Desertion + robbery toward the Colorado. Night of 13 Mar, soldado José Mariano Lepis[?] deserted with 3 escort arrieros + a servant of Sargto Grijalva, having robbed the King's cargo & some troop valuables and taken 25 mounts; Moraga pursued (with 'Chumbras'[?] auxiliaries) and caught them 18 Mar, 4 leagues from the Colorado River, on the road to Sonora; Indians killed 3 [animals], 2 deserters lost. Orig. pp.924–925.
| Date | 1776-03-02 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Tte. José Joaquín Moraga |
| To | Capt. Rivera y Moncada |
| Place | San Gabriel |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | 924–925 |
| Savage copy page | 50 |
| Scan leaf | n49 |
| Document type | criminal |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Tte. José Joaquín Moraga to Capt. Rivera y Moncada, San Gabriel, 1776-03-02, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), I, 924–925, 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-d52.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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