'Preparativos de defensa' — the '150 machetes' order. With Fr. Prefect Mariano Payeras, Solá ordered 150 machetes + 150 cartridge-boxes made to arm the Monterey troops & some vecinos, for the shortage of swords; 2 model machetes made at Mission Soledad sent to the missions as patterns (each mission to make a share). PLUS a horse-relay defense plan: each named *paraje* between the missions (San Antonio–San Miguel, San Luis Obispo–Purísima, San Buenaventura–San Fernando, San Gabriel–San Juan Capistrano) to keep ≥150 horses for rapid troop remounts against the 'traitors' (Bouchard). Order grew to 200 machetes; 40 skilled Indian bowmen to be named at each mission (30 San Luis Obispo, 16 Soledad/San Carlos/Sta Cruz, 20 San Juan Bautista) as auxiliaries, each mission to elect an Indian 'capitán.' Includes a mission-by-mission machete/cartridge-box production quota (e.g., SF 10, Sta Clara 10, San Gabriel 24… = 150 + 150). Orig. pp.301–15
| Date | 1819-03-07 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gob. Solá |
| To | Comtes. of Monterey & SF |
| Place | San Antonio |
| Series | Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | XL–LII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp.301–15 |
| Savage copy page | 301–303+ |
| Scan leaf | n300–n302 |
| Document type | verbatim transcription |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Gob. Solá to Comtes. of Monterey & SF, San Antonio, 1819-03-07, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XL–LII, pp.301–15, Archives of California, C-A 17, 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 XL–LII]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/ca17/ca17-d346.html