History of California, Volume III, Part 67

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824

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16 Statistics of San Luis Rey 1831-4: increase in pop. 2,776 to 2,844; bap- tisms 385; marriages 161; burials 324. Decrease in large stock 27,978 to 13,000; horses and mules 2,46S to 920; sheep, ete., 25,658 to 15,300. Largest crop 7,825 bush. in 1831; smallest 2,307 in 1834; average 4,684, of which 2,325 wheat, yield 5.74 fold; 1,030 barley, yield 5.5 fold; 1,202 corn, yield 53 fold; beans 102, yield 6.87 fold.

General statistics 1798-1834, the whole period of mission existence: total no. baptisms 5,391, of which 3,539 adult Ind., 1, 862 Ind. children, 192 child. de razon; average per year 151. Total of marriages 1,425, of which 9 gente de razon. Deaths 2,859, of which 1,413 Ind. adults, 1,367 Ind. child., 12 and 35 ad. and child. de razon; average deatlı rate 4.42 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 2,869 in 1826. Sexes about equal down to 1809; then the excess of males increased to about 10 per cent. The proportion of children under 8 yrs was about 3, rather more before and less after 1812. There were generally from 20 to 50 persons de razon living at the mission. Largest no. of cattle

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there were about 1,000 of the ex-neophytes at mis- sion, pueblos, and ranchos more or less under control of local authorities. Secularization began here as at San Diego with Figueroa's experimental emancipation in 1833, resulting in the forming of an ex-neophyte pueblo at Las Flores, with but a small population. The final secularization was accomplished in Novem- ber 1834 by Captain Portilla as comisionado, and Pio Pico remained in charge as majordomo and adminis- trator until succeeded by José A. Estudillo in August 1840.17 After the securalization the decline in pop-

27,500 in 1832; horses 2,226 in IS28; mules 345 in 1828; asses 5 in 1827; sheep 23,913 in 1828; goats 1,300 in IS32; swine 372 in 1819; all kinds 58, 767 in 1828. Total product of wheat 114,528 bush., yield 9 fold; barley 94,600 bush., yield 16 fold; corn 101,442 bush., yield 182 fold; beans 10,215 bush., yield 23 fold.

Miscell. statistics of 1831-40. Accounts of 1834 as rendered by P. For- tuni to Capt. Portilla: assets $16,613, debts $14,429. St. Pap. Miss., MS., xi. 53. 1835: Inventory Aug. 22d; valuation $203,737; debts $03,000; the church 6ix10 varas, of adobes, tile-roofed, floor of clay, board ceiling, 9 doors, 18 windows, 4 adjoining rooms, all valued at $30,000, included in the total, as also the 6 ranchos valued at $10, 437, the most valuable being Pala, Sta Margarita, and S. Jacinto. Id., vi. 10-11. Jan., May, nothing but cattle for the needy troops of S. Diego. St. Pap., Sac., MS., x. 4, xiv. 44. 1839: Lists of debts amounting to $15,656 in May and $14,639 in Aug. The largest creditors were Juan Ebbetts, J. A. Menendez, Thos Shaw, P. Fortuni, Thos Park, John Temple, l'. Ibarra, and Pio Pico. Pico, Pap. Miss., MS., 47-51, 57; Vallejo, Doc., MIS., xxxiii. 12. Long list of debtors owing from $3 to $173, or l to 30 beasts, each. Pico, Pap., 53-5; Bandini, Ilist. Cal., MS., 9-10; Osio, Ilist. C'al., MS., 218-20; and Julio César, Cosas de Ind., MS., 1-2, give some par- ticulars about the mission ranchos, without definite dates or figures, agreeing in substance with information given on p. 555 of vol. ii.

17 Chron. summary of events at S. Luis Rey during the decade: Echean- dia's preliminary agitations here as at S. Diego. For gen. account of seculari- zation, sce chap. xi., xii., this vol., and chap. ii., vol. iv. 1831: Gov. Victoria at S. Luis, departure of l'. Peyri. This vol., p. 183, 210. Julio Cesar, Cosas de Ind., MS., 4, says that one of the neophyte boys carried away by Peyri came back to Cal. in later years. 1832: Echeandia at S. Luis, writings against Zamorano, Ind. ready to fight, meeting of the diputacion. This vol., p. 225- 7. Capt. Pablo de la Portilla appointed comisionado by Echeandia. Id., 326. 1833: Portilla continued in office. His efforts at emancipation under Figue- roa's instructions. Small results. Id., 330-2. Feb., Com. Portilla needs 15 or 20 men to prevent disorders among the Ind. on account of the division of lands. Dept. St. Pap., Prof. y Juzg., MS., v. 76. Oct., Rosario Aguilar, majordomo at Pala, knocked down and left for dead by Simon, an Ind., who was arrested. S. D. Arch., MIS., 20.

1834: Great slaughter of mission cattle; 5,700 head killed on shares from May to July, the mission getting half the hides and tallow. This vol., p. 348-9. In July, after the slaughter was well advanced, permission was asked of the dip. Leg. Rec., MIS., ii. 148-31, 163. Estudillo, Datos, MS., 33-4, puts the number killed at about 20,000. In Sept., Oct., a part of the Ilijar and Padres colony were at S. Luis. This vol., 267-8. Some of them ac- cused of inciting a revolt. I.d., 281. Actual secularization in Nov., Portilla receiving the property from l'. F'ortuni. Id., 346. Besides trouble caused by

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ulation was more rapid than that in wealth, the Ind- ians succeeding in retaining partial control of the rich mission ranchos of Santa Margarita, Pala, Santa Isa-

the Ind. running away in appreciation of their new liberty, Portilla seems to have had some difficulty with the padre. Dec. 30th, Figueroa advises him to 'contemporizar' with the friars, who have the right to select their own resi- dence. Arch. Arzob., MS., v. pt ii. 7.

1835: Pio Pico in charge as majordomo, or administrator. This vol., p. 353. Ind. plot, or rather protest against the loss of the mission rancho of Temecula. Id., 361. Oct., the admin. is forbidden to disturb Portilla in the possession of his rancho S. José del Valle. S. D. Arch., MS., 62. Nov., Ind. go to S. Diego to complain before the alcalde that they are not given the promised liberty, but are severely treated by Pico. The alcalde reports to gov. that the danger is serious. Hayes' Miss. B., 229; S. Diego Index, MS., 131.

1836: Pico still majordomo and encargado de justicia. His troubles witli the Ind. still continued. In June he imprisoned Pablo Apis, a leader among the neophyte petitioners, for redress of wrongs; but they forced him to release the prisoner, and both parties went to S. Diego to make charges before the alcalde. The latter sent a small guard to S. Luis, retained Apis and 4 others under arrest, urged Pico to use great care so as not to lose the crop, and re- ported to the gov. The corresp. is complicated, but no definite results are indicated. Evidently Don Pio was not as popular a manager as had been P. Peyri. S. D. Arch., MS., 112; Id. Index, 133; Dept. St. Pap., Pref. y Juzg., MS., iii. 32-3; Savage, Doc., MS., iii. 64-5; Hayes' Miss. B., 297-9, 303-4, 293. Sept., alcalde ordered to aid Pico in retaking fugitive neophytes from the gentiles in the interests of religion. Id., 308. Soldiers 'strike ' for pay and rations. This vol., p. 483-4. 1837: Arrest of Andrés Pico. Castillero joins the southern army here in June. This vol., p. 518, 521. 1838: This year, like the preceding, sectional strife so fully occupied the minds of all that the records bear but slight trace of anything else. Campaign of Las Flores April. Id., 558 et seq. Ex-gov. Carrillo at S. Luis in Sept. Id., 573.

1839: March, the mission must support the fam. of soldiers absent on service. S. D. Index, MS., 134. May, an Ind. widow asks prefect to be re- leased from the mission to support herself and daughters. She is overworked and gets no clothing. Los Ang. Arch., MS., i. 160-1. June 5th, Pico com- plains to Visitador Hartnell that the Ind. are constantly running away and taking refuge at Los Angeles. Vallejo, Doc., vii. 179. June 14th, prefect instructed by Hartnell to aid Pico in his efforts to recover all fugitives. Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., v. 26-7. June 24th, H. says the vines are much in- jured by worms. Mission debts and credits about $15,000. Weaving in progress. St. Pap. Miss., MS., xi. 25. July, in Pico's absence P. Ibarra was put in charge of the mission. Vallejo, Doc., MS., vii. 324; viii. 12. P. claimed that during an carlier absence much property had disappeared. Andrés Pico declines to take command. This vol., p. 591. Oct .- Nov., trouble be- tween Pico and admin. at S. Juan about some cattle at a rancho claimed by both. Ifartnell after investigation decided that P. should have 4,000 and the other 2,000. Pico at once sent a man to kill his 4,000, and there were none left! Vallejo, Ilist. Cal., MS., iii. 363-8. Nov. 7th, com. of S. Luis to be tried for the crime of freeing a known criminal, Morillo. Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., xii. 20.

1840: Andrés Pico in temporary charge, Pio being absent in the early months. In July Hartnell appointed José A. Estudillo as majordomo under Alvarado's new regulations. Pio Pico made much trouble about transferring the office; but it appears that the difficulty was chiefly on matters of etiquette. Don Pio felt sore at the loss of his place, and deemed himself aggrieved by some informality in the manner of demanding a transfer. Moreover he had become personally responsible for mission debts to the amount of $2,000, and

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bel, Temecula, and San Jacinto throughout this dec- ade, though not much longer.

Father Barona died in 1831, and Zalvidea con- tinued in charge of spiritual affairs at San Juan Capis- trano throughout the decade, having, however, but little to do with the management of temporalities even in the early years. The population in 1834 had decreased to 861, and in 1840 was probably less than 500 with less than 100 at the pueblo proper; while in its crops San Juan showed a larger deterioration than any other establishment.18 Here secularization

he wished to get rid of this responsibility before turning over the property. Original correspondence in Arch. Misiones, MS., ii. 1069-70, 1083; Hartnell, Diario, etc., MS., 35, 38, 57-60; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 331; xxxiii. 91, 94; St. Pap. Miss., MS., xi. 5-9. Finally Hartnell came to S. Lnis on Aug. 4th, and from the 10th to 16th the transfer of property to Estudillo was formally made, it being discovered that the number of cattle at the mission ranchos was much less than the inventory of 1839 called for, but also that the said inventory had been grossly inaccurate by the fault of Carlos Castro, who had not taken the trouble to count. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 18-20. Mean- while there was some difficulty about Joaquin Ortega taking charge at Sta Isabel as ordered by the gov., the Indians protesting. Id., 58; llayes' Miss. B., 344. Pico had long been trying in different ways to get possession of Temecula rancho against the wishes of the Ind. Feb. 13th, P. Ibarra to Duran, with particulars. Arch. Misiones, MS., ii. 1021-2. After surrender- ing the administratorship he contained his efforts, and seems to have obtained a temporary grant or permission to occupy. Nov. 5th, Capt. Juan and his band are resolved that the Picos shall not put their stock at Temecula, claini- ing that rancho as the best grain land of the mission; but P. resolved to suc- ceed. St. Pap., Miss., MS., x. 3; xi. 9-11. Nov. 22d, Majordomo Estudillo and 11 Ind. had come to Angeles to oppose the grant, resolved to quit the mis- sion if it was confirmed. Dept. St. Pap., Pref. y Juzg., v. 11. Dec. 15th, Gov. Jimeno to encargado of S. Luis. Assure the Ind. of Temecula that they shall not be disturbed. Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 51-2. Pico himself, Hist. C'al., MS., 98- 100, says that the ex-mission was very prosperous under his honest and sys- tematic management; but not so under his successor. John Forster, Pioncer Data, MIS., 21-2, also declares that Pico's administration was exceptionally honest and efficient. Julio César, Cosas de Ind., MS., 4 5, asserts that all the administrators were cruel despots, and Pico the worst of all.

18 José Barona was born at Villa Nueva, Spain, March 22, 1764, became a Franciscan at Velorado, July 18, 1783, left the convent at Calahorra Sept. 2, 1794, arrived at the college of S. Fernando Aug. 24, 1795, and came to C'al. Jan .- May, 1798. He served at S. Diego in 1793-1811, and at S. Juan Capis- trano in 1811-31. He was regarded by his superiors as a faithful worker of medium merit. Autobiog. Autog. de los Padres, MS. ; Arch. Sta B., MS .. iii. 125; Sarriu, Inf. sobre Frailes 1817, MS., 43-4. As carly as 1817 he was in broken health, and desirous of retirement. In 1823 he was rudely treated by some soldiers at S. Juan; and after 1827 he spent most of his time at S. Luis as an invalid. But little appears about him in mission or secular records. HIe died at S. Juan Aug. 4th, and was buried on the 6th by P. Zalvidea. Guerra, Doc., MS., i. 210. Statistics of San Juan Capistrano 1831-4: de- crease in pop. 926 to 861; baptisms 149; deaths 200. Deerense in large stock HIST. CAL., VOL. III. 40

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assumed a form slightly different from that at the other missions, since all the neophytes were emanci- pated under Figueroa's experimental system of 1833, the lands being apportioned to them by Captain Por- tilla as comisionado, and a regular Indian pueblo be- ing organized in November.19 It is not quite certain

10,978 to 8,059; horses and mules 178 to 59; sheep, etc., 5,019 to 4,080. (In 1338 there were 494 cattle, 448 horses, and 9 mules.) Largest crop 1,625 bush. in 1831; smallest 300 (?) in 1834; average 790.

General stat. 1771-1834, the whole period of the mission's existence: total of baptisms 4,404, of which 1,689 Ind. adults, 2,628 Ind. child., 4 and 83 de razon; average per year 69; total of marriages 1,168, of which 24 de razon; total of deaths 3,227, of which 1,255 Ind. adults, 1, 898 Ind. child., 24 and 20 de razon; average per year 50; death rate 5.88 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 1,361 in 1812. Females slightly in excess of males down to 1811. "Children decreased from { to & of the pop. Largest no. of cattle 14,000 in 1819; horses 1,355 in 1806; mules 183 in 1813; asses 4 in 1813; sheep 17,030 in 1800; goats 1,353 in 1784; swine 206 in 1818; all kinds 31,270 in 1819. Total production of wheat 140,700 bush., yield 19 fold; barley 7,760 bush., yield 21 fold; corn 89,875 bush., yield 100 fold; beans 5,375 bush., yield 22 fold.

Sept. 12, 1832, P. Zalvidea sends a keg to S. Luis to be filled with conse- crated wine, that at S. Juan having soured. Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 11. 1835: Inventory of mission property, formed by the padre and four comisionados. Total amount including buildings $54,456; debts $1,410 (credits $13,123; buildings $7,298; furniture, tools, etc., $14,708; church $1,250; sacred uten- sils $15,508, ranchos S. Joaquin and Mision Vieja $12,019, library $490). St. Pap. Miss., MS., v. 48-9. 1838: Live-stock turned over by Sepulveda to his successor Argüello as mentioned above. Id., vi. 33. Income of the storehouse $2,372, expenditure $1,717. Id., vi. 37. 1839: S. Juan owes $1,600 besides the padre'sstipend. Credits $5,000. Id., xi. 26. 1840: List of debts amount- ing to $1,556. J'allejo, Doc., MS., xxxiii. 12; Pico. Pap. Mis., MS., 47-51.

19 Chronological summary for S. Juan Capistrano 1831-40: 1832: Padre allowing the Ind. to manage their own affairs. His views on Echeandia's reglamento. This vol., p. 315-17; St. Pap., Miss. & Colon., MS., ii. 63; Va- llejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 25.

1833: Alf. Rocha was appointed comisionado by Echeandía, Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 87, but took no action. Capt. Portilla was appointed by Figueroa later, and in Oct. effected the emancipation of all the neophytes. See a few details in this vol., p. 332.

1834-7: No definite records. Rocha mentioned as comisionado in 1834. Id., 346. S. Juan to be a parish of the 2d class according to the reglam. of Nov. Id., 348. J. A. Pico is named by Ezquer, Mem., MS., 3-4, as comi- sionado to secularize the mission in 1834, and he seems to have held that posi- tion in Feb. 1836. Dept. St. Pap., Ang. Pref. y Juzg., MS., ii. 21. Fran- cisco Sepúlveda became administrator in 1836 or 1837, apparently.

1838: Sepúlveda succeeded by Santiago Argüello in Jan. Occupation of S. Juan by the army of Alvarado and Castro in April during the Las Flores campaign. This vol., p. 558. June, Argüello promises to exert himself to prevent the spread of small-pox. Vallejo, Doc., MS., v. 100. A.'s salary was $1,000. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vi. 32.

1839: April, Delfin, a neophyte, in behalf of all the neophytes, charges the administrator with wasting and misapplying the mission effects, so that the Ind. are deserting, tired of working without results. The admin. cul- tivates fields for himself with Ind. labor; puts his own brand on the best horses; and buys animals with mission brandy. Only 60 Ind. at work.

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that all the steps were completed, nor is anything known of pueblo annals for a year. It would appear, however, that whatever was accomplished had to be undone under the regulations of the next year, and that the mission was secularized like the rest in 1834. José Antonio Pico and Francisco Sepúlveda were successively in charge during 1834-7; and Santiago Argüello from January 1838. The Indians, having had a foretaste of liberty, became more and more dis- contented, and were clamorous for a return to pueblo life and self-government. Hartnell failed to satisfy them on his tour of 1839; and finally in 1840 they were left in charge of Padre Zalvidea, aided by

They ask for a just administrator, and one who has not so large a family. St. Pap. Miss., MS., vi. 34-7. Gov. Alvarado instructed Hartnell to investi- gate, and he found the charges against Argüello unfounded, though the Ind. were discontented, and wished the padre to manage their affairs. Id., xi. 26- 8. Hartnell's visit was carly in June, and he refused to make any immediate change, though he seems to favor a trial of their plan of saving the expense of an administrator. Ile found affairs in a bad state, only 80 Ind. at the mission, and some gente de razon disposed to make trouble. The prefect was instructed to aid in the restoration of fugitives. Hartnell, Diario, MS., 31, 42, 69-72. In Ang. Argüello says he cannot improve the condition of affairs on account of constant desertions, robberics, and the prefect's refusal to allow the arrest of runaways. St. Pap. Miss., MS., xi. 43-6.

1840: Ramon Argüello was left in charge during his father's absence; but the Ind. were bitterly opposed to the whole family. Hartnell in June was authorized to set the Ind. free if he could make satisfactory arrangements. Arch. Miss., MS., ii. 1111; Hartnell, Diario, MIS., 86. On arriving in July to put in force the new reglamento, he first appointed Ramon Argüello as majordomo, but the Ind. would not submit, showing great excitement. Then a proposition of Andres Pico to rent the mission, support the padre with the old and sick, and pay fair wages to all ex-neophytes who would work. Also one of J. A. Estudillo to take the mission as majordomo for 5 or 6 years for one third of the product of the estates instead of a salary, binding himself to care for the padre and Ind., to repair the buildings, and to add his own oxen and horses for working purposes to the mission stock. But the Ind. would listen to nothing of the kind, insisting on being formed into a pueblo. It was finally agreed that temporarily, until the govt could make arrange- ments about the pueblo, Padre Zalvidea should have charge of the property, the Ind. promising to work faithfully under his administration. Hurtuell, Ditrio, MIS., 5-6. Hartnell's reports to govt, and his correspondence with I'ico and Estudlillo. Id., 60-4; Arch. Mis., MS., ii. 1075. Sant. Argüello much offended at his son's removal. St. Pap. Miss., MIS., xi. 11. P. Zalvidea had refused absolutely to remain in permanent charge, or as curate at the proposed pueblo, unless families de razon should also be allowed to settle there, and some civil authority be established over the Ind. alcaldes. At the end of Dec. he appointed Agustin Janssens as acting majordomo; approved by govt in Feb. 1841. Janssens, Doc., MS., 5-6. Correspondence with a neophyte who tilled land at Trabuco. Id., 3-4. Janssens had been living for a time at Trabaco as representative of Capt. Argüello, who was soliciting a grant of the rancho.

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Agustin Janssens, with the promise of complete emancipation as soon as arrangements could be made. In these last years a very large part of the Indians were absent at Los Angeles and at the ranchos.

There were three pueblos of ex-neophytes in the district besides San Juan Capistrano, namely, San Dieguito, Las Flores, and San Pascual, about all of which there is a most unfortunate lack of informa- tion. They were composed of Indians selected from the different missions for their intelligence, good be- havior, industry, and fitness in all respects for earning their own living and managing their own affairs. They were feeble approximations to such towns of civilized and christianized natives as all the missions had been intended under the original system to become; but in every respect except the choice of the best Indians, the conditions were unfavorable to success. San Die- guito, Las Flores, and San Juan were perhaps organ- ized in 1833, the two former from the ex-neophytes of San Diego and San Luis respectively; and in May 1834 they were represented by the governor as in a flourishing condition. San Dieguito seems to have had about 15 families at the start; and at the time of Hartnell's visit in 1839 they were complaining that their best lands had been taken away. Las Flores had 196 inhabitants in 1836, and they were so far ad- vanced in politics that they presented charges against their Indian alcaldes, who were replaced by others after investigation by Pio Pico. In 1839, Hartnell found 49 families of 143 souls, and in four years they had rid themselves of half their property; but the rest of the live-stock, valued at $867, was distributed with a warning that unless they did better they would be again reduced to mission life. San Pascual was organized in November 1835, with 34 families of 113 souls from San Diego. Nothing more is known of it during the decade. 20

20 On the pueblos, see this vol., 339; St. Pap. Miss., MS., xi. 25-6; vi. 52; Dept. St. Pap., Ang., v. 78; Hartnell, Diario, MS., 12; Hayes' Miss. B., 230, 305, 497; Id., Doc., 66; S. D. Arch., MS., 114.

CHAPTER XXII.

LOCAL ANNALS OF LOS ANGELES DISTRICT.

1831-1840.

A CENTRE OF POLITICAL AGITATION- CHRONOLOGIC SUMMARY AND INDEX- LOCAL OCCURRENCES-INDIAN HOSTILITIES-DAY AND STEARNS-VIGI- LANCE COMMITTEE-SECTIONAL WARFARE-CARRILLO'S CAPITAL-TU- MULT OF THE FLAG-ARREST OF FOREIGNERS-INCREASE OF POPULATION -PRIVATE RANCHOS-AYUNTAMIENTO AND MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS-CRIM- INAL RECORD-A RACE-THE PREFECTURE-PEÑA, TAPIA, AND AR- GÜELLO-PORT OF SAN PEDRO-SAN GABRIEL-PADRES BOSCANA AND SANCHEZ-STATISTICS-SECULARIZATION-EVENTS-BANDINI'S REFORMS -SAN FERNANDO REY-FATHER CABOT -A PROSPEROUS MISSION- ANTONIO DEL VALLE AS COMISIONADO-CHRONOLOGIC RECORD.

DURING this decade Los Angeles was a centre of political agitation and of military achievement. From the expulsion of Governor Victoria in 1831, after a battle fought not far from town, there was hardly a month in which the Angelinos did not feel themselves to be responsible in a peculiar manner for the salva- tion of California, either from the arbitrary encroach- ments of Mexican despots or from the mad folly of Monterey patriots, whose methods of resisting despot- ism did not merit the approval of abajeño office- seckers, and who were blind to the claims of the angelic city as capital of the province. Especially in the struggle against Alvarado and in favor of Carlos Carrillo as governor did the zeal of Los Angeles manifest itself, though it was strongly reën- forced by eloquence from San Diego. But in this struggle the south was destined to defeat, for Santa Barbara when not hostile was lukewarm, San Diego if eloquent was not warlike, and the arribeño leaders,

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instead of being annihilated by the patriotic plans and pronunciamientos of their opponents, showed an alarming tendency to use actual force in the play at war. All the complicated and ludicrous sequence of positions assumed-not to say somersaults accom- plished-by the illustrious ayuntamiento and citizens of the southern metropolis has been fully presented in the political annals of the country, so that the appended summary 1 assumes largely the form of an index to

1 Chronologie summary of Los Angeles events during the decade. 1831. Stearns banished by Victoria. This vol., p. 194. Also troubles of Alcalde Sanchez, imprisonment of regidores and citizens, and arrest of José A. Car- rillo. Id., 195-6. Dec., arrival of the revolutionary forces from S. Diego, fight near Cahuenga, defeat of Victoria. Id., 204-10. Arrival of Wolfskill's party from Sta Fé in Feb. Id., 386. On Oct. 5th, the chaplain's house was accidentally burned. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Prof. y Juzg., MS., iii. 18-19.

1832. Jan. 7th, ayunt. adheres to the S. Diego plan. This vol., p. 212. Jan .- Feb., the diputacion in session. Vain efforts to make Pio Pieo gov. The ayunt. declares for Echeandía against Pico. Id., 216-20, 231-2. Feb .- April. Ibarra's intrignes, the ayunt. turns from Echeandia to Zamorano, northern force retires, southern force under Barroso at Paso de Bartolo, Angeles, and S. Gabriel, a truce. Id., 223-7. Dip. meets in Dec. Id., 229. Arrival of Ewing Young's trappers in April. Id., 387.

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History of California, Volume III, Part 67

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885-1890 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 824

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885-1890
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 824