'Relación de dificultades con los Indios.' Reaching San Miguel (12th) he put the mission in a state of defense against a gathering of the Carmen, Ensenada & Sierra gentiles; an Indian spy sent by the Ensenada Indians scouted the mission; a captured gentile confessed; a 13-man party (cabo Ortega + 6 soldiers + 2 interpreters, ordered *not* to harm but to warn) rode out; a defiant ranchería threatened to 'caer á matar á los soldados'; the detained informant then named 'more than 50 rancherías' (Carmen, Tigre, Sierra de San Juan Bautista, etc.) planning to come 'acabar con todos' this line and rob the mission's horses/cattle/clothing — so Ortega resolved to build 'una muralla de firme y punta' and hold at San Miguel. ⚠️ the heading also reads '*examen y confesión de un extranjero*' (foreigner?) — unclear from the text; re-read. A major Baja-frontier indigenous-resistance document. Orig. pp.232–235.
| Date | 1787-05-19 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Ortega |
| To | Fages |
| Place | San Miguel |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | VII–VIII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.232–235 |
| Savage copy page | 83–86 |
| Scan leaf | n83–n86 |
| Document type | verbatim/military |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Ortega to Fages, San Miguel, 1787-05-19, Provincial State Papers, VII–VIII, p.232–235, Archives of California, C-A 4, 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 VII–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/ca4/ca4-d126.html