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cease for the most part in 1832, when the neophyte population had fallen to 1,125, being possibly 800 in 1834, and at the end of the decade about 290 with probably 150 scattered in the district. 23 Down to
Zacatecanos we have no details; but in Oct. 1833 Virmond at Mex. wrote of his safe arrival at Habana, whence he probably went to Spain.
Rafael de Jesus Moreno was a Mexican Franciscan of the Guadalupe col- lege, Zacatecas, who came with the others in 1833 and served at Sta Clara until 1839, being also president and vice-prefect of the Zacatecan friars in 1836-S. The fact that he was chosen for so responsible a position indicates that he was a man of some ability, but otherwise no information direct or in- direct about him appears in any records that I have seen. He died on June 8, 1839, at Mission San Jose where he had gone for his health a little earlier. Manuel Jimeno wrote at the time that his illness was caused by a fit of anger, and his death by a mercurial potion prescribed by an English doctor. Ho was buried in San Jose mission church by P. Gonzalez on the 9th. S. José, Lib. Mis., MS., 29-30.
23 Sta Clara statistics of 1831-2 (figures for 1833-4 missing). Decrease of pop., 1,226 to 1,125 (800 in 1834 according to Hall and Gleeson); baptisms, 53; marriages, 34; deaths, 155. Increase in large stock, 9,788 to 10,763 (14,230 in 1834); horses and mules, 78S to 765 (1,230 in 1834); sheep, 8,000 to 9,500 (15,000 in 1834). Crops, 4,130 bush. in 1831; 5,580 bush. in 1832.
Statistics of 1835-40. Mission supplies to the escolta for 7 months to April, 1833, $273. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. C. & T., MS., iii. S9. To S. F. pre- sidio, Jan .- Oct., $493. Arch. Arzob., MS., v. pt ii. 7. 1837. Salary list. Admin. $1,500, teacher $500, majordomo $192, tanner $240, clerk $240, besides expenses of the padre and supplies to the com. of the escolta. St. Pap., Miss., MS., vii. 30-1. 1839. Receipts for year, including balance in Jan., $23,385; expend., $10,607. Id., 20-2. Sept. 2d property available for trade or distribution, 5,620 cattle, 6,500 sheep, 353 horses, 30 swine, 1,686 fan. grain, 1,000 arr. dried meat, 500 arr. wool, 347 arr. tallow, 274 arr. lard, 113 hides, and other articles, no value given. Id., 28-9; also in Hartnell, Diario, MS., 29, where the number of Ind. is given as 291. Debt in March $5,102, credits $3,947. Debt in Sept. $1,428. St. Pap., Miss., MS., vii. 30. The admin. bought of a ship $1, 103 worth of goods for the Ind. withont per- mission, for which he was blamed. Id., 33; Hartnell, Diario, MS., 52. 1840. Receipts (not apparently incl. balance of Jan. ) $12,537, expend. $2,507. St. Pap., Miss., MS., vii. 23-25. May 13th, inventory of property turned over by Estrada to Alviso, 3,717 cattle, 218 horses, 4,867 sheep, 510 fan. grain, 20 arr. tallow, 20 arr. wool, and other miscel. articles, no valne given; debts $3,940. Id., 33-6; Pico, Pap. Mis., MS., 47-51. The chief creditors being Mig. Pedrorena $1,496, J. A. Aguirre $1,379, and Thos Shaw $5S5.
Statistics of 1777-1834. Total of baptisms 8,640, of which 4,534 Ind. adults, 3,177 Ind. children, 6 and 923 de razon; annual average 133. Mar- riages 2,548, of which 182 de razon. Deaths 6,950, of which 4,152 Ind. adults, 2,329 Ind. children, 137 and 332 de razon; annual average 111; aver- age death rate 12.63 per cent of pop. Largest pop. 1,541 (?) in 1795 (1,464 in 1827); males largely in excess of females; children § to 1. Largest no. of cattle 14,500 in 1828; horses 2,800 in ISH1; mules 43 in 1827; sheep 15,500 in 1828; goats 500 in 1786; swine 60 in 1820; all kinds, 30,936 animals in 1828. Total product of wheat 175,800 bush., yield 17 fold; barley 21,270 bush., 32 fold; maize 46,450 bush., 98 fold; beans 5,500 bush., 17 fold; miscel. grains 11,400 bush., 21 fold.
Summary of events, etc. 1831. Visits of Gov. Victoria. This vol., p. 186-200. Status under Echeandia's decree not enforced. Id., 306-7. Davis, Glimpses, MS., 44., speaks of a slaughter of horses carly in this decade. 1832. P. Viader accused of buying smuggled goods. This vol., 305. 1833.
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1834 there was a gain in live-stock and the crops were large. Secularization was effected at the begin- ning of 1837 by Ramon Estrada, who served as ad- ministrator until May, 1840, when he was succeeded by Ignacio Alviso. The inventories of the transfer I have not been able to find; but lists of effects in 1839- 40 show that two thirds of the cattle and sheep had disappeared, and apparently all other available proper- ty of any value. This had been one of the richest establishments, and its downfall had been remarkably rapid.
Viader left Cal. and was succeeded by PP. García Diego and Moreno. Juan Prado Mesa was com. of the escolta down to the time of secularization. Escolta involved in a revolt against Vallejo at S. F. Id., 248. Aug. 7th, padre complains to alcalde that the neophytes go to the pueblo and get drunk with notable prejudice to their souls and bodies. S. José, Arch., MS., i. 52. Lat. and long. by Douglas. This vol., 404. 1834. Sta Clara, with the pueblo, to form a parish of Ist class under the reglamento. This vol., p. 348. 1835. P. García Diego departs at end of the year. José Z. Fernandez, teacher, resigns in Sept. Many neophytes were given licenses of emancipa- tion. Id., 354. Specimen of March 9th, the Ind. being permitted to live at Solano. Vallejo, Doc., MS., iii. 17. July. Sale of liquor forbidden. Id., 61. Sept. P. Moreno to gov., says that if they go on granting licenses, the mission will soon have no gente. Arch. Arzob., MS., v. pt. ii. 14. 1836. Order of secularization in Dec. José Ramon Estrada appointed comisionado. Vol. iv., p. 47. 1837. Estrada took possession early this year and became administrador as well as comisionado; but in some documents the admin. is called José Mariano Estrada. March 13th. Estrada to alcalde, says he came as admin. and not as executioner; is preparing a full report; something must be done to protect the poor Ind. The killing of 3 Ind. is referred to. S. José Arch., MS., vi. 28. Vallejo's visit in March; interview with Alvarado in June; arrest of rebels. This vol., p. 513, 522, 525. Belcher, Voy., i. 117, says: 'The mission is fast falling to decay, and scarcely common civility was shown to us.' 1838. Earthquake in June. Vol. iv., p. 78. 1839. The gov- ernor's marriage. This vol., iii. 593. José Peña, teacher. Mont. Arch., MS., ix. 10. March-April. Order to send 3,000 sheep to Sonoma as a loan for 5 years, against which the Ind. protested, and the sheep were not sent. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix., 57-8; Vallejo, Doc., MS., vi. 475. Two of the sprightliest Ind. delivered to the schr California by general's order. Id., 356. July. Troubles with the Indians, several killed. Vol. iv., p. 75-6. In Sept. Hart- nell found the Ind. discontented, clamorons for a new admin., complaining that they received no rations or clothing, though they seemed in good condi- tion. They demanded that no more ranchos should be granted from mission lands, particularly the one asked for by Forbes, S. Miguel, and Paso de S. Francisquito asked for by Pina. H. thought the salary of $500 to a teacher for 6 or 8 small children should be saved. Diario, MS., 29-30. 1840. Estrada was succeeded in May by Ignacio Alviso. St. Pap. Miss., vii. 33. Sebastian Peralta, majordomo. July. P. Mercado protests against an order to search his house and church, for inusic to celebrate the fiesta of independence. Id., ix. 54-5. Nov. 16. No produce left except hides. All industries suspended. Id., 53. Some of the arrested foreigners confined here. Vol. iv., p. 23.
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PUEBLO OF SAN JOSÉ.
The pueblo of San José de Guadalupe, also called San José de Alvarado after 1836 in honor of the gov- ernor, with the ranchos of its jurisdiction, increased in population from 540 at the beginning of the decade to 750 at the end.24 Both numbers probably included some Indians, and there are no means of determin- ing the proportion of the population living on the ranchos which have been named in this chapter. Municipal affairs continued under the direction of an ayuntamiento of alcalde, two regidores, and a síndico, elected annually until 1839. The successive alcaldes were Mariano Duarte, Ignacio Ceballos, Salvio Pa- checo, Pedro Chabolla, Antonio M. Pico, José M. Alviso, Juan Alvires, and Dolores Pacheco. Some details are appended.25 In 1839 the ayuntamiento
24 A padron of 1831 shows a pop. of 524. Hall's Hist. S. J., 118; Sta Clara Co. Hist,, Atlas, 9; and several newspaper articles. In 1833-4 the census shows 602 souls, of which number, however, 171 were Indians; and it is not unlikely that a like no. in other padrones were Ind., though there is no indi- cation of it. The 602 did not include 7 families who it was thought might belong to S. F. It should also be noticed that several large ranchos of what is now southern Sta Clara Co. were in the Monterey jurisdiction, and not in- cluded in these lists. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. y J., MS., i. 46. 1836. List of 123 men between the ages of 15 and 50, 7 being foreigners. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxiii. 22. Feb. 1, 1840, pop. 939. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., vii. 18. 1841, pop. 936. S. José, Padron, MS. This padron seems to include no Indians; but it does include the contra costa inhabitants, about 150 in num- ber. There is some doubt about my figures for 1830 (see vol. ii., p. 602), the pop. of 540 perhaps including Indians.
25 Municipal government, list of officials, and criminal record of S. José. 1831. Alcalde Mariano Duarte; regidores Leandro Flores, Antonio Rodri- guez, and Fernando Félix; síndico José Luis Chabolla, secretary José Reyes Berreyesa, depositario Luis Peralta. Dept. St. Pap., B. M., MS., Ixxiii. 14- 19. 1832. Alcalde Ignacio Ceballos; regidores (probably Félix or Rodriguez holding over) and Joaquin Higuera. Castro, Doc., MS., i. S; S. J. Arch., MS., i. 41; ii. 55. Sec. Salvio Pacheco. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., iv. 105. Ang. José el Cantor to be sent to Mont. Sept., the mail of the 22d of each month suspended, leaving that of the 11th. Id., 105-6.
1833. Alcalde Salvio Pacheco; regidores (Joaquin Higuera) and Máximo Martinez (Sebastian Peralta also called regidor); sec. José Berreyesa, jucz de campo Francisco Palomares; Luis Peralta mentioned as juez de paz (?), An- tonio M. Pico 'majordomo de propios.' S. J. Arch., v. i .; vi. 10; Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., iv. 132, 138. Feb., guardia and jail to be repaired; mean- while prisoners to be sent to Sta Clara. No one to be allowed to cut down trees in the alameda. March, ayunt. funds to be used for the purchase of powder and lead. Dec. surplus funds (!) to be sent to the govt at Mont. The number of regidores cannot be increased at present. Id., 115-16, 140. Aug., lands del fondo to be given to the mnost industrious; not to be taken from owners, but the latter must cultivate or rent them. Id., 121; Id., Ben., P. & J., vi. 13. Sept., the nyunt. has no power to compel vagrants to work for the public. Id., 13. Antonio Chabolla to be allowed to cultivate the
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was dissolved here as elsewhere, and Dolores Pacheco served as juez de paz in 1839-40. The jurisdiction of the ayuntamiento extended after 1834 from the
Yerba Buena ejidos without prejudice to the common use of wood, water, etc. Id., S. J., iv. 137; Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., i. 412.
1834. Alcalde Pedro Chabolla; regidores Máximo and Ignacio Martinez (the election of Tomás Pacheco being declared null), sec. Salvio Pacheco, and José Fernandez from July. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., ix. 142, 146, 148, 135. Alcalde permitted by gov. to go to S. Rafael for 6 days; a regidor must be punished like any other man, and cannot leave town without permission. Id., 148, 151. May 15th, municipal regulations issued by the alcalde. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iii. 163-6. Citizens not to go in pursuit of horse thieves, except in company with troops. Id., S. J., iv. 143. June 12th, Sec. Zamo- rano reports that the civil and political jurisdiction of (por parte del) the pueblo of S. José has always been understood to extend 'from the Laguna rancho to Sta Clara, and on the other side comprising all the ranchos as far as the strait of Carquines, toward the villa de Branciforte as far as the sum- mit of the sierra which divides them.' St. Pap., M. & C., MS., ii. 218. And on June 28th the gov. fixes the limits, not very clearly, as follows: 'The demarcation toward the pueblo of S. José Guadalupe will begin from the line fixed for that of S. F. at the rancho of the Castros' (S. Lorenzo and S. Leandro? but these ranchos not included) 'from the missions of Sta Clara and S. José and the said rancho and settlements (congregaciones) of the centre as far as la gentilidad toward the tulares, following the cordillera and the valley to the Laguna rancho, near the sierra of Sta Cruz, the summit of which will serve as dividing line between S. José and Branciforte.' Id., 220.
1833. Alcalde Antonio María Pico; regidores (Ignacio Martinez) and Leandro Rochin, síndico Luis Chabolla, sec. José Berreyesa, depositario José Noriega. Jan. 15th, municipal and police regulations in 21 articles. St. Pap. Sac., MS., xi. 23-9. Petition of inhab. of Contra Costa to be transferred from S. F. jurisdiction to that of S. José. This vol., p. 291.
1836. Alcalde José María Alviso; regidores (Leandro Rochin) and Nico- lás Berreyesa, síndico Francisco Archuleta, sec. José Berreyesa. Record of elections Dec. 13, 21, 1835, in Castro, Doc., MS., i. 23-5. March, padre com- plains that men at S. Ignacio rancho sell liquor to the Ind. S. José, Arch., MS., i. 11. Sept. 10th, meeting of ayunt. to complain of the padres of S. José and Sta Clara who put obstacles in the way of justice and assumed authority not belonging to them; it was voted to call on the gov. to oblige the padres to give up to the court two Ind. offenders, Mateo and Estanislao. St. Pap., M. & C., MS., ii. 367-8. Only one prisoner in June. In Feb. the alcalde was excused from serving by the gov., but no successor is named. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., iv. 113; v. 9.
1837. Alcalde Juan Alvires; regidores (Nicolás Berreyesa) and John Burton. Antonio Rodriguez is also mentioned in Nov. as alcalde (?). Sta Cruz Arch., MS., 44. Burton acted as juez much of the year. Jan. 19th, muni- cipal regulations published by the ayunt. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxii. 68. Dec. 21st, nine citizens for all petitioned that no grants of land should be made until the pueblo lands could be marked out. A petition for the assign- ing of these lands was sent to the gov. on the 23d by the alcalde; and on the 24th the gov. authorized the ayunt. to appoint a commission to make a map. Hall's Hist. S. J., 125 et seq.
1838. Alcalde Dolores Pacheco. No other member of the ayunt. named. In March the ayunt. appointed Guillermo Castro, Wm Gulnac, and Salvio Pa- checo as comisionados to survey the pueblo lands, which they did with all due formalities, and the map and report were sent to the gov .; but there is no evidence of any subsequent confirmation. According to this survey, some of the original landmarks had been incorrectly placed. Full account of the
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ranchos of San Leandro and Las Pulgas in the north, to Laguna Seca in the south, excluding all these ran- chos, and from the summit of the Santa Cruz moun- tains eastward to the tulares. That of the juzgado from 1839 included also in a sense the contra costa ranchos up to Carquines strait, since the juez of that district was auxiliary to him of San José and not of San Francisco. San José was also made temporarily cabecera of the partido, but no sub-prefect was ap-
survey and lines adopted in Hall's Ilist. S. J., 125-32. Munic. receipts and expend., $326. S. J. Arch., loose pap., 59.
1839. Alcalde José Noriega; regidores Tomás Pacheco and Wm Gulnac, síndico Diego Forbes, sec. José Z. Fernandez, comisario de policía Anas- tasio Cortés. In accordance with an order of June 15th, the ayunt. dissolved itself on the 1Sth; and Dolores Pacheco took charge of municipal affairs as juez de paz. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., v. 26; Gomez, Doc., MS., 40. José Z. Fernandez was at the same time appointed juez de paz suplente, and in July Antonio Suñol was appointed síndico, or treasurer of the juzgado, and Pedro Mesa now or earlier was juez de campo. Jan. 29th. Prefect to gov. complains of the citizens who are accustomed to sign a threatening protest against any act of the ayunt. that does not please them, which does great harm. S. J. Arch., MS., iii. 26. March. Record of elections; certain vo- cales who did not attend were fined $2 each; names of officers and primary electors given; elector de partido, José Fernandez, suplente Salvio Pacheco. Id., vi. 54-6. March 14th. Ayunt. petitions gov. that S. Josè be made cabecera of the partido instead of San Francisco. Action on this matter was postponed; but in Sept. S. José was declared temporarily the cabecera. Dept. St. Pap., MS., iv. 219; Doc. Ilist. Cal., MS., i. 398; S. José Arch., MS., ii. 18. April. A soldier arrested and fined by the alcalde. Gen. Va- llejo decides that he had no right to do it and the fine need not be paid. T'a'lejo, Doc., MS., vi. 357. Prefect thinks two jueces de paz needed in town, and another if the contra costa ranchos are added to the jurisdiction. S. J. Arch., MS. iii. 28. Capt. Salvio Pacheco of the civic guard was put under arrest for offensive expressions in a letter to Gen. Vallejo; but at the same time was required to go to Mont. as elector, being obliged to resume his state of arrest on return. Vallejo, Doc., MS., vi. 493. May. Criminal proceedings against an Ind. girl and her accomplice for killing an Ind. at Milpitas. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., vii. 13. Another against José J. Castro for killing Anastasio Cortés in a gambling quarrel. Id., 17. June. Sindico's re- port of receipts and expend., $134. S. J. Arch., loose pap., MS., 19; for next six mo., receipts $237, expend. $199. Id., 17. July 30th. Police reg- ulations. S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 62.
1840. Juez de paz Dolores Pacheco, suplente José Z. Fernandez, síndico probably Suñol. In Dept. St. Pap., MS., xvii. 49, is a report of Sec. Fernan- dez of an election of Dec. 19, 1839, of Antonio M. Pico and Felix Buelna as Ist and 2d alcalde (?). June 14th. Alcalde calls attention to the law that all but owners and servants living on ranchos must belong to the nearest town; there- fore proprietors must dismiss all agregados under penalty of a fine of 30 reals. Mont. Arch., MS., ix. 21. March Ist. Sindico's account, expenses $299, receipts in taxes and fines, $343. S. J. Arch., loose pap., 22. May 2d. Jnez sends (again?) to gov. the plan and expediente of the town ejidos. S. J. Arch., MS., 36. June 4th. Sends list of foreigners in the jurisdiction. I.l., 39. July 4th. Gov. tells the juez of contra costa that he is auxiliary to the juez de partido of S. José. Dept. Rec., xi. 17.
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pointed till after 1840. The record of events in town for the decade is well nigh a blank, though I append the summary.26 Of industrial progress we know nothing beyond the increase in population for the ju- risdiction as already given, and the fact that the sum of $2,000 was spent on a church. No visitors during this period have furnished either descriptive matter or narratives of their visits. The people took but slight part in the revolutionary and sectional warfare of 1836-8; but raiding bands of Indian horse-thieves furnished constant material for excitement and semi- military ardor, most of the vecinos enrolling them- selves in two companies of militia.
26 Summary and index of events, etc. 1831. Part taken by S. José against Gov. Victoria; trial of Alcalde Duarte; adhesion to the S. Diego plan. This vol., p. 187-8, 194-5, 212. 1832. Slight part taken in the Zamorano revolt. Id., 223-4. 1833. Expedition against the Moquelumnes Ind. Id., 359, 394. 1835. Slight reference to exped. against Ind. horse-thieves. S. José Arch., MS., i. 40; Palomares, Mem., MS., 1-13. In June Padre More- no informed the gov. that he was building a pueblo church with contributions from the citizens etc., and asked for the tithes for this purpose. Figueroa in reply sent a libranza of $30 as a personal contribution, and authorized the people to devote their tithes to the building fund, though the payment of tithes was no longer obligatory. There was some additional correspondence, and in 1838 Gen. Vallejo also authorized the use of the tithes; but it does not appear that any funds were obtained from this source until 1839, in which year $2,050 were received and expended. In 1840 Gov. Alvarado renewed the concession, and in July the work was still going on. Arch., Arzob., MS., v. pt. ii. 9-10, 29; Dept. St. Pap., v. 6; Id., S. J., iv. 170; Gomez, Doc., MS., 29,38; Vallejo, Doc., v. 206; xxxii. 353; xxxiii. 176; S. J. Arch., MS., iii. 32,36. 1836. Alvarado here preparing for revolution. This vol., p. 456. 1836-40. Ind. affairs, including one or more expeditions and raids in nearly every year. Vol. iv. 74-6. 1837. Recruiting a militia force. This vol., p. 511. Trou- bles connected with the arrest of A. M. Pico. Id., 513-14, 523-7. Rumors of conspiracy in Nov. Id., 573. There were two militia companies organized at S. José, each of 44 men, rank and file. The officers of the Ist were capt. Salvio Pacheco, lient A. M. Pico and Guillermo Castro, alf. Tomás Pacheco and José M. Alviso Jr .; and of the 2d, Capt. José M. Alviso, lient. Agustin Bernal and Ignacio Martinez, alf. Inocencio Romero and Fulgencio Higuera Capt. Jesus Vallejo was mil. comandante. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxiv. 8, 9; S. J. Arch., MS., vi. 26. The force was dissolved in 1840. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. & J., MS., iii. 13. 1838. Earthquake in June, a house shaken down. Vol. iv. p. 78. Aug., Juan Carrasco found dead of hunger at Arroyo Mocho. S. J. Arch., MS., v. 32. Nov., celebration of news of accession of Alvarado and Vallejo. This vol., p. 577. 1840. Arrest of foreigners. Vol. iv. p. 11. Ind. making trouble at Sutter's. Id., 138. Douglas, Journal, MS., 88, estimates the exports of hides, tallow, and grain at $80,000.
PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX.
1542-1848.
CONTINUED ALPHABETICALLY FROM VOLUME II.
Fabbol, 1845, one of Frémont's men '45-7. iv. 583. Fabregat (Narciso), 1819, Span. lieut of the Mazatlan cavalry, who served chiefly at Sta B., being often mentioned in the military records down to '30; being suspended for a time in '27-8 on account of his Span. birth, though he took the oath and gave no cause of suspicion; retired from mil. service in '33. ii. 254, 336, 361, 441, 533-4, 572-3, 575, 675; iii. 51-3. In '29 he was 67 years old, had been three times married, had a daughter in Sin. to whom he allowed one third of his pay, and two small children by his last wife. He became a trader at Sta B., and in '43 was grantee of the Catera or Pozitas rancho. iii. 655; iv. 642; ment. in '44. iv. 408. I have no later record than '45, but think the old lieut was murdered by robbers soon after '48.
Fages (Pedro), 1769, Span. lieut of Catalan volunteers, who accomp. the Ist exped. as com. of the forces that came by sca; mil. com. of Cal. July '70 to May '74, being capt. from '71; came back as gov. and com. gen. of Cal. Sept. 'S2 to April '91, being colonel from 'S9; in the city of Mex. '94, the date of his death not being known. See biog. i. 481-7; his Voyage and other writ- ings, i. list of auth., 141, 396, 408, 443, 486; mention '69-74, including his explor. of S.F. Bay and his quarrels with P. Serra. i. 117, 119, 128, 131, 134, 136, 140-1, 147, 151, 153, 168-9, 171-2, 175-6, 178-9, 181-92, 195-6, 207, 210, 213, 215, 217-19, 223, 225-7, 229, 231-2, 245, 283-6, 290, 386, 671; ii. 44; ment. in '81-2, including his appt as gov. and operations on the Colorado. i. 363, 366-70, 373, 376, 378, 383-5; inention in 1783-90, gen. record, includ. family troubles. i. 387-408; mission affairs during his rule. i. 409-23; foreign relations and commerce. i. 426-49; occasional ment. in con. with local mat- ters. i. 450-80; 1791-2, end of rule, departure, biog. i. 481-7; additional ref- erences. i. 492, 534, 583, 605, 609, 619, 623, 661-2, 666-7; ii. 44. Don Pedro was a central figure in early Californian annals; his character has been to me a most attractive one; but I refer the reader to i. 486-7, for my views on the subject. Fagins (Lucius), 1847, owner of a S.F. lot.
Fairbanks (Henry), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); at Payson, Utah, 'S2. F. (W.R.), 1848, nat. of Vt, who came by sea with his cousins, named Hey- man, at the age of 10; in the mines to '55; 10 years in N. Y .; at Tomales '80 with wife, Belinda Scanlan, and 4 children. Marin Co. Hist., 493. Fairchild (Ephraim), 1847, prob. overl. immig. v. 536; blacksmith and wagon-maker, who worked at N. IIelv. '47-9; at Sac. in '71. F. (Wm H.), 1846, connected with the Mormon settlement on the Stanislaus in '46-7, though prob. not a Mormon; settled at Stockton '47; county surveyor and supervisor '78-9. Fairfax (D.M.), 1847, mid. on the Columbus, acting master of the Erie. Fair- field (Levi), 1848, miner from whom Gov. Mason obtained specimens of gold. Fala (Francis), 1847, owner of lot at S.F. Fales (Bounty), 1846-7, doubtful name, Cal. claims (v. 462). Falker (Joseph K.), 1844, Amer. who got a pass for 1 year. Falkner (E.R.), 1848, clerk of Starky, Junion, & Co. at ".
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