'Expedición contra los Yumas' — detailed account of the 1782 punitive campaign

Provincial Records, tomo I–II · BANC MSS C-A 22, document 2019

'Expedición contra los Yumas' — detailed account of the 1782 punitive campaign: down to the Colorado with 60 men, based at the ruined pueblo of La Concepción where Capt. of Dragoons José [Antonio] Romeu held with 108 men; 50 soldiers + 12 settlers; Jalchedunes & Cocomaricopas allied; an alférez + 5 soldiers + 12 Indians scout; Romeu with 40 men + 12 Indians routs the Yuma cavalry (great mortality; 4 soldiers wounded); baggage & armament recovered; the 'rebel Yuma nation subjugated,' communication freed — see Entry 25

Date1782-10-16 (exact)
FromNeve
ToCom. Gral
SeriesProvincial Records
TomoII
Original tomo pageII:137–143
Savage copy page269–272
Scan leafn270–n272
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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