THE VALLEJO FRONTIER-TRIBES REPORT: could not write sooner, occupied with the tribes of the north & the coast beyond this point who have committed depredations in the immediate ranchos of Mesa & others very recently; sent runners to the tribes to warn that the govt wished peace, to hear & fairly redress complaints; a few days later a captain of Indians with 10 men, named Cucusuy, presented himself, & Vallejo gave back the articles taken from the Socoya tribe in the act of war; per information taken, the Indians armed to defend their women & children whom they [the whites] tried to take violently & criminally; from the interview Cucusuy promised to present himself within a month to the chief of the Tabuny[?] tribe to keep peace; small gifts given; + the Boggs-appointment vs Nash-reinstatement alcalde dispute at Sonoma — Boggs as alcalde produced resistance from the one who should hand over the post; public meetings for Nash's reinstatement, whom Gen. Kearny had no power to remove, a lawyer leading a faction of ignorant people & Nash himself; an inventory of the seized articles closes the doc: 1 rifle, 1 fusil, 1 sable, 2 sacos de balas, 2 frascos de pólvora, aparejos de mochilas, 1 silla completa con freno, 1 freno, 5 caballos (signed Vallejo)
| Date | 1847-05-26 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | M.G. Vallejo |
| To | Gen. S.W. Kearny |
| Place | Sonoma |
| Series | Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents |
| Tomo | Unbound |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 314 |
| Scan leaf | n314–315 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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M.G. Vallejo to Gen. S.W. Kearny, Sonoma, 1847-05-26, Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Unbound, —, Archives of California, C-A 63, 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/ca63/ca63-d443.html