Notes: In the parish of the capital of Arizpe on October 23, 1795, I, Don José Cayetano Salcedo, priest, vicar, and ecclesiastical judge of this jurisdiction, provided church burial for the body of Lieutenant Colonel and Captain of the Royal Presidio of Santa Cruz, Don Manuel de Echagaray. The Holy Sacraments of penance, eucharist, and extreme unction were administered, he gave a last testament, and the funeral Mass was not omitted, for which truth I sign.
José Cayetano Salcedo.
**A note in the burial register at Arizpe, written by Carmen Pellat says, "He was buried in the second section. The cost of his burial was 32 pesos." She also says his wife, Theodora Gutierrez died the same year of 1795. (This last statement is definitely in error as Theodora Gutierrez was still alive and living in Mexico City at least as late as September 8, 1799 when she applied for an increase in her widow’s pension to help support her three growing children. I have not been able to substantiate either of the other two statements either, but if Carmen is correct about where Echegaray was buried, the second section of the church is where the mis-identified bones of Juan Bautista de Anza are located, and it is possible that the skeleton on display is actually Echegaray. DTG) |
