Formal INSTRUCTIONS for a military expedition into the Tulares to 'perseguir y destruir la reunión de individuos del territorio de Nuevo México denunciados de ladrones de ganado caballar y mular': 15 cavalry from the Santa Bárbara presidio to march to Los Ángeles, join the alcalde & armed vecinos, well-armed & munitioned. A rare organized 1833 punitive expedition vs. Old-Spanish-Trail / Chaguanoso horse-raiders in the San Joaquín Valley. Orig. p.334.
| Date | 1833 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Gen. Figueroa |
| To | Alf. Dámaso Antonio Rodríguez |
| Place | Santa Bárbara → Los Ángeles |
| Series | Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military) |
| Tomo | LXIX–LXXVII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | 492–497 |
| Savage copy page | 430–434 |
| Scan leaf | n435–n439 |
| Document type | instructions/expedition |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Gen. Figueroa to Alf. Dámaso Antonio Rodríguez, Santa Bárbara → Los Ángeles, 1833, Dep. State Papers, Benicia (Military), LXIX–LXXVII, 492–497, 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-d232.htmlCorrection to this entry.
- Previously read Scan pin n440 / orig. p. 334+ for Figueroa's formal Tulares-expedition Instructions to Alf. Damaso Antonio Rodriguez. A 2026-07-22 re-pin note put them at n438-n439, Savage 433-434.. CORRECTED AND APPLIED 2026-09-01 (leaves read at scale 2). The Instructions run n435-n439, Savage 430-434, closing 'pp 492-7'. Article 1 ('Saldra del Presidio de Sta Barba a la brevedad posible con direccion al pueblo de Ntra Sra de los Angeles') is on n435 under the heading 'Instrucciones que el Alfz Dn Damaso Antº Rodriguez lleva pª su observancia en la espedn qe se le ordena hacer sobre los Tulares a perseguir y destruir la reunion de individuos del territorio de Nuevo Mexico...'; n436 (Savage 431) carries arts. 2 and 3; n439 (Savage 434) carries art. 9 and the closing page line. The record has now actually been re-pinned to n435-n439.
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