'Esploraciones de Rio Colorado.' — 'Haber llegado dos indios, uno del Rio Colorado y otro de la Sierra inmediata, medio castellano; q.e aquel informó vivir cerca del desemboque; q.e allí hay buen paso; q.e cerca estan los pueblos de Visani Quitobac ó Caborca; q.e los indios Yumas hacen mucha guerra á los de su nacion; q.e en esta virtud mandó á Alferez de S.n Diego con 9 soldados en solicitud del paso; q.e si le parece haga él esploraciones p.r su rumbo, dando cuenta á Com.te Gral. con el resultado.'
| Date | 1783-10-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fages |
| To | Com.te del Altar |
| Place | Santo Domingo |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | III |
| Original tomo page | p.423-4 |
| Savage copy page | 192 |
| Scan leaf | n193 |
| Document type | letter |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fages to Com.te del Altar, Santo Domingo, 1783-10-11, Provincial Records, III, p.423-4, Archives of California, C-A 23, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca23/ca23-d469.htmlThe originals of these records burned in the 1906 San Francisco fire. What survives is Thomas Savage’s 1870s copy, and this page describes that copy.
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