Sentence in the San Diego Indian-uprising conspiracy. A planned general uprising of the SD-area Indians (reported by Tomás Olivera from Rancho Tecate): to gather the convened Indians, assault the San Diego presidio on the 20th, 'acabar con los blancos p[ar]a ser independientes, y gobernarse ellos mismos,' the same intended for the missions up to San Gabriel (emissaries carried the convocatoria). Accused: José Antonio Molina (emissary), Tomás Tesochi, Ramón, Andrés, Gregorio, Francisco Roman, Domingo. Investigated by Argüello, continued by fiscal Nicolás Gutiérrez under Figueroa/Gómez → consejo de guerra (pres. Capt. Juan Antonio Muñoz; vocales Zamorano, González, Navarrete, Peña; Alf. Francisco Pacheco). Sentence: Molina & Tesochi → 2 yrs public works; Roman → 1 yr; Gregorio & another → 1 yr; Domingo → freed — penalties attenuated for 'la gran ignorancia de los acusados' & their not executing the plot; ⭐⭐ the Asesor acknowledged 'la probabilidad de los malos tratamientos de q[u]e se quejan, y alegan por motivos de su asonada' (the likely mistreatment cited as the uprising's motive). Figueroa confirmed 22 Nov 1833. A significant indigenous-resistance case with an explicit independence / self-government aim and the authorities conceding Indian grievances. Orig. pp.314–528.
| Date | 1833-11-22 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Gen. José Figueroa (fiscal Nicolás Gutiérrez) |
| Place | Monterey / San Diego |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 314–528 |
| Savage copy page | 370–373 |
| Scan leaf | n375–n378 |
| Document type | verbatim/criminal |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
Read this leaf on the Internet Archive ↗ · leaf n375–n378
Gen. José Figueroa (fiscal Nicolás Gutiérrez), Monterey / San Diego, 1833-11-22, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 314–528, Archives of California, C-A 19, 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 LXIX–LXXVII]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/ca19/ca19-d206.html