Note 35 — ANDA’S MEMORIAL, 1768

It is an abuse that after the stipend or sínodo,35 and large fees exacted by the father from a poor Indian in regular form, the Indians generally have to carry the [sick] Indian in a hammock or parilusclas36 to the church in order that the father may administer the sacraments to him. On account of that abuse, and the motion, and the [effect of the] wind, most of them die; and the man’s death is followed by a looting of his house for the burial fees. This is a fine way for the fathers to fulfil their duty and exercise charity.