Vallejo's battle report of his (2nd, successful) 1829 campaign — the ESTANISLAO REVOLT

Vallejo's battle report of his (2nd, successful) 1829 campaign — the ESTANISLAO REVOLT — set out 26 May w/ 107 armed men + a cannon + 2,500 cartridges; burned the rebels' wooded river stronghold, artillery firing *bala rasa* + *metralla* across the river; the Indians fought from interconnected pits & trenches; a 2nd stronghold stormed (25 breaches cut) — artillery to 10 varas, 31 grapeshot rounds in 4 hrs, the wood ablaze; final tally 11 men + 2 Indian auxiliaries wounded (5 serious), several rebels + 3 women killed, 3 women captured, 18 stolen mission horses recovered; retired to Mission San José for want of ammunition

Date	1829-06-04 (exact)
From	Mariano G. Vallejo (San José)
To	Comandante of the Port of San Francisco
Series	State Papers, Missions and Colonization
Tomo	II
Original tomo page	p.24–36
Savage copy page	12–16
Scan leaf	n11–15
Document type	abstract (corr.)
Source	Savage abstract

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How to cite this document

Mariano G. Vallejo (San José) to Comandante of the Port of San Francisco, 1829-06-04, State Papers, Missions and Colonization, II, p.24–36, Archives of California, C-A 53, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.

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