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mechoacan Memoria del pueblo de tiripitio en la prouinçâ de mechuacan En el pueblo de tiripitio que esta en corona de su mag[estad] y en la prouinçia de mechuacan ay vn monest[ari]o de la horden de n[uest]o padre sant augustin en el qual continamente rresident quatro rreligiosos para administraçion de los sanctos sacramẽtos a los naturales / Al presente rresiden los d[ic]hos quatro. El prior del se llama frai fran[cis]co de villafuerte theology predicador y confesor despañoles y muy buena lengua tarasca y antiguo en la tierra de hedad de mas de çinq[uen]ta a[ñ]os los demas sacerdotes son tambien lengua tarasca y el vno lengua mexicana tiene este pueblo de tiripitio con sus subjetos mill y dozientos tributantes confirme a la vltima q[uen]ta poco mas o menos — En la cabecera q[ue]s el mesmo [Al margen: ·512· —] tiripitio. se hallan quy[nient]os y doze tributantes — En vna estançia que se llama [Al margen: ·114· —] guajumbo que dista de la cabecera vna legua çiento y catorze tributantes — [En] la tercera estançia que se llama cuicco que dista de la cabecera tres quartos de legua [Al margen: ·177· —] se hallan çiento y setenta y siete tributantes — quarta estançia que se llama teteyco a bocaçion sant miguel que dista de la cabecera dos leguas con otros sub[Al margen: ·171· —] jetillos a las mesmas tiene çiento y setenta y vn tributantes — quinta est[anci]a q[ue] se llama coringuaco con vyzanban que dista de la cabecera dos leguas tiene [Al margen: ·195· —] çiento y quarenta y çinco tributantes — sesta estançia q[ue] se llama tupatoco [Al margen: ·27· —] q̃[ue] dista de la cabecera tres leguas tiene veinte y siete tributantes septima est[anci]a [Al margen: ·24· —] q[ue] se llama chicaquaco que dista de su cabecera vna legua tiene 24 tributantes [Al margen: ·30· —] otaua estançia que se llama ichaqueo que dista de su cabecera tres leguas tiene / 30 [Al margen: Y[tem] suman los 1200· —] tributantes — Y[tem] hallan se de confession en este p[uebl]o con sus estançias mas de quatro mill porq[ue] todos sea costũbran confesar cada año llegando a edad de discreçion / todos comulgan sin quedar ninguno como tenga la edad del d[e]r[ech]o porq̃[ue] en esta prouinçia de mechuacan comugan todos los naturales ni mas ni menos q[ue] los españoles y se les administran los sacramentos con gran solenidad y rr[everenci]a / y ni mas ni menos rresçiben todos los sacramentos de la santa madre iglesia porq̃[ue] nadie se muere sin la estrema vnçion de los q̃[ue] estan en el ospital de la d[ic]ha cabecera de tiripitio y a do quiera q̃[ue] nos hallamos y acontesce yr a los rreligiosos dos y tres leguas a las estançias do ay [en]fermos a confesallos y comulgallos y dalles la estrema vnçion y porq̃[ue] en esta prouinçia de mechuacan mas q[ue] en otras partes de la nueua spaña se tiene en esto particular cuidado. y hallamos por spiriençia y vemos muy a la clara el gran p[r]ouecho q[ue] se les sigue a su [christ]ianidad — Esta es la rrelaçion q[ue] he podido dar de lo q̃[ue] toca a tiripitio y sus subjetos
fr[ay] fran[cis]co de v[ill]afuerte p[ri]or
Mechuacan Accout of the town of Tiripitio in the province of Mechuacan.
In the town of Tiripitio which is in the Crown of His Majesty and in the province of Mechuacan, there is a monastery of the order of our father St. Augustine, where four religious continually reside for the administration of the holy sacraments to the natives. At present, the said four reside [there]. Their prior is named Fray Francisco de Villafuerte, theologian, preacher and confessor of the Spaniards, and very good [in] the Tarascan language and very old in the land, of the age of more than fifty years. The other priests are also [fluent in] the Tarascan language, and one of them [in] the Mexican language. This town of Tiripitio has one thousand two hundred tribute-payers as its subjects, conformant to the last count, more or less.
512 — In the capital which is the same Tiripitio, five hundred and twelve tribute-payers are found.
114 — In one estate called Guajumbo which is one league away from the capital, one hundred and fourteen tribute-payers.
177 — In the third estate called Cuicco which is three-quarters of a league away from the capital, one hundred and seventy-seven tribute-payers.
171 — The fourth estate called Teteyco, dedicated to Saint Michael, which is two leagues away from the capital with other subjects in the same, has one hundred and seventy-one tribute-payers.
145 — The fifth estate called Coringuaco with Vyzanban [?] which is two leagues from the capital, has one hundred and forty-five tribute-payers.
27 — The sixth estate called Tupatoco which is three leagues from the capital has twenty-seven tribute-payers.
24 — The seventh estate called Chicaquaco which is one league from its capital has 24 tribute-payers.
30 — The eighth estate called Ichaqueo which is three leagues from its capital has 30 tribute-payers.
[Left margin:] And they add up to 1200.
They are found for confession in this town with its estates, more than four thousand, because they are all accustomed to confess every year when they reach the age of discretion. All the natives receive communion, no more and no less than the Spaniards, and the sacraments are administered to them with great solemnity and [reverence]. And they all receive the sacraments of the Holy Mother Church, no more and no less, because no one dies without Extreme Unction, which are in the hospital of the said capital of Tiripitio and where they expect[?] to find us. …
