Primary account of the 4–5 Nov 1775 San Diego Mission revolt & killing of Fr. Luis Jayme. *Expediente de investigación* on the burning of Mission San Diego & death of a missionary. Narrative: 2 Oct, Frs. Luis Jayme & Vicente Fuster let their Indians go fishing; the brothers Francisco & Carlos (Carlos = mission 'capitán') robbed old gentile women of fish at rancho de la Chiapa (2 lgs.); the women complained; thieves fled night of the 5th; 5 principal SD-ranchería Indians seized. Night of 5 Nov: gentiles of the Sierra + various Christians attacked at midnight, burned the church, the Fathers' houses & the guard, and killed Fr. Luis Jayme (found at dawn near the arroyo, stripped, riddled with arrows, head & face smashed). Casualties: carpenter Maestro [José] Urselino mortally wounded (2 arrows, died the 10th); mason Manuel Arroyo killed (body burned); mason Felipe Romero wounded but killed an Indian & held out with the guard; 4 escort soldiers gravely wounded (cabo Rocha[?]; Alejo Antonio Gonzáles, Juan Álvarez, Joaquín Armenta); soldiers Ignacio Vallejo[?], Anastasio Camacho, Juan de Ortega singled out for valor. Christian rancherías in the attack: San Luis, Matamó[?], Tamacha[?], Meté, Yana, Abacaly[?] & newly reduced San Miguel; gentile rancherías Melojó[?], Itai, Pocol, El Corral + ~6 more from the San Luis cañada. Defense: earthwork thrown up around the missionaries' houses; sergeant + 10 soldiers raided ranchería Janat[?] on the 24th seeking ringleader Rafael (not found) but seized a principal cabecilla, 12 women & 3 children + recovered church effects; Christian Indian Joaquín & capitán Mariano Yguatín[?] (rancho de Aguacal[?]) examined — rancherías planned a dawn attack on the presidio within 20 days, 'kill the Padres & soldiers but not the women,' allies from across the Colorado River ('tierras libres' boast). Ortega (27 Nov) asked Anza for 20 men. Certified copy by Capt. Fernando de Rivera y Moncada; original sent to the Viceroy of México. Orig. pp.~1–34 [cite at n8 partly illeg.; Doc 2 begins at orig. p.35].
| Date | 1775-11-30 (cert. copy) (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Tte. José Francisco de Ortega, Comte. of San Diego |
| To | Tte.-Col. [Pedro de] Anza |
| Place | San Diego |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | 1–7 |
| Savage copy page | 1–9 |
| Scan leaf | n1–n8 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Tte. José Francisco de Ortega, Comte. of San Diego to Tte.-Col. [Pedro de] Anza, San Diego, 1775-11-30 (cert. copy), Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), I, 1–7, Archives of California, C-A 15, 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/ca15/ca15-d1.html