✓ VERIFIED vs scan n250 (2026-07-07) — flogging quote VERBATIM: 'resultando falsa la noticia de que los gentiles querían quemar la Misión de Sⁿ José; los mismos acusados declararon que ellos habían propuesto la amenaza pª librarse de los azotes que continuamente les hacían dar los Padres de la Misión.' forwards alférez Luis Argüello's expedition diary (see expanded entry) — a 32-day reconnaissance of the San José/Santa Clara country to the rivers, plains & *tulares* ('sin haber tenido novedad con la gentilidad'; 22 men, returned 15 June); the threat to burn Mission San José proved a fabrication to escape the friars' continual floggings; razed the Tossori rancheria; brought back 22 captives (13 Christians, 9 gentiles), 6 implicated in killing the Christian 'George,' delivered to the San José/Santa Clara ministers with a plea to moderate their punishment
| Date | 1805-06-25 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José [Darío] Argüello (Comandante, San Francisco) |
| To | Arrillaga |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 644–61 |
| Savage copy page | 251–252 |
| Scan leaf | n250–251 |
| Document type | abstract (expedition diary) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José [Darío] Argüello (Comandante, San Francisco) to Arrillaga, 1805-06-25, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 644–61, Archives of California, C-A 16, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XX–XXXIX]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/ca16/ca16-d429.html