Ponponio-pursuit narrative — the SF mission escolta learns from a captive India that the outlaw Ponponio…

State Papers, Sacramento, tomo X–XIX · BANC MSS C-A 56, document 108

Ponponio-pursuit narrative — the SF mission escolta learns from a captive India that the outlaw Ponponio & 2 companions raided from the Sierra; soldiers recognize Ponponio, fire on him as he flees into the zacatal, surround it but can't seize him (nightfall), recover 4 stolen horses; a party under cabo Reyes finds Ponponio's 'madriguera' in the Sierra (2 lances, a machete made from a barrel-hoop, 2 knives, a hammer & chisel); Ponponio ambushes & disarms Reyes's son; cabo Reyes returns with 8 bow-armed Indian auxiliaries from Mission Santa Clara but can't catch him (pp.621–628)

Date1823-07-31 (exact)
FromIgnacio Martínez (San Francisco)
ToLuis Argüello
SeriesState Papers, Sacramento
TomoX–XIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page623-628
Savage copy page99-102
Scan leafn98–101
Document typeabstract (corr.)
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentIgnacio Martínez (San Francisco) to Luis Argüello, 1823-07-31, State Papers, Sacramento, X–XIX, 623-628, Archives of California, C-A 56, 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 X–XIX]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/ca56/ca56-d108.html
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