narrative of battles with armed NW-Coast Indians — req. permission to repair his frigate; no water ('Indios tan bárbaros'); 1st battle at 'Pto de Tequin,' Chatham Strait (300 attackers w/ 2–3 muskets each, pistols, daggers; 3 assaults/day repelled); a cove w/ ~1,000 Indians; the chief 'Piecque' ('hombre malo') summoned all Indians 'desde la Estrecha de Juan de Fuca hasta la punta del Norte de Nutka' in 3 days to seize the ship + ceremonial dances
| Date | 1793/94-08-12 (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Capt. John Brown (San Francisco) |
| To | José Argüello |
| Series | State Papers, Missions and Colonization |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | p.89–95 |
| Savage copy page | — |
| Scan leaf | n88–94 |
| Document type | abstract (narrative) |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Capt. John Brown (San Francisco) to José Argüello, 1793/94-08-12, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, I, p.89–95, Archives of California, C-A 52, 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/ca52/ca52-d24.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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