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José de Jesus María Gutierrez was one of the Zacatecan friars who came
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María Amador as administrator was succeeded in April 1841, by José Antonio Estrada, who in turn offered his resignation in October. Perhaps it was not accepted, at any rate I find no mention of any successor until in April 1843, the management was restored to the padres, who retained it throughout the half decade.19 Respecting the padres' success in
with García Diego in 1833. He served as a missionary at S. Francisco Solano in 1833-4, at S. Francisco in 1834-9, at S. Antonio in 1840-4, and at S. José in August 1845, which is the last record I find of him.
José Lorenzo Quijas was an Indian and probably a native of Ecuador, who was a muleteer and trader before becoming a friar and joining the Zacatecas college. He came with García Diego in 1833, and served at S. Francisco in 1833-4, at Solano and S. Rafael in 1834-43, and at S. José in 1843-4. He was a large, fine-looking man, of more than ordinary natural abilities and education; kind-hearted and popular when sober; but from abont 1836 he gave himself up to strong drink. He made no enemies and all speak well of his natural qualities, but all testify to his drunkenness, and fondness for dancing and debauchery. Peirce, Simpson, Phelps, and other foreign visitors were witnesses of his drunken pranks, as well as many Cali- fornians. Unfortunately Quijas and two or three other black sheep of the Zacatecan flock were so situated as to come much in contact with foreigners, and this fact did much to discredit all the friars in the opinion of the immi- grants. Dr Sandels found him in 1843 a reformed man at S. José, and the same year came his appointment as vice-president; but we have no means of knowing how long his reformation lasted, as he disappears from the records in April 1844, nothing being known of the circumstances of his departure. Charles Brown claimed to have met him in Mexico in 1857, when he was curate at Ometepec.
19 S. José Mission. 1841. Jan. 19th, crops of the past year $SSS, wine and brandy $650. St. Pap. Miss., vii. 39. Jan. 31st, receipts and expend. since Oct. 1840, balance against the estate $400. Id., 40. April 18th, estate turned over by Amador to Estrada by inventory. Id., 39. Amador, Mem., MS., 9-13, who, however, makes the date 1842, says that the position was taken away because he refused to obey the governor's demand for $1,500 to pay the expenses of a ball at Mont. He says the property was large when he gave it up, but that, as he predicted, in two years there was nothing left. Mofras, Explor., i. 420-1, says the estate all went to enrich the Vallejo family. Oct. 17, 1841, Estrada resigns. St. Pap. Miss., MS., x. 17. Meeting between gov. and gen. at the mission. This vol., p. 203. 1843. April 4th, Manuel, an Ind., complains of having received 60 blows for nothing. S. José, Arch., MS., iv. S. April 16th, swearing allegiance to the patroness of the diocese. Id., Patentes, MS., 225-6. March 29th, gov. orders restoration of the temporalities to the padre. This vol., p. 369. Ind. not emancipated and living at the pueblo must present themselves at once to the person in charge of the mission. Id., 371. June, trouble between P. Muro and the Vallejos about the Suisunes belonging to the mission, who were apparently permitted at last to return to their native region. Mont. Arch., MS., xi. 8; S. José Arch., loose pap., MS., 45. Visit of Dr Sandels. King's Orphan, 22. 1844. The padres in charge; efforts to get back the live-stock due the mission from private citizens; trouble with Vallejo. This vol., p. 422-3. The dues were from M. G. Vallejo 3,000 sheep, Antonio Buelna since 1840, 150 heifers, Mariano Castro since 1840 110 heifers, Juan Alvires 200, Rafael Estrada 100, Guillermo Castro 200 sheep, Santiago Estrada 100 heifers and 10 bull calves. Arce, Doc., MS., i. 30. Nov. 11th, P. Muro to S. José alcalde, wants the mission handcuffs
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restoring prosperity we have no definite information: there were no events worthy of special notice; and even the final inventory made in 1845 with a view to renting the establishment is not extant. Mofras gives the ex-neophyte population as 400 in 1842, and three years later there may have been 250 still living at or near the mission.
At Santa Clara the ministry of Padre Mercado continued till 1844, when he was succeeded by Padre José María Real, and left the country at the end of the year or beginning of the next.20 The adminis- tration of Ignacio Alviso, or of José Peña acting for him, continued until the temporal management was restored to the padres in 1843.21 In 1845, at the returned. S. José Arch., MS., vi. 4. 1845. P. Gutierrezasks to be relieved of the cares of the temporalities. Arch. Arzob., MS., v. pt ii. 64-5. Orders for renting. This vol., p. 549-52.
20 Jesus María Vasquez del Mercado was one of the Zacatecan friars who came with García Diego in 1833. He was doubtless a Mexican, but of his early life nothing is on record. His missionary service was at S. Rafael in 1833-4, at S. Antonio and Soledad in 1834-9, and at Sta Clara in 1839-44. At each of these missions he became involved in difficulties which have been fully noticed in other chapters. Though a man of good abilities and educa- tion, of fine presence and engaging manners, he was an intriguer, arbitrary in his acts, and always ready to quarrel with any one who would not accept his views. Especially did he deem it his mission to quarrel with the secular au- thorities, and on the few occasions when there was no real cause of complaint he had no scruples abont inventing pretexts. He was engaged with Angel Ramirez in political plottings against Alvarado's government; and though often appearing as defender of the Indians' rights, he did much more harm than good by his injudicious acts. He is rep. esented as a hard drinker, a gambler, and a libertine-the father of many half-breed children at each of the missions where he served; and all that can be said in mitigation of this bad reputation is that much of the testimony, though not all, comes from men who were not friendly to the padre, being directly or indirectly parties to some of his many controversies. The circumstances of his departure are not very clear, but it would seem that he went away at the end of 1844 in consequence of new troubles with the revolutionists, possibly not sailing until the downfall of Micheltorena was known. Feb. 24, 1844, Alcalde A. M. Pico reports to gov. continued charges against the padre of illicit use of mis- sion property, insubordination, and calumny; he cites Mercado to appear and answer, but M. refuses to recognize and will reply to the gov. Dept. St. Pap., v. 81, 84. Jesus Pico, Acont., MS., 57-8, says that he went with 8 men to Sta Clara, arrested the padre, and put him on a vessel at S. F., which carried him to Mont. Thence he went on to Mcx., after writing abusive letters to Alvarado and Castro. Dec. 11, 1844. What appears to be a blotter copy of an order from José Castro at S. Jos3, that P. Mercado, for seditious conduct, must quit the northern district in 4 hours. Vallejo, Doc., MS., xii. 117.
21 Sta Clara mission. 1841. Ignacio Alviso administrator. Feb., visit of Douglas, to whom by order of the gov. 1,100 sheep and 50 cattle were delivered for the H. B. Co. This vol .. p. 194, 212-14. Wilkes' visit and in- terview with P. Mercado. Id., 243; U. S. Explor. Ex., v. 218 et seq. July,
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investigation for final renting, there were 130 ex- neophytes left in the community; the live-stock had dwindled to 430 cattle, 215 horses, and 809 sheep; and the total valuation of the estate, exclusive of church property, was less than $16,000.
The pueblo of San José with the ranchos of its jurisdiction, except those of the contra costa, prob- ably had a population of 900 gente de razon at the end of the half-decade. Events as noted elsewhere and indexed in my note22 have no importance requiring
controversy between Alviso and the padre about amounts due the latter. Half of the weekly slaughter was assigned to the padre, but for want of cat- tle there was often no weekly slaughter, and there were many debts. Produce on hand was assigned for building purposes. 716 cattle branded before July 25th; 100 killed for Mercado's benefit in Aug. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 41-6; Dept. St. Pap., MS., v. G1. Aug. 16th, gov. sells Alviso a honse for 30 heifers. Alviso, Doc., MS., 2. Aug. 19th, Alviso complains that the padre refuses to say prayers early enough for the fishermen, who therefore have to go without prayers. St. Pap., Miss., MS., ix. 96-7. Expenditures for the year $1,892. Id., vii. 25-28. 1842. Alviso administrator and juez de paz, though Antonio Buelna seenis to have been juez in Jan. Simpson, Narr., i. 337, writes of Sta Clara, which he did not visit, as one of the best preserved mis- sions, under the care of an excellent padre, Gonzales (?); and he speaks of the Alameda as a tree-lined bridge of earth across a morass of 5 miles between the mission and pueblo, constructed by the padres. Mofras, Explor., i. 320, gives the pop. as 300. Hall, Hist. S. José, 426-7, says the mission had 1,500 cattle, 250 horses and mules, and 3,000 sheep, goats, and hogs. 1843. Alviso administrator, but José Peña acted in his illness. S. Joss Arch., MS., ii. 23; loose pap. 5. Narciso A. Peña juez de paz. March 29th, temporal management restored to the padres. This vol., p. 369. July 17th, P. Mer- cado writes a sharp letter to the alcalde of S. José on the drinking habits of his Ind., encouraged by the grog-shops in town, and by the example of gente de razon. S. José Arch., MS., ii. 10. Nov. 8th, mission grazing lands, 4} by 1} leagues. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. P. & J., MS., iii. 10. 1844. Padre Joss M. Real minister from Aug. The padres in charge; efforts to collect loaned live- stock. This vol., p. 422-3. Wm Gulnac, or José Noriega for G., owed 200 cows, Juan Prado Mesa 50, Pablo Parra 20. Arce, Doc., MS., 5. On Mer- cado's final troubles see preceding note. Bishop's pastoral visit. This vol., p. 427. Rebel forces at Sta Clara. Id., 463. 1845. Eusebio Galindo juez de campo. Ang. 19th, original inventory signed by P. Real and the comisio- nados Andrés Pico and Juan Manso. Credits, 14 persons, $555; buildings, furniture, machinery, etc., $3,140; vineyard, 117x73 v., 400 vines, 92 fruit- trees, and a small house, $2,000; huerta 200x200 v., 1,200 trees, 250 vines, small house, in bad condition, $1,000; farming implements, $38; live-stock, 430 cattle, 215 horses, 800 sheep, $3,377; total, $16,173; debt, 7 persons, $719. The lands are held by the Ind. under title of June 10, 1843 (?). Pop. 130. Pico, Pap. Mis., MS., 127-38. Oct. 19th, four neophytes ask to be freed, and the prefect grants their petition if they are under no personal ob- ligation. Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 195. Dec. 4th, an Ind. who was freed in 1839, but lost his papers and was forced to return to mission service, asks for freedom and that of his 2 nephews; granted. Id., 227. Sta Clara recom- mended for capital. This vol., p. 519. Order for renting. Id., 549-52.
22 Pueblo of San José. Population in Aug, 1841. S. José, Padron de 1841,
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more than the briefest mention; except that San José was the headquarters of the revolutionists in the fa- mous campaign of Santa Teresa, and that the Indian
MS., 936, or 214 men (including 13 foreigners), 248 women, and 473 children. This seems to include no Ind., but does include the residents of contra costa. Simpson says there were 700 inhabitants in the town. Narr., i. 293. Belden, Hist. St., MS., 16, says 300 to 400 people. Mofras puts the pop. at 500 whites and a few hundred Ind. Explor., i. 414. Hall, Hist. S. José, 135-40, names about 50 foreigners who came to the valley before 1845. There are no original statistics in 1842-5.
Summary and index of events. 1841. Expeditions against Ind. horse- thieves. This vol., p. 197. Antonio Sunol loaned $157 for one of them and had some difficulty in recovering the money. S. José Arch., MS., iii. 45. The Sta Clara Echo in 1878 had an item copied in several other papers about the Ist frame building in town, or perhaps in Cal., built by Thomas Boone (Bowen) and Pedro Fernandez for Manuel Frank in 1841, still standing on Alviso St in 1878. Forbes agent of H. B. Co. This vol., p. 217. Arrival and arrest of the Bartleson immigrant party. Id., 274. Murder of Anthony Campbell. Id., 280. 1842. Indian troubles. Id., 338. The warning came from contra costa; the objects of the plot were Jesus Vallejo, J. A. Estrada, and Joaquin Castro; there was evidently much buncombe in the testimony; and there was also a conflict between military and civil authority in the trials. Visit of Dr Sandels mentioned. Id., 346. 1843. Seizure of docu- ments supposed to reveal a political plot. Id., 356. 1844. Visit of the bishop. Id., 427. Efforts in behalf of the revolt against Micheltorena; and campaign of Sta Teresa. I.d., 462, 466-70. Castro and his army waiting here. Id., 471, 481. 1845. Additional preparations at S. J. as headquarters against the gov., the army starts for the south. Id., 485-9. Call for a meet- ing of foreigners. Id., 598-9.
Sub-prefecture. Antonio Sunol appointed sub-prefect July 31, 1841. Dept. St. Pap. Mont., MS., iv. 47; Id., Ben., P. & J., iv. 24. Aug. 7th, ap- pointment confirmed by gov. Dept. Rec., MS., xii. 16. Aug. 9th, prefect transcribes gov.'s order to take charge. S José Arch., MS., ii. 21. Aug. 20th, Suñol's resignation not accepted, and he is allowed a secretary at $1 a day. Id., 39. Sept. 5th, sworn in and announces the fact to local jueces. Id., v. 36; Mont. Arch., MS., x. 12. Dept. St. Pup., Ben. C. & T., iv. 56. Sept. 21st, prefect to Suñol, defining the limits of his sub-prefecture as the same as those of the juzgado, viz .: 'desde el rancho de Don Carlos Castro inclusive hasta el Estrecho de Carquines y por de S. Francisco hasta el arroyo de S. Francis- quito.' This is not very intelligible, since it seems to exclude the peninsula of S. F. St. Pap., Sac., MS., x. 94. In Feb .- March Dolores Pacheco acted as sub-prefect in Suuol's absence. S. José, Arch., MS., ii. 37, 42; Estudillo, Doc., MS., ii. 37; Sta Cruz, Arch., MS., 97. There are dozens of routine doc. for 1841-3, showing that Sunol held the position, but nothing in the routine of business that requires notice. Jan. 17, 1844, Sunol turns over his office to the alcalde. Dept. St. Pap., S. José, MS., v. 76.
Municipal affairs and officers. 1841. Dolores Pacheco and Tomás Pacheco jueces de paz till Oct. Antonio Buelna and Isidoro Guillen from Oct .; sec. José Garcia from Nov. at $20; jueces de campo from Nov. Pedro Chabolla, Joaquin Higuera, Jesus Bernal; juez of contra costa Ignacio Peralta till Oct., Guillermo Castro from Oct. May 3d, gov. orders prefect to fine the alcalde $25 for failure in duty. Dept. Rec., MS., xii. 9. Aug. 20th, prefect fixes the dividing line between S. J. and S. F. at S. Francisquito creek. S. J. Arch., MS., loose pap. 49. Dec. 9th, juez beseeches the sub-prefect to intercede with the govt for funds, especially for the tithes to be used on the unfinished pueblo church. Id., 46. 1842. Jueces de paz Antonio Buelna and Isidoro Guillen, the former dying in Nov .; sec. José Ant. Gajiola; clerk José García;
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horse-thieves were constantly troublesome. This town continued to be regarded as cabecera of the partido, and Antonio Suñol, appointed sub-prefect in
juez de policía Mariano Castro; juez de contra costa, Guillermo Castro. Jan., the juez and sub-prefect jointly may grant permission to honorable and laborious citizens to cultivate lands in the suburbs, and any soi-disant owner is to be told that by neglect he loses title; but it must be understood that the new occupants get no title, simply the right of use, for the lands belong to the town. S. J. Arch., MS., iii. 47. Approval of a clerk at $15 for the juzgado by the sub-prefect. Dept. St. Pap., S. J., MS., vii. 4. 1843. Jueces de paz Salvio Pacheco and Antonio M. Pico, appointed by prefect in Dec. 1842, and in office apparently Jan. 2d. S. José, Arch., MS., ii. 31; Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. & J., MS., iv. 32; Id., S. José, vii. 7-8. But on March 17th Pacheco is ordered by the sub-prefect to continue as juez on account of the death of the one elected the last year, S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 7; and March 30th-Ist, he is appointed and confirmed as juez proprietario, Dept. St. Pap., Mont., MS., vi. 51; Dept. Rec., MS., xiii. 47, but on Aug. 29th he is ordered to take charge, as there is no juez proprietario. S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 9. Pico apparently did not act as juez suplente, and from June Isidoro Guillen ap- pears as holding the place, and sometimes acting as Ist juez, sindico Luis Chabolla; sec. Gaxiola, and after Jan. Tomás Pacheco; depositario Dolores Pacheco; jueces de barrio or de policía, Lorenzo Pacheco, Antonio Chabolla, José M. Flores; jueces de campo José Ant. Alviso (or Supúlveda), Leandro Flores; juez from S. Francisquito to Sierra Morena Narciso Ant. Peña; juez de contra costa, at S. Leandro, Joaquin Estudillo; and jueces de campo ap- pointed by him-Francisco Moraga, Victor Castro, Miguel Mesa, Bruno Va- lencia, Desiderio Briones, Gabriel Castro, Valentin Amador; síndico Vicente Martinez. Jan. Sth, the juez explains the duties of the various subordinate officials. S. José, Arch., MS., vi. 1. April 18th, juez to gov. explains the difficulties in his way and defects of the system and its application. He com- plains that citizens of contra costa have to bring their claims, complaints, and prisoners to S. José; that the scattering of population in the ranchos, some without property interests, others with land or water illegally obtained, exposed to Ind. etc. prevents all progress; that the foreign traders and hunt- ers do not comply with the laws; that the freed Ind. should be compelled to settle somewhere and quit their roving thieving life; that legal proceedings between citizens of different jurisdictions are complicated and oppressive; that there is much conflictabout the civil and military authority, especially in deal- ing with Ind .; that the boundaries of S. José district are not properly fixed; that the mail service is badly arranged, etc. Dept. St. Pap., Ben., P. & J., MS., ii. 8-11. May 3d, Juez Pacheco ordered to Monterey on account of some malefeasance. S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 7. Receipts for 1st quarter $85. Id., loose pap. 47. Order for election of 2 alcaldes. This vol., p. 359. J. F. Bu- elna elector. Id., 361. 1844. Alcaldes Autonio María Pico and Félix Buel- na; síndico José Fernandez; jueces de policía Mariano Castro and Francisco Perez; jueces de campo Pedro Chabolla, Juan Bernal, Vicente Suarez; guarda Julio Valencia; Guillermo Castro juez auxiliar of Contra Costa de la Union. In April A. M. Pico asks to be relieved, as he has served for 3 years (?). Dept. St. Pap., MS., vi. 158. Oct 16th, gov. grants to Pierre Sainsevain a site and privilege for a flour mill; title inalienable, and forfeited if the mill does not work well; water must be furnished for irrigation. Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., i. 499. 1845. Jueces de paz A. M. Pico and Felix Buelna. There seems to have been an election of alcaldes-Dolores Pacheco and Domingo Alviso-in Dec. 1844, but they did not serve, the prefecture being restored. Dept. St. Pap., MS., xvii. 54. In May 1845 there was an order for an elec- tion of jueces. Dept. Rec., MS., xiv. 35; juez de contra costa Guillermo Castro. August, trouble about the election for the partido. The electors ob-
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1841, served in that capacity until the prefecture was suppressed at the beginning of 1844. On its restora- tion the next year, San Francisco became cabecera, much to the disgust of the politicians of San José. Justices of the peace were at the head of municipal affairs except in 1844, when, there being no sub-pre- fect, alcaldes ruled. The succession of local chiefs was as follows: Dolores Pacheco in 1841, Antonio Buelna and Isidoro Guillen in 1841-2, Salvio Pacheco in 1843, and Antonio María Pico in 1844-5. The
jected to meeting at Yerba Buena, 'a place inhabited by Yankees.' They went there once, some of them at least, but the northern frontier electors failed to appear, and they came back and excused themselves from repeating the trip. Doc. Hist. C'al., MS., ii. 70, 77, 132, 134-6; S. José, Arch., MS., iii. 6. Nov. 2d, certificate that Gervasio Soto has paid his fine of 1,000 ft of boards for the juzgado. Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 208.
Administra ion of justice and criminal record. 1841. In April Anthony Campbell was killed by Ind. at Thos Bowen's place. C. and John Burton were aroused in the night by the barking of dogs, and C. going out to quiet thein was pierced by an arrow and fell dead. It was believed to be the work of Ind. horse-thieves, the only evidence before the juez being the statements of Burton and of Gulnac as surgeon. But Ambrose Tomlinson, asserting that the murderers were Sta Clara Ind. and that the authorities neglected their duties, wrote to the com. of the St. Louis, who referred the matter to the govt. After investigation the prefect decided that T.'s charges were un- founded, and made in bad faith. Dept. St. Pap., MS., xvii. 41; Id., Ben. P. y J., iv. 27-8; Id., Mont., iv. 53-5; S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 21, 23, 27. In July 1842 Manuel Gonzalez was executed at Monterey for the murder of an Eng- lishman called Guillermo Camilo (Wm Campbell?). Mont. Arch., MS., iii. 10. Mofras, Explor., i. 324, mentions the two murders without names, and says a young Mexican was imprisoned at Mont. to satisfy the foreigners, but was soon released. Nov. 14, 1841, alcalde's instructions to jueces de campo. E's- tudillo, Doc., MS., ii. 26. 1842. June, slight conflict between mil. authority as represented by Com. Jesus Vallejo and Gen. Vallejo, and the civil in the persons of prefect aud sub-prefect, about the trial of Ind. prisoners. S. José Arch., MS., ii. 25; Vallejo, Doc., MS., xi. 229-30. Aug., sub-prefect's orders against gambling. S. J. Arch., MS., ii. 44. 1843. April, Joaquin Castro claims the military fuero in a suit brought before the juez. Id., 8. June 4th, police regulations issued by the juez. Id., vi. 8. 1845. May, trial of Mariano Duarte, ex-alcalde and now teacher, for debauchery of school-girls. No re- sults given. Mont. Arch., MS., v. 20-3.
Military items. Capt. Jesus Vallejo military commandant in 1841-2. Sept. 1841, juez de paz speaks of 10 'vecinos auxiliares' to whom payment is due. Money had been advanced by himself and by the sub-prefect for an Ind. expedition. S. J. Arch., MS .. iii. 42-4. Dec. 23, 1842, prefect says the gov. has ordered the organization of an auxiliary comp., Angel Castro being appointed com. of the plaza for recruiting purposes. Id., ii. 22. March 16, 1843, sub-prefect to juez, 20 young men called for; he is to send a list of those whose immorality and other qualities fit them to be soldiers without preju- dice to their families. Id., vi. 36. June, petition of citizens for a permanent force. This vol., p. 362. 1844. Company of defensores ordered to be organ- ized under Capt. A. M. Pico. Id., 407. I have found no list either of those liable for military duty or of members of the company.
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juez auxiliar of the contra costa was in a sense sub- ordinate to the municipal chief of the pueblo. The criminal record includes the murder of a foreigner, and a feeble attempt to utilize the occurrence in stir- ring up an international dispute. Military annals are restricted to the frequent complaints of inadequate protection against roving horse-thieves, the services of San José patriots, native and foreign, against Mi- cheltorena, and the final organization of a company of defensores de la patria. Private ranchos have been named elsewhere in this chapter.
PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX.
1542-1848.
CONTINUED ALPHABETICALLY FROM VOLUME -III.
Ibañez (Florencio), 1801, Span. friar who served at S. Antonio and Sole- dad, dying in '18. Biog. ii. 385-6; ment. 152, 159, 205, 230, 394, 427. I. (Doña Maria), mentioned at S. Diego '21 and '46. ii. 546; v. 329. I. (Se- bastian), Mex. at Mont. '48.
Ibarra (Agustin), at Los Ang. '46. I. (Andrés), at Los Ang. '19. ii. 357; took part in revol. of '31. iii. 201; juez de campo at S. Diego '36. iii. 615-16; kept a dram-shop '41. iv. 619; grantee of Encinitos '42. iv. 620. I. (An- tonio), at Los Ang. '19, taking part in revol. of '31. ii. 357; iii. 201; at Sta Gertrudis rancho '39, age 37. I. (Calixto), at Los Ang. '46. I. (Desi- derio), settler at Los. Ang. '14, and regidor in '26-8. ii. 349, 560; still there in '48. I. (Francisco), sirviente at Sta Clara 1776. i. 306. I. (Francisco Gonzalez de), 1820, Span. friar who served at S. Fernando and S. Luis Rey, dying in '42. Biog. iv. 622-3; ment. ii. 357, 394, 436, 569-70, 580; iii. 20-1, 96, 205, 353, 622-4, 641, 646-7. I. (Gabriel), at Los Coyotes rancho, Los Ang. '39, age 35. I. (Gerónimo), at Los Ang. '46, wounded at the Chino fight. v. 314.
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