Generation One: Utchus and Muchiáte
At the time of the arrival of the Spanish in 1769, the village at Timigtac numbered from ten to fifteen persons. The village leader, Ygnacio Utchús (SFD-B:00300) (nicknamed “el cojo” by the missionaries), was born about 1723, and his spouse Geronima Muchiáte (SFD-B:00384) was born about 1732. The couple had four known children (in order of birth): Acursio Enchequis, Martina Pispite, Francisca Xaviera Xilaíte, and Agustina Puctzim. Geronima Muchiáte was baptized three days prior to her death in 1782 and Ygnacio Utchús died a year later.
1. Acursio Enchequis (SFD-B:00347)married Germana Pusute (SFD-B:00376) sometime prior to 1776 (SFD-M:00073). Birth records, although somewhat unclear, appear to indicate that Germana Pusute was the daughter of either the Chiguan or Aramai headman. Acursio Enchequis occupied a prominent position at the mission as regidor (councilman), and he served as a witness in a number of weddings. He died in 1816.
2. Martina Pispite (SFD-B:00376) married Thuribio Tumlis (SFD-B:00375) on 2 May 1784 (SFD-M:00081). The couple had three children, all of whom died within a few years after birth. After Thuribio Tumlis died in 1793 Martina Pispite married Baltasar Reyes (SFD-B:00147), son of an important Ssalson leader, Christoval Sinuc (SFD-B:00417). Martina Pispite died in 1800.
3. Francisca Xaviera Xilaíte (SFD-B:00095) and Augustina Puctzim (SFD-B:00096) were baptized at Mission Dolores together in 1779 at the ages of 11 and 9, respectively. It was not unusual for children to be baptized before their parents and after baptism it was common for children to return to their villages to live with their parents. Within a year of being baptized Francisca Xaviera Xilaíte married her first husband, Bruno Guatnaxsé (SFD-B:00030) , who was the son of Estevan Orotóte (SFD-B:00112), a member of a large, extended, and prominent Yelamu family. Theirs was only the twenty-fifth marriage at Mission Dolores, but it was short-lived because Bruno Guatnaxsé died in 1782.They had no children.
Baptism record for Francisca Xaviera Xilaíte and Augustina Puctzim.
Used with the permission of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.
Used with the permission of the Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library.
4. Agustina Puctzim married Manuel Conde Jutquis (SFD-B:00093) in 1783. Manuel Conde Jutquis was the son of Aramai headman Luciano Yaguéche (SFD-B:00319), and he would remain a prominent member of Bay Area Mission and Indian societies until his death in 1830. Agustina Puctzim died in 1786 at the age of 16. They had no children.