Heading 'Sobre indios mandados á la Bodega.' — 'Que de acuerdo á lo que se le ordenó, llamó á dos indios cristianos p.a q.e fueran al pueblo de la Bodega á observar los berg.s que vinieran &c &c, y q.e no quisieron ir por miedo á los indios de d.ho Pueblo.' Gloss: Alberni recruited two Christian Indians as coast-watchers at Bodega to report incoming brigantines; they refused, fearing the Bodega Indians. Direct evidence of the wartime foreign-vessel watch on the Sonoma coast and of neophyte refusal.
| Date | 1797-04-30 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Pedro de Alberni |
| To | Borica |
| Place | S. Francisco |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XVII |
| Original tomo page | p.288 y 289 |
| Savage copy page | 153/152 |
| Scan leaf | n152 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Pedro de Alberni to Borica, S. Francisco, 1797-04-30, Provincial State Papers, XVII, p.288 y 289, Archives of California, C-A 10, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca10/ca10-d160.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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