Plot to burn Mission Santa Clara & kill the padres

Provincial State Papers, tomo XIX · BANC MSS C-A 12, document 19

Plot to burn Mission Santa Clara & kill the padres. A Christian Indian caught scouting (with a gentile from the ranchería) a planned night attack to burn the mission and kill the friars; gentiles massed in great number at the rancherías of Pelbones[?] & Seunenes; the prisoner declared all — 5 Christian Indians implicated & arrested.

Date1805-05-10 Mission San José (exact)
From[informant]
ToLuis Argüello (Comte. SF)
SeriesProvincial State Papers
TomoXIX
Original tomo page52–53
Savage copy page30
Scan leafn30
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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