokacin na shekara ba zai zama sabon abu ba don tsawa da tsawa don tsammanin gamuwa da direbobin alfadarai waɗanda, a kan alfadarai, ke ɗaukar farin kaya zuwa Tepic.
Kasancewar kananan garken shanu da awaki, mallakar wasu jami'an kamfanin tsayayyen kamfanin, ya sanar da cewa Cerro de la Contaduría zai fara hawa ba da dadewa ba. A saman, an sauya hanyar masarauta zuwa titi tare da gangaren gangarowa, wanda ke iyaka da gidaje tare da katangar katako da rufin dabino, wanda a arewacin gefen cocin Nuestra Señora del Rosario La Marinera ya jagoranci zuwa babban dandalin.
San Blas ya kasance "wuri mai ƙarfi" na rundunar masarauta. Kodayake aikin sojan kare ya fi yawa, amma kuma cibiyar gudanarwa ce da kuma buɗe gari wanda a cikin wasu yanayi suka haɓaka muhimmin aiki na doka ko kasuwanci na ɓoye. Zuwa yamma, hedkwatar ta keɓance babban dandalin; zuwa arewa da kudu ta hanyar gine-ginen gine-gine da tubali, mallakar manyan hafsoshi da 'yan kasuwa; kuma zuwa gabas tare da ƙafafun ramin cocin.
A kan jirgin saman, a ƙarƙashin palapas, hulunan dabino, tukwanen yumbu, 'ya'yan itacen ƙasar, kifi da busasshiyar nama an sayar; Koyaya, wannan filin sararin samaniya kuma yayi aiki don duba sojoji da tsara fararen hula lokacin da masu sa ido, wadanda aka girka dindindin a manyan wurare a bakin tekun, suka gano kasancewar jiragen ruwa na abokan gaba kuma tare da madubai sun ba da alamar da aka amince.
Motar za ta ci gaba, ba tare da tsayawa ko kadan ba, har sai da ta kasance a gaban ofishin lissafin tashar jiragen ruwa, wanda ke kusa da gefen dutsen da ke fuskantar Tekun Fasifik, wannan ginin dutse shi ne hedikwatar sojoji da hukumomin farar hula da ke kula da komai. sashen. A can, kwamandan zai lura da sababbin abubuwa; zai karɓi umarni da wasiƙun mataimakinsa; kuma idan sun yi sa'a sun biya sojojinsu.
A cikin farfajiyar motsawa, costaleros zai sauke kayan da a farkon dama za a aika su zuwa mishan da ɓata bakin teku a cikin Californias, suna ɗaukar su, a halin yanzu, zuwa bakin da aka yi nufin adanawa.
A gefen arewacin ofishin lissafi na tashar, wata hanya da ta kai ga San Blas "a ƙasa", a gefen bangon El Pozo, inda masassaƙan jikin maestranza da saran itace, masunta da zuriyar wadanda aka yankewa hukunci wadanda a cikin 1768 suka zama matsugunan tilastawa don sabon matsugunin da baƙon ya shirya José Bernardo de Gálvez Gallardo da mataimakin shugaban Carlos Francisco de Croix.
Cerro de la Contaduría shine wurin ƙungiyoyin da ke mulki kuma tsofaffin gabar teku aka bar su ga maza waɗanda, saboda ayyukansu, suna buƙatar zama kusa da tashar tashar jiragen ruwa ko sa ido na sojoji ba su kula da su ba. Daren, fiye da don dawo da dakaru, ya yi aiki, a cikin hasken fitilun mai, don aiwatar da fasakwauri da kuma ziyartar gidajen giyar "a ƙasa"
San Blas tashar jirgin ruwa ce, tunda matukan jirgin da aka kawo daga Veracruz sun ɗauka cewa El Pozo zai iya kare kwale-kwale da yawa, duka daga aikin raƙuman ruwa, da kuma kutsawa cikin ɓacin rai, tunda bakin bakin kogin zai kasance da sauƙin kariya fiye da duk tsawon bakin ruwa. Abin da ba za a iya sani ba a cikin gani na gani shi ne cewa gindin wannan tashar ta halitta yana yin siliki kuma, a cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, bankunan masu yashi suna wakiltar haɗarin haɗari ga kewayawa. Jiragen ruwa masu zurfin zurfin ruwa ba za su iya shiga tashar jiragen ruwa ba, suna da kafa tare da anga da yawa a cikin tekun budewa suna lodawa da sauke ta kananan jiragen ruwa.
Waɗannan bankunan guda masu yashi suna da amfani sosai yayin da aka zo yin lalura ko shaƙuwa da ƙwanƙolin jirgi: ta yin amfani da babban igiyar ruwa, an toshe ta a cikin mashigar ruwa lokacin da ruwan ya ragu, tare da ƙarfin mutane da yawa, ya jingina ga wasu na waɗannan ƙananan kwalliyar don gabatar da dusar da aka yi wa fata ko kwalta a allon bangon layin waje, wanda daga baya aka sake cinye shi; da zarar an gama sashe sai ya karkata ta wani bangare.
Yarungiyoyin jiragen ruwa na San Blas ba kawai sun yi aiki don kula da jiragen ruwan Masarautar ta Sifen ba, amma kuma sun haɓaka jiragensu. An ɗaga raƙuman katako a bankunan inda aka sassaka ƙwanso, wanda kuma sai an zame shi, ta ramuka da aka haƙa a cikin yashi, zuwa ruwan da aka sanya shinge. A kan ƙasa, ƙarƙashin ɗakunan ajiya na itace da dabino, masters daban-daban sun jagoranci bushewa da sare itacen; jingina da anka, kararrawa da kusoshi; shiri na kwalta da kulli na igiya. Duk tare da manufa ɗaya: ƙaddamar da sabon jirgin ruwa.
Don kare ƙofar tashar jirgin ruwa, a kan Cerro del Vigía, an gina "mashigin ƙofar" don kare damar shiga ta hanyar hanyar San Cristóbal. A kan Punta El Borrego an gina batir; Yankin da ke tsakanin wuraren biyu za a kiyaye shi ta kagara. Idan akwai wani harin da ya kusan zuwa, ginin asusun yana da, a farfajiyarta, cannons da ke shirye don buɗe wuta. Don haka, ba tare da katanga ba, birni ne mai ƙarfi.
Ba duk abokan gaba suka zo daga teku ba: yawan jama'ar ya gamu da annobar cutar zazzabin rawaya da tabardillo, ga saurin zafin nama na gwari, ga fushin guguwa, zuwa wutar da ta yadu wanda walƙiyar walƙiya ta haifar akan rufin. kuma ga manufar ribar 'yan kasuwa "bayuquero" waɗanda ke sane da tsananin dogaro da wadatar waje. Marasa lafiya, maras tarbiyya, marassa makamai da sojoji marasa ƙarfi sun shafe yawancin ranar suna maye.
Kamar sauran tashoshin jiragen ruwa a New Spain, San Blas ya sami hauhawar yawan jama'a: an ɗauki ma'aikata da yawa a cikin filayen jirgi lokacin da ake tattara jirgi; "masu jirgin ruwa" sun hadu a sansanin sojan ruwa lokacin da balaguro zuwa San Lorenzo Nootka ke shirin tafiya; Rukunan soja da ke wucewa sun rufe manyan batutuwa lokacin da haɗarin ta'adi; masu siye sun zo lokacin da gishirin ya rigaya yana cikin ɗakunan ajiya.
Kuma masu addini, sojoji da 'yan kasada sun wuce zuwa garin tsaunin lokacin da zasu bar tafiye-tafiye na lokaci-lokaci zuwa San Francisco, San Diego, Monterrey, La Paz, Guaymas ko Mazatlán. Koyaushe suna jujjuyawa tsakanin tashin hankalin kasuwancin ciniki da shiru na watsi.
Source: Mexico a Lokaci # 25 Yuli / Agusta 1998
