★ DAILY DIARY — FEBRUARY 1802 EPIDEMIC at Monterey/Carmel/Soledad. Day-by-day log: Day 1 transferred command; Day 3 three soldiers sick with pleurisy; Day 5 Mission Soledad Indians fled — pages, cooks, shepherds abandoned mission out of fear of epidemic; Day 6 son of Moraga died; Day 8 Carmel: 7 sick at dawn, 1 Indian dead; Day 10 wife of Sargento Moraga died + invalid Montaña died + gentile cowboy baptized dying; Day 11 Soledad: 5–6 more sick, padres baptizing dying gentiles; Day 12 Indian died; Day 15 Indian man + woman died; Day 16 wife of [Moraga?] died, buried at Mission; Days 17–18 6 Indians died; Day 20 Indian woman + child died; Day 21 two Indians died; Day 25 Indian woman + small child died; Day 28 news from Soledad: 5 Christians and 3 gentiles murdered + 3 more at nearby ranchería (massacre, not epidemic). 12+ epidemic deaths + 8 murdered in single month
| Date | 1802 Feb 28 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Raimundo Carrillo |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | XVIII |
| Original tomo page | p.183–85 |
| Savage copy page | 186–88 |
| Scan leaf | n186–188 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Raimundo Carrillo, 1802 Feb 28, Provincial State Papers, XVIII, p.183–85, Archives of California, C-A 11, 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/ca11/ca11-d158.html