San Diego official, 1830s–40s — the 1839 'robber bands' report.
Recorded span
1838 to 1846
Records
29 naming this person as author or recipient
Name forms matched
jose joaquin ortega
‘fl.’ = the span of dated catalog records matching the name forms as author/recipient. Outlier years usually mean a retrospective mention, a later copy, a homonym, or a record whose own date carries a low confidence flag — check the records, not this line. Counts are of DISTINCTIVE name forms; bare family surnames (Argüello, Carrillo, Castro, Estrada…) are deliberately left unattributed rather than guessed.
1838 · C-A 51, doc 49 — distributions to the Mission San Diego Indians, 1835–38 — 434 shirts, 202 skirts, 173 blankets, 116 fanegas maize, 2,110 wheat, 22 beans, 140 barley (what the neophytes actually re
1838-04-18 · C-A 53, doc 172 — reports the arrival of the 'Capitanejo Totopo,' leader of the *sublevados* (rebel Indians of the S. Diego backcountry); cannot answer the summons, being ill (the 1837–38 southern I
1839-11-22 · C-A 35, doc 285 — the 'Pájaro' affair — the Gentile Indian 'Pájaro' presented a document from the Governor of Sonora naming him 'Capitán General de San Felipe'; Ortega annuls it — the San Felipe ran
1839-12-22→24 · C-A 42, doc 1236 — the ley on foreigner disembarkation; Roberto Pardo's troop returned to Sta Bárbara; juez freed 3 reos; ⭐ SD acknowledges the circular that J.B. Alvarado took the departmental comma
1839-03-22 · C-A 51, doc 295 — HEADING AND PAGE-CITE ONLY — Savage entered the date line, the writer's name and title, and 'pp. 280-1', but supplied NO subject line and NO abstract. Content unrecoverable from th
1839-02-22 · C-A 51, doc 297 — 'Autoridad qe. le concedió Figueroa sobre los indios y desórdenes de estos.' When Figueroa took charge of the establishment he 'mandó reunir en aquella Mision á todos los Capitanes
1839-02-22 · C-A 51, doc 298 — 'Sobre fallecimto. del Capellan.' 'Participa qe. el 19 de Octe. del año anterior falleció Fr. Fernando Martin, Capellan de la Mision y con el sueldo de $1.500 al año asignados pr.
1839-02-22 · C-A 51, doc 299 — 'Mortandad de ganado.' 'Que el dia 20 de Dice. del año anterior á consecuencia de una fuerte lluvia y nevada qe. hubo en aquella parte del país murieron 450 animales de ganado lana
1839-02-22 · C-A 51, doc 300 — 'Fuga de indios.' 'Participa qe. las fincas de Sta. Ysabel, Santa Mónica y las de la Mision estan en ruina, debido á la falta de gente, pues los no desfilados se han fugado, y no h
1842-02-27 · C-A 35, doc 596 — 2 docs — asks the alcalde-appointment; ⭐ the Gentiles of Encinar[?], having no alcalde/capitancillo (just an 80-yr-old), named the Indian 'Manuel' alcalde (doc pp.747-9)
1842-02-27 · C-A 35, doc 605 — as soon as named juez, gathered the gentile Indian captains, who offered to keep peace and prevent robberies by 'otros de su clase' (frontier diplomacy; E3) (doc pp.781-2)
1842-05-04 · C-A 35, doc 655 — the alcalde of Las Flores re the pueblo's Indians now at Cucamonga — whether still subject to that community or now to Ortega (doc p.928)
1842-07-05 · C-A 35, doc 683 — the Jacum captains appeared, denied planning any uprising, named the 'Baluartes' murderers & offered to bring them; peace reached via Tijuana & Jacume (E3 resolution) (doc pp.1002-
1843-01-25 · C-A 35, doc 803 — published the bando on Micheltorena's appointment as Governor, 'solemnizándolo con 15 tiros de cañón' (doc p.227)
1843-05-6 · C-A 39, doc 66 — 'Sobre pocas existencias en la Misión' — the mission has very few/no existencias for its fomento; the seeds insufficient for even 2 months; lack of tools (aradores, palas, hachas,
1843-05-6 · C-A 39, doc 67 — Asks the salary he is to earn at the mission; margin: it will be the tallada-rate; the decreto Alvarado published
1844-07-29 · C-A 53, doc 186 — forwards two dispatches from Sonora delayed by tired couriers, remitted without further delay
1845-07-20 · C-A 51, doc 445 — 'Hace entrega de dicha mis.n previo inventario, segun orden superior.' [= handover of San Luis Rey from administrator José Joaquín Ortega to Juan María Marrón; the underlying inven