C-A 63 · Miscellaneous / Unbound Documents, Tomos Unbound

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Notable documents

• 1849-09-01 · Col. G.W. Hill (3rd Infantry) → Secy of State Halleck — On state of missions Santa Clara & San José: in obedience to orders proceeded to said missions to report upon present needs, as to the management of the missions & their property by the priest in charge; directed his attention principally to the mission buildings & property, & to the manner in which the priest had fulfilled the trust… manuscript scan ↗
• 1848-07-16 · Alcalde Chas. White → Gov. Mason — Arrangement with Indian Chief; hostility of Californians in the district toward foreigners; Salvador Pacheco: reports that José de Jesús (Chief of a tribe of San Joaquín Indians) sent him a messenger 13 Aug that Larios coming to the town, his people & children were being severely wronged & driven off; that he had lately captured in wars… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-05-18 · John A. Sutter (Sub-Ind. Agent) → Gen. S.W. Kearny — On Indian affairs: as Sub-Indian Agent will cooperate earnestly in ending Indian depredations & troubles on the frontier; Indians in the vicinity peaceable for a number of years past, have latterly reported with the same horse-thieves who infest the frontier to the south; on the contrary, under friendly & officious services cloaking the… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-07-12 · John A. Sutter → Gov. Mason — Indian murders in Sacramento valley & other outrages by Whites: reports Samuel Smith was sent by citizens of the Upper Sacramento valley that Antonio Mª Armijo (Californian), Smith & John Egger (foreigners) & residents of Sonoma dist., 2 weeks previous visited a ranchería abt 60 miles N. of Fort Sutter, were kindly rec'd by the Indians,… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-12-20 · John A. Sutter → Secy of State Halleck — Statistical & other information on the district (per Gov's order of 18 Sept): with much difficulty complies, describing the country E. of the San Joaquín & Sacramento rivers; no mail & difficult to communicate with the interior; 'the tame Indians are what is called Christian Indians, & those civilized since the settlement of this valley… manuscript scan ↗
• 1849-08-04 · Mariano G. Vallejo (Sub-Ind. Agent) → Gov. Mason — 'Murder of an Indn' & Vallejo's essay on Indian character & efforts to civilize them: on 3rd Sept[?] learned an Indian had been shot; visited scene with Lt. Anderson (Commandg the post); found the Indian dying; next day investigated. Murder committed by Benj. Kelly of Sonoma, a man of good standing & respectability; cause: an alleged… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-10-17 · Wm. C. Ferris[?] (Capt. 1st Comp. Mormon Vol., Commandg at S. Diego) → Col. Stevenson — On affairs of San Diego mission: occupant of the mission states he was left in charge of the mission & property Aug 1846 by Father Vicente P. Oliva; a power of attorney from Santiago Argüello shows he still claims jurisdiction of the property; Argüello has also a claim, purporting to be a deed to him of the mission by Pío Pico when he… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-10-30 · M.G. Vallejo → Gov. Mason — Proceedings in trial of Antº Armijo, Robt. Smith ('Growling Smith') & John Egger, accused of murder of Indians (the Cosumnes raid, cf. docs 185/186): accompanies papers of proceedings in three cases in conformity to Gov's order of 19 Aug last; the accused had fair impartial trial by intelligent & respectable juries & were acquitted of… manuscript scan ↗
• 1846-07-13 · Acta: Guillermo E. Hartnell (oficial 1º de la Aduana) + guardas Jacinto Rodríguez, Guillermo Antº Hartnell & Máximo Fernández, presidida por el Admor Pablo de la Guerra — Acta de fidelidad al Gobierno Mexicano: 'En el puerto de Monterey á los 13 días del mes de Julio de 1846, reunidos en la casa del Admor de la Aduana Marítima de Mont., encontrándose este punto ocupado por las fuerzas del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, y hallándose las principales personas que componen el Gobierno Departamental en la… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-09-07 · M.G. Vallejo → Gob. de Alta California — THE ARMIJO/EGGER/SMITH TRIAL (Spanish version, cf. ⭐⭐⭐ doc 185): per instructions to try the criminal cause against Armijo, Egger y Smith for the Sacramento Indian killings, presented himself at Sutter's on the 30th; on the 31st a tribunal was set & copy of the accusation given the accused, save Armijo (absent, gravely ill, cannot be… manuscript scan ↗
• 1849-04-30 · J.A. Sutter (Sub-Agente de indios) → Gen. E.R.F. Smith — (Doctº en inglés) DISTURBANCES BETWEEN INDIANS & WHITES alarmingly frequent in the district; from particular observation of Indian affairs, inclined to believe the Indians do not by themselves cause disturbances — in most cases the whites are the originators & aggressors; the weakness & inoffensive condition of the Indians, of small… manuscript scan ↗
• 1849-04-24 · J.A. Sutter (Sub-Índ. Agt.) → Gen. E.R.F. Smith — (Doctº en inglés) DISTURBANCES between whites & Indians alarmingly frequent; bands of whites daily forming to seize & kill every Indian they meet, innocent or guilty, peaceful or turbulent; the Indians living near their property in great alarm, some having escaped from assassins beg protection; the whites who commit these disturbances… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-12-20 · J.A. Sutter (unsigned, 'se supone es de') — THE SACRAMENTO-DISTRICT CENSUS TABLE (Spanish version of doc 187, w/ the actual figures): 'Statistics of Population &c of the district including the country East of the San Joaquín & Sacramento Rivers, Upper California Dec 20th 1847' — Whites 218 M / 71 F / 289; Tame Indians or 'Neófitos' 306 / 173 / 479; Wild Indians or 'Gentiles'… manuscript scan ↗
• 1849-05-23 · Mariano Pacheco → padrastro Juan Wilson — 'Relación de su viaje en busca de oro': a first-person GOLD-PROSPECTING EXPEDITION NARRATIVE — the trip made by the tulareños was fatal; on reaching the rancherías of the Sonoltas some companions announced a catastrophe the Sierra Indians would cause, at the point they meant to seek gold; some went to inspect the Sierra called del Río de… manuscript scan ↗
• 1846-10-30 · José Mª Flores (Gobernador y Comte Militar) — DECRETO DE LA ASAMBLEA — THE 30-OCT-1846 ASSEMBLY MISSION-DECREE (verbatim abstract, cf. docs 380/385/464): 'La Asamblea Departamental decretó en sesión ordinaria del 30 de Octubre los siguientes artículos con el fin de agenciar un préstamo para gastos de la guerra con los Estados Unidos: Art 1º Manda anular las ventas de Misiones hechas por el Gobr Pico y todo… manuscript scan ↗
• 1849-05-28 · Fr. José Mª de J. González (Gobernador Eclesiástico de Ambas Californias) → Gobernador — THE FALSE-BISHOP WARNING: 'Más ha de un mes que arribó al Puerto de San Francisco un sujeto que dice llamarse Juan Bautista Brignole, asegurando ser Obispo Legado Apostólico *urbis et orbis*, y Superior General Reformador de la Religión Católica, Secular, Regular, y Monástica en la República Mexicana y sus adyacentes; y de hecho ha… manuscript scan ↗
• 1848-04-13 · Henry S. Burton (Col. of N.Y. Volunteers) — Información Sumaria — THE PADRE GABRIEL GONZÁLEZ WAR-CONDUCT INQUIRY: Col. Burton ordered (13 Apr 1848) an examination of witnesses Guadalupe González, Andrés Hipólito, y [Félix] Morales (vecinos of Todos Santos, residents at La Paz) on the participation of Padre Gabriel González in the war of Baja California [against the U.S.]; witness González declared the… manuscript scan ↗
• 1847-11-10 → 1848-02-01 · Fr. Gabriel González ↔ Manuel Pineda (Comte Principal de Baja Cal.) — THE PINEDA–GONZÁLEZ BAJA-WAR CORRESPONDENCE (continuous dossier attached to the Burton inquiry, doc 513): a run of letters between Padre Gabriel González & the Mexican commander Manuel Pineda during the anti-American campaign in Baja California — (Nov 10) González advises that to arrange the operations in the campaign against the… manuscript scan ↗
• 1841-02-22 · J.A. Sutter → Gob. [Alvarado] — 'Indians Lands' — (Doctº en inglés) Asks the approval of the Governor for the renting or leasing of certain lands from the Indians of the Yalesumny [Yalisumne] Tribe — ⭐⭐⭐ a pre-conquest (1841) document treating California Indians as landholders capable of leasing land, Sutter seeking gubernatorial sanction — a rare aboriginal-land-title item… manuscript scan ↗

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