the Indians of Rancho Pala demand removal of the mayordomo Santiago Ríos — he made them farm a crop for himself, offered a maize gratification they refused, kept the harvest in the granaries (not the mission); Ríos disobeyed his replacement before witnesses & 'multitud de indios' — asks justice (indigenous labor protest) (doc pp.377-80)
| Date | 1841-07-14 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | José A. Estudillo, mayordomo (San Luis Rey) |
| To | Prefecto 2º Distrito |
| Series | Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles |
| Tomo | Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | VI |
| Scan leaf | n175 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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José A. Estudillo, mayordomo (San Luis Rey) to Prefecto 2º Distrito, 1841-07-14, Departmental State Papers, Los Angeles, Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII, VI, Archives of California, C-A 35, 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 Prefecturas y Juzgados V–VIII]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/ca35/ca35-d476.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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