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VISITATION OF GUALE AND MOCAMA (Mont 9)-7
Source: The Struggle for the Georgia Coast #129
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Meeting in the Village of Santa Maria "In the village of Santa Maria, of the language of Guale, where the towns of Santa Cathalina, San Joseph de Sapala, and San Diego de Satuache, of the same language, are aggregated, on the twenty-second of the month of December, sixteen eighty-five, His Grace, the senor Sergeant Major Domingo de Leturiondo, judge visitor general of this province of Guale and Mocama, commanded to gather in the council house of this village all the reformados and soldiers of this garrison; and Maria, cacica of Santa Cathalina;(35)" NOTE 35. Maria remained cacica of Santa Catalina in both the 1695 and 1701 visitations of Guale (Pueyo, 1695; Zuiniga y Cerda, 1701). "and Juan Chicasle, governor and cacique of the said village;(36)" NOTE 36. Juan Chicasle was apparently the acting leader of the newly aggregated mission town of Santa Maria, although the cacica of Santa Catalina, Maria, was listed first. This was also the case in both the 1695 and 1701 visitations at Santa Maria (Pueyo, 1695; Zufniga y Cerda, 1701). Inasmuch as each of the component towns which had aggregated to form Santa Maria are listed separately, and since Santa Maria had evidently been abandoned prior to the 1684 arrival of the immigrant Guale towns by the Yamassee Indians who had lived there during the previous decades, it is difficult to interpret Chicasle's sociopolitical origin. "Phelipe, cacique of San Joseph de Sapala;(37)" NOTE 37. Phelipe was listed as the cacique of Sapala in 1677 (Argulelles, 1678), and remained so through 1695, although at that time he apparently resided in Santa Clara de Tupiqui on the northern end of Amelia Island (Pueyo, 1695). In 1701, Phelipe's successor Benito was still situated in Tupiqui (Zunliga y Cerda, 1701), suggesting that the association between Sapala and Tupiqui did indeed persist after the abandonment of the Georgia coast (even though Phelipe was listed here in Mission Santa Maria). "and Elena, cacica of San Diego de Satuache,(38)" NOTE 38. Elena is probably the same Elena who was installed as the cacica of Faslica at the request of the caciques of Satuache during the visitation of Mission Santa Catalina in 1677 (Arguelles, 1678). The association between the chiefly lineages of Faslica and Satuache seems to have persisted, since Diego, the cacique of Fuslique/Fuslico, was listed in Santa Catalina's new location at Mission Santa Maria in both 1695 and 1701. The name Satuache was conspicuously absent from these same visitation lists, strongly implying that Diego was Elena's successor (Pueyo, 1695; Zuniiga y Cerda, 1701). "and all the remaining principals, hinijas, heirs, mandadores, residents, and natives, and before me, the notary, and the witnesses in attendance who will be declared below, and by means of Diego Camunas and Santiago, named interpreters, he read to them and gave them to understand the General Auto of Visitation signed for these provinces in the village of Santa Cruz, and having heard and understood it, they said that they will respond whatever might occur to them and what they might have to ask for, and the witnesses in attendance signed, who were Ignacio de Ycasante, Juan de Moncon, and Luis de Granada, soldiers of this garrison.(39)" NOTE 39. These witnesses signed during the two visitations held at Santa Maria (see Tupiqui below) because they were members of the resident garrison of infantry under Captain Arguelles' command. "Juan de Monzon Ignacio de Ycasa Luis de Granada Before me, Bernardo Nieto de Carvajal Named Notary [f.102, vto.]"
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