Fort Ross reconnaissance: detailed report on the Russian establishment ~7 leagues N of Bodega

Fort Ross reconnaissance: detailed report on the Russian establishment ~7 leagues N of Bodega — 130-vara square timber wall (~3 varas high) topped by a 6-point palisade, 2 octagonal bastions with gun-ports, 6 houses (37 rooms); 25 Russians + commander + ~80 Kodiak (*Codiaque*) Indians (living outside, hunting otter in cayucos); shipbuilding: a 24-vara *bergantín*, war-launches, 47 leather cayucos; Russians make no local-Indian conquests, some local women married to Kodiaks; encloses the Russian commander's *pliego*

Date	1816-10-21 (exact)
From	Gervasio Argüello (cadet, SF)
To	Gov. Solá
Series	Provincial State Papers
Tomo	XX
Original tomo page	i.104–108
Savage copy page	27–29
Scan leaf	n26–n28
Document type	abstract
Source	Savage abstract

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Gervasio Argüello (cadet, SF) to Gov. Solá, 1816-10-21, Provincial State Papers, i.104–108, Archives of California, C-A 13, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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