«sobre Comunicacion entre Cal.a y las Prov.as de Sonora - por el Rio Colorado.» Forwards Arrillaga's oficio of Oct. 26 on the Colorado river nations, «su caracter activo e interesado», their lagoon-and-carrizal country where they could «guarecerse y armarnos emboscadas». Two schemes: (1) a presidio at the laguna de Sta Olalla near «las mis.s destruidas en 81 por los Yumas», covering the ford called ‘bicuñe’ [?], 100 men + 20 at S.n Felipe + 20 at Gonotaic [?] Sonora, as Fages proposed; (2) Arrillaga's, a presidio at the river mouth on the Antigua Cal. side, 20-25 leagues from Sta Catalina. Continues n391.
| Date | 1797 Dic. 22 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica al Virrey |
| Place | Monterrey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p. 229-233. |
| Savage copy page | 389 / 65. (spans n390-n391) |
| Scan leaf | n390 |
| Document type | fuller-letter entry (marked + in margin) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica al Virrey, Monterrey, 1797 Dic. 22, Provincial Records, V–VII, p. 229-233., Archives of California, C-A 24, 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 V–VII]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/ca24/ca24-d630.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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