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'71-6; at Tucson, Ariz. 'S2. P. (O. HI.), 1841, lieut in U.S. ex. ex. iv. 241. P. (Peter), 1844, Hawaiian in Larkin's service at Mont. P. (Wm), 1848, passp. from Hon. Persons (Ebenezer), 1847, Co. A, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in Sutter's service at the time of the gold discovery; often called Elijah F. P. (Harmon D.), 1847, Co. B, ditto. Pesinger (J. H.), 1847, on the Henry at S.F. from Or.
Pet, 1837, in the Willamette cattle exped. iv. 85. Petch (Robert), 1846, one of the Mormon colony with wife and 2 children. v. 546; owner of S.F. lot'47. v. 680. He never went to Utah; wife died before 'S4. Peters (John), 1847, litigant at S. Diego. P. (Noah), 1845, at Mont, and N. Hclv .; in '46-7 served in Co, G, Cal. Bat. v. 578, 587 (358). Peterson (Fred.), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). P. (Peter), 1843, mr of the Admittance '43-5. iv. 562. He was a Dane who had perhaps visited the coast earlier as mate with Capt. Ar- ther. Capt. P. is still living at Boston in '85 at the age of 80; and his original Diary of '43-5 has been shown me by Wm H. Thomes, his son-in-law, who was a sailor-hoy on the Admittance. P. (Peter), 1847, perhaps of Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S.F. '74; not in Clark's final list. P. (Win H.), 1846, said to have come with Kearny from N. Mex .; owner of S.F. lot '47. v. 337, 676. Fetison (Geo.), 1846, at S. Leandro. Estudillo Doc .; perhaps ' Patter-
ราก.' Petitt (Huber), 184G, Cal. claim of $33 (v. 462); bought land of Va-
Ilejo '47. v. 455. Petit-Thonars (Abel dn), 1837. com. of the French corvette Venus, and author of a Voyage containing much important matter on Cal. iv. 147-50; also i. 432; iii. 535, 680, 699; iv. 10G. Petrof, 1808, mr of the
Kadiak. ii. 80. Petrowski (R. K.), 1844, doubtful name and date. iv. 453; a Pole who was a miner and farmer in Cal., dying in France 'S3. Pettegrew (David), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat., who served also as a preacher and spirit- ual director; at Salt Lake City '55. v. 475, 477, 488, 490, 494. P. (James P.), 1847, Co. B, ditto. Petter (Thos), 1833, at S. José; see also ' Pepper.' Pettet (Win), 1847, painter and owner of many lots in S.F. '47-8; also sec. of the council and somewhat active in town politics. v. 539, 648, 650, 678, 680, 684. Peyri (Antonio), 1796, Span. friar who served at S. Luis Ob. and at S. Luis Rey, of which he was the founder, from '98 until his departure in '32; in Spain '36. Biog. iii. 621-2; ment. i. 564, 577, 587, 657, 689; ii. 108-9, 159, 346-7, 394, 453, 518, 553, 655; iii. 87, 91, 96, 102, 183, 210, 233, 317, 364; iv. 151.
Pfeiffer (Max W.), 1847, Co. G. N.Y.Vol. (v. 499). Pfiester (Adolph), 1847, Co. K and G, ditto; settled at S. José, where he was mayor in '75, and still lived in '82; a German b. '21. Pfister (Ed. H. von), 1847, mr of the Com. Shubrick from Hon. in April, and in Ang. bringing on the Providence from the Islands a stoek of goods with which he opened a store at Benicia in Sept. or Oct. v. 672-3. In '48 he went to the mines and kept a store in comp. with Brannan, and later Vanghan; but returned to Benicia in '49 to keep a hotel, and still lived there in '80 and later. P. (John R. von), 1847, brother of Ed. H., who prob. came with him from Hon .; agent for the Cal. Star in March '48, and murdered by Peter Raymond at Sutter's mill in Oct.
Phalen (Wm), 1817, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). Phelps (Alva), 1847, of the Morn. Bat. v. 481; died on the way to Cal. P. (Bethuel), 1848, at Mont., Benicia, and S. F. '48-55, having business relations with Larkin; claimant for P't Reyes rancho. iii. 712. P. (Geo. H.), 1846, tanner at Sonoma; with Smith at Bodega '47-9. P. (Wm D.), 1840, nat of Mass., and nir of the Alert '40-2, making an exploration of the Sac. River in boats, and engaging in the Com. Jones war by spiking the guns of the S. Diego fort. iv. 36, 95, 101, 135-6, 139, 156, 320, 562, 618-19, 665. In '46 he came back as mr of the Moscow, remaining on the coast till '49 as mr and sup. of different vessels, being com. for a time of the prize schr Malek Adhel, affording aid in divers ways to the Bears and later to the U. S. officers. v. 15, 177-8, 190, 280-2, 467, 579. For one item of his services to Frémont he had a Cal. claim of $10,000, which was paid after a slight reduction of $0,950. Capt. P. had exceptional facilities for gaining a knowledge of current events in '46-8, and his published Fore and Ajt, besides being a most interesting and oft-quoted
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narrative of personal experiences, contains much useful information about Cal .; yet it must be noted that the captain, with all his honesty and zeal, was not on all points an accurate witness. I have many of his original letters of '41-2 and '4G-S, with some of later date from Lexington, Mass., where he still lived in '72. Philip (John V. N.), 1846, act. lieut on the Cyane; lieut Co. D, Stockton's Naval Bat. '46-7. v. 386. Philips (A. B.), 1848, owner of S. F. lot. P. (David), 1834, Engl. cooper at S. Diego '36 from Sonora with a Mex. wife, age 44. iii. 412. P. (James), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). P. (Joel), 1844, Amer. naturalized in Nov .; 'Joel Felipe' possibly only the baptismal name. P. (John), 1846, one of the Mormon colony. v. 546: owner of S. F. lots '46-7. v. 678; living in Utah '84. P. (John B.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at S. F. '71-82. P. (Joseph), 1846, gunner on the U. S. Dale. P. (Wm D.), 1847, owner of S. F. lot; prob. ' Phelps.' Piatt (Oliver K.), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). Pichette (Louis), 1830 (?), Canadian trapper well known in Or. and B.C., who, acc. to notices of his death in '76, made a trip to Cal. from Or. in '20, which is doubt- less an error, though he may have come 8 or ten years later.
Pickens, 1841, mr of the Conroy. iii. 382. Fickering (Cbas), 1841, uat- uralist of U. S. ex. ex. iv. 241-3; owner of a S. F. lot '48, perhaps another man. Pickernell (John), 1837, named in Larkin's accounts. Pickett, 1815,
mr of the Forrester. ii. 274. P. (Chas E.), 1846, Amer. lawyer who had lived several years in Or. and came to Cal. by land in June. In '47 he prac- tiscd law at S. F., also living at Sonoma and visiting Honolulu; and in '48 kept a store at Sutter's Fort, being tried, and acquitted by a jury on the 2d trial, for killing R. Alderman in a quarrel abont an enclosure at the fort. From the first he was an eccentric character, of marked ability but unbal- anced mind, always ready to make sacrifices for a friend or abuse an enemy, never tiring of airing his opinions and whims and quarrels in the newspapers; best known as Philosopher Pickett, and the author of pamphlets on all sorts of subjects. He died in Cal. about '80. iv. 395; v. 125, 526, 645, 649, 654, 981. Pickman, 1841, doubtful name of the Workman party of immig. iv. 27S. Pickup (Geo.) 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).
Pico (Andrés), son of José Maria, b. at S. Diego in '10. His Ist appearance in the public records is in '36-8, when he was in charge of the Jamul rancho, clector, and receptor of customs. iii. 446, 485, 609, 611, 613; iv. 98. At the same period he took an active part on behalf of the south in the sectional po- litical strife against the Monterey govt, being half a dozen times a prisoner in that play at warfare and diplomacy. iii. 488, 498, 518-9, 046, 559, 555, 566, 578, 580, 624. In '39-42, ranking as alférez of the S. Diego comp., he served as clector, was for a time in charge of S. Luis Rey, and obtained lands at Sta Margarita, S. Juan Cap., and Teméenla. iii. 591, 609, 612, 614, 621, 624, 626- 7, 639. He was sent to Mex. in '44 by Gov. Micheltorena to obtain funds. iv. 401-2, 563; and after his return devoted himself, as lient of the comp. and capt. of defensores, to the organization of the militia at Los Ang. iv. 407, 471, 475-6, 491-2, 619. In '45 he was obliged to join the revolutionists and was in mil. com. for a time at Mont. and at Los Ang. iv. 492-3, 515, 523, 651-2; being subsequently commissioner to make inventories of mission prop- erty, and becoming lessee of S. Fernando and purchaser of S. José. iv. 550. 533, 5G1, 630, 637-8, 643, 665-6, 683. In '46 Don Andrés ranked as capt. of the regular comp .; was left in chief command on the flight of Castro; sur- rendered and was paroled with other officers; but broke his parole to serve as 3d in rank under Flores; was in com. of the Californians at the victory of S. Pascual-the most notable achievement of his life; took part in the fights of Jan. '47, and being left by Flores in chief command, concluded with Fre- mont the treaty of Cahuenga closing the war in Cal. v. 49, 143, 264, 266-7, 309, 330-55, 387, 930-1, 403-5, 422, 448. In '48-9 Capt. P. had a company of miners at work on the Mokelumne, was a resid. of S. José in '49-50, but sub- sequently of Los Ang., being the claimant for several ranchos, iii. 633, 711; v. 073; elected to the assembly in '51; presidential elector in '52; land receiver: brigadier-gen. of militia '58; state senator in '60-1. Much of his time in later
PICO.
years was devoted to land litigation, especially in connection with his S. Fer- nando estate; and he died in '76. Andrés Pico was a brave, reckless, coarse- grained, jovial, kind-hearted, popular man; abler in several respects than his brother Don Pio, but not overhurdened with principle. He was never mar- ried. I have a valuable col. of original Papeles de Mision from his private achives.
Pico (Antonio María), son of José Dolores, b. at Mont. in 1808. Inl '33 maj. at S. José; alcalde iu '35. iii. 729-30; lieut. of militia '37-8, involved in a conspiracy. iii. 513-14, 573, 732; in '39 suplente of the junta and grantee of Valle de S. José rancho. iii. 590, 713, 731; 2d juez, com. of an Ind. exped., and grantee of Pescadero in '43. iv. 362, 673, 685; in '44-5 juez and alcalde, capt. of defensores taking part in the revolt against Michel- torena, and a suplente of the assembly. iv. 407, 469, 486, 540, 685-6. He was purchaser of the S. Rafael mission estate in '46. v. 561, 670; and was in somo trouble through favoring the cause of the U.S .; 2d alcalde in '47, and prefect '49-50, having been a member of the constit. convention. In '61 he was a republican elector, and was appointed by Pres. Lincoln register of the U. S. land-office at Los Ang., resigning in '62. His death occurred in '69. He seems to have been a man of limited abilities and excellent character. His wife was Pilar Bernal, who survived him with 3 sons and 3 daughters, Petra Mrs Gelesch, Marcelina Mrs Campbell, and Vicenta Mrs Castro; or at least, these were the signers of the funeral invitations in '69. Three volumes of Documentos para la Historia de California from the private archives of Don Antonio Maria were added by his family to my collection. P. (Fernando), ranchero at Sta B. '45. P. (Francisco), concerned in the re- volt of '45. iv. 487; grantce of Calaveras iu '46. v. 665; Cal. claim of $2,950 (v. 462). P. (Francisco Javier), brother of José María; soldier of Sta B. comp. 1786-1806, retiring as inválido; one of the grantees of Simí 1795- 1821. i. 663; ii. 566. P. (José), mestizo soldier at Sta B. 1785, age 21. P. (José Ant. Bernardino), son of José María, b. at S. Diego 1794. About '15 he enlisted in the S. Diego comp .; is ment. as clerk in '17. ii. 425. sergt of the comp. from '29. ii. 543; iii. 165; charged with conspiracy '34. iii. 237-8; promated to alférez '34, and comisionado to secularize S. Juan Cap. in '34-6. iii. 608, 626-7. In '36-8 he was transferred to the Mont. comp .; promoted to lieut in '38; and in '39 transferred to the S. F. comp. at Sonoma. iii. 549, 584, 608, 671, 667-8. He left the mil. service in '43, being the grantee of Agua Caliente, S. Diego, in '40, of S. Luis Rey '46, and also one of the purchasers of S. José Mission. v. 561, 611, 620-1. Nothing is heard of him in the troubles of '45-8, but he continued to live in the south, dying at S. Diego in '71. He is described as a lively old man, full of jokes, nicknamed Picito on account of his diminutive size; and ridiculed to some extent by Wilkes in his narr. of '41. I know nothing of his family, except that he got permission in '28 to marry Soledad Ibarra.
Pico (José Dolores), Mex. soldier who came to Cal. about 1790, marrying Gertrudis Amezquita in '91, and serving in the Sta B. comp. to '95 or later. Before 1804 he was transferred to the Mont. comp., marrying Isabel Cota, and serving in the Sta Cruz escolta. From '11 he was sergt of the comp., and is ment. in connection with several Ind. exped., being dangerously wounded in '15, obtaining in '19 a grant of the Bolsa de S. Cayetano rancho, and being in charge of the rancho nacional, Salinas, from '21. ii. 56, 335-6, 338-9, 379, 416, 609, 615-16; iii. 43. He died in '27, leaving a good record as a soldier and Indian-fighter, who lacked the education or birth which might have given him promotion. He was the founder of the northern branch of the Pico fam- ily, Antonio María and José de Jesus being the most prominent of his sons. There were 13 children. A daughter, María Ant., was claimant for S. Caye- tano. iv. 655. The widow died at Castroville in '69 at the age of 86, leaving over a hundred descendants. P. (José de Jesus), son of Dolores, b. at Mont. in 1807. In '27-31 he served as a soldier of the Mont. comp., taking part in the Solis revolts of '28-29. iii. 66-7, 74; but subsequently getting a substitute and livingon his father's rancho. In'36-S he was somewhat prominent in Alvarado's
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revolution. iii. 457, 461, 491, 501-2, 524, 567, 572, 638; iv. 96; admin. of S. Antonio '38-41; grantee of Piedra Blanca, S. Luis Ob. '40; admin. of S. Mi- guel '41-3. iii. 678, GSS; iv. 252, 660. He took part in the movement of '44-5 against Micheltorena. iv. 458-9, 487, 658, 682. In '46, ranking as capt. of defensores, and being juez de paz at S. Luis Ob., he was paroled with other officers, but broke his paroleand supported Flores in the Natividad campaign. IIe was accordingly arrested by Fremont in Dec. and condemned to death, but pardoned at the intercession of his wife and children. He became a most devoted friend of Frémont, aiding him in bringing about the treaty of Ca- hueuga, and accompanying him on his famous ride of '47. v. 282, 321, 362-3, 374-5, 403, 443, 638-9. In '48-9 Don Jesus made some successful tours in the mines, and later lived on his S. Luis Ob. rancho with his family, being county assessor and assemblyman in '52-3. In '78 he dictated his recollections for my usc, cited as Acontecimientos, and containing many items of valuable testimony. ii. 230, 232, 339, 384, 417, 427, 446, 624. I have not heard of his death down to '83.
Pico (José Maria), brother of Dolores, son of Santiago Pico of Sinaloa, and founder of the family in southern Cal .; a soldier of the S. Diego comp. from 1782, corp. of the guard at S. Luis Rey from 1798, and sergt IS05-18, being retired-perhaps with brevet rank of alférez-in 'IS, and dying at S. Gabriel, where he had long been in com. of the escolta in '19. His wife, married in 1789, was María Eustaquia Lopez, nat. of Sonora. His 3 sons, Andrés, José Ant., and Pio, are named in this register; and there were 7 daughters, of whom Concepcion married Domingo Carrillo, Estefana and Jacinta married José Ant. Carrillo, Isidora was the wife of John Forster, Tomasa of an Al- varado, and a sixthi was Feliciana. P. (Manuel), one of the grantees of Simí '42, prob. son of Javier, Miguel, or Patricio; encargado at Sta Isabel '43. iv. 620, 640. P. (Miguel), brother of José Maria, soldier of the Sta B. comp .; grantee of Simí rancho 1795, 1821. i. 663; ii. 566; in '32 an inválido, wife Casilda Sinoba, child. María Ignacia, Petra, Apolonia, Juan de Mata, and Mariano. The widow died in '60 at the age of 74, leaving 15 children, 116 grandchildren, and 97 great-grandchildren-116 males, 112 females. P. (Patricio); brother of José María, one of the grantees of Simi 1795, 1821, '42. i. 663; ii. 354, 603; iv. 643.
Pico (Pio), son of José María, b. at S. Gabriel 1801, moving to S. Diego after the death of his father in '19, where he kept a small shop. For mention of his early life, see ii. 168, 341, 425, 546, 559, 604. In the public records he first appears as clerk at a trial in '26. ii. 549; was a vocal of the dip. from '28. iii. 41-2; being ment. also in connection with the Fitch elopement in '29. iii. 141; and getting the same year some kind of a title to the Jamul rancho. Dept. Rec., vii. 61, 94; confirmed in '31. iii. 611. In '31 he was a leader of the southern opposition to Gov. Victoria. iii. 189, 197, 201, 203-4, 206; and in '32, according to the plan, should have been gov. ad int. as senior vocal and president of the dip., but was unable to secure the place, though he is often erroneously named as gov. in that year. iii. 216-20, 224, 226, 231, 245. He was again member of the dip. '34-5, being a candidate for alcalde and chosen elector '36. iii. 246, 249-50, 275, 300, 483-4, 615; in '34-40 administrator of S. Luis Rey, having also a profitable contract to slaughter cattle on shares at S. Gabriel. iii. 349, 353, 623-4, 628; iv. 54, 61; and in '37-9 an active partisan of the south against Alvarado's govt, being more than once a prisoner, though like most others never in a fight, and playing a not very creditable part in the sectional strife. iii. 495, 490-502, 504. 506, 508-9, 516, 518, 520, 546, 548-50, 555, 558, 564-6, 578, 580, 602, 614. He was again member of the junta in '39-41, protesting against Monterey's claims as capital; also one of the terna for gov., titbe collector at Los Ang., and provisionally grantee of Temecula. iii. 584, 590, 604, 606, 612, 623, 637; iv. 193. In '41 he was the grantee of Sta Margarita and Las Flores. iv. 62], 628; in '42 supposed to be plotting in favor of England. iv. 282; in '44-5 again member of the junta, and capt. of defensores, appointed comandante de escuadron. iv. 361, 403, 407, 410-11, 425, 475. On the downfall of Micheltorena in '45, having taken some part
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in the campaign, Don Pio, as president of the junta, became temporary gov. from Feb. 22d. iv. 404, 492-3, 495-9, 503-7, 509, 521, 530. His office was con- firmed in Mex., and Apr. 18, '46, he took the oath as constitutional gov. For his rule of '45-6. general acts and controversy with Gen. Castro, see iv. 511-45; v. 30-53; on mission affairs, iv. 546-62; v. 558-64; Frémont affair and Bear revolt, v.5, 138-44; on foreign intervention and McNamara project, v. 59-62, 60, 217-19; miscellaneous mention, v. 567, 570, 590, 603, 624. On the ap- proach of the U.S. forces Pico left Cal. for Mexico. v. 261-78; but in '48 re- turned. v. 588-90; and has since resided at Sta Margarita-sold to John Fos- ter in '64-and at Los Angeles down to '85, having been claimant for other ranchos, iii. 611, 633, and being still a man of some wealth. He married María Ignacia Alvarado in '34, but I find no record of children. Pio Pico is a man who has been abused far beyond his deserts; a man of ordinary intelli- gence and limited education; of generous, jovial disposition; reckless and in- dolent; with a weakness for cards and women; disposed to be fair and honor- able in his transactions, but withont sufficient strength of principle to keep always clear of doubtful complications or avoid being made the tool of knaves; patriotic without the ability to accomplish much for his country. In his con- troversy of '45-6 with Castro his conduct was foolish in the extreme; in other respects down to 1848 his record is better rather than worse than might be expected of a commonplace man in so prominent a position. Not much fault can be found with his mission policy; he did not, as has been charged, run away in '46 with large sums of money obtained by illegal sales of mission es- tates; he had a perfect right to favor his friends by land grants in the last days of his power, and to prefer that Cal. should fall into English rather than American possession. That he seems to have antedated some land grants after his return in '48 is the most discreditable feature of his record; yet my study of land litigation leads me to hesitate in condemning or exonerating any official or citizen, native or pioneer, on charges originating in that most unfathomable pool of corruption. In '78 Don Pio dictated for me a Historia de California, which in interest and accuracy compares favorably with other pioneer statements; and at the same time gave me two volumes of original Doe. Hist. Cal., including several important papers.
Pico (Rafael), at Simi rancho'29-31. ii. 566; iii. 635. £ P. (Ramon), son of Antonio María, b. in '27; in '63-6 capt. of Co. A, Ist battalion of native Cal. cavalry, stationed for a time in Arizona. He added to my collection 3 vols of Doc. Hist. C'al., containing many original papers belonging to his father, and others relating to the captain's own military career. Major Jose Ramon is still a resident of S. F. in 'S5. P. (Salomon), son of José Dolores, of whom nothing appears before '48 except that a rancho in Tuolumne was later claimed ou a grant of '44 to him. iv. 674. After '49 he became a noted highwayman and murderer in the region of S. Luis Ob. and Sta B. About '57 he went to L. Cal., where in '60 he was put to death by order of the sub-gefe político Esparza. P. (Santiago), a settler at Los Ang. 1790. i. 461; at Simi rancho 1802. ii. 11]. He seems to have been a soldier of the S. F. and S. Diego comnp. in '76-SO. It is just possible that he was the father of José Maria and Dolores, though I find no definite record that that Santiago ever canie to Cal. P. (Vicente), at Sta B. before '37, wife Estefana García, 4 children.
Pieras (Miguel), 1771, Span. friar, founder of S. Antonio, where he served till his departure from Cal. in 1794. Biog. i. 6SS-9; ment. i. 173, 176, 188-9, 196, 255, 279, 298, 3SS, 469, 576. Pierce (Charles), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. before '82. P., 1795, Engl. Nootka commissioner at Mont. i. 527. P. (Harrison M.), 1843 (?), settler in Napa, who landed in Or. fromn a whaler in '42 acc. to Menefee and Lancey. Bidwell thinks he was in Cal. '41-2. In '68 he testified that he worked for Dr Bale in '45-8; the first defi- nite record is his signature to the S. José call to foreigners in March '45. In '47 named as an Amer. bachelor at N. Helv .; in '48 built the first structure iu Napa City, used as a saloon, and still standing in 'S1. He died in '70. iv. 400, 599; v. 128, 670. P. (Stephen H.), 1846, of the Mormon colony, who prob. did not come to Cal. v. 547. P. (Wm), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dra-
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goons (v. 336). Piercy (Sam. G.), 1847, Irishman of Co. F, 3d U. S. artill. (v. 518); one of the few who did not desert for the mines; name James G. on the roll. He worked as copying clerk during the constitutional convention of '49; and after his discharge in '51 went to N. Y., bnt returned and lived from '53 at Oakland, where he died in '77, leaving a widow and married danghter. Pierola (Arnoldo) at Mont. in '25. iii. 26. Pierre (Jean), 1806, boatswain of the Peacock. ii. 38.
Pike (Win M.), 1846, of the Donner party from Tenn. He was accidentally killed before reaching the mts, leaving a widow and 2 children. The widow, Harriet F. Murphy, survived, marrying Michael Nye in '47 and dying in Or. '70. One of the dangliters, Naomi L., also a survivor at the age of 3, married Dr Mitchell of Marysville in '65, and in 'SO was Mrs Schenck at The Dalles, Or. The other danghter, Catherine, an infant, died at the Sierra camp. v. 531, 533-4. Pilikin (John), 1844, disabled Amer. sailor of the Monmouth, in care of the consul at Mont.
Piña (Blas), with Arce's party, 46. v. 106. P. (Joaquin), Mex. corporal of artill. at S.F. from '29, when he wrote a Diario of an important exped. against the Ind., the original of which is in my possession; in '44 acting com. at S.F., also owner of town lands. iii. 75, 111, 113, 212, 702; iv. 463, 669, 672. P. (Lázaro), Mex. artill. corporal at Mont. '29, at S. Rafael '32. iii. 76, 716; in '36 at Mont., age 39, wife Plácida Villela, child. José de Jesus b. in Mont. '26, German '29, Ant. A. at S.F. '31, Feliciano at Mont. '32, Francisco '33, Lnis G. '35. In '37 he was corporal in the S.F. cav. comp., and from '38 sergt and acting alférez, sometimes in com. at Sonoma, and the grantee of Agua Caliente in '40, besides being owner of a S.F. lot in '45. iii. 193, 583, 702, 711, 722; iv. 12, 121, 172-4, 669, 684. He is named by Revere in '46. v. 297; but soon went to Mex., where he is said to have been killed at the battle of Cerro Gordo. P. (Máximo), teacher at Los Ang. '17-18. ii. 333. P. (Pedro), Mcx. soldier in the Hidalgo piquete at Mont. '36, age 28. Pinard (J. B.), 1848, Canadian farmer at S. José '58-76. Pineda (Joaquin), Mex. soldier at Mont., age 26. P. (Lorenzo), grantee of Los Uvas, Sta Clara, '42. v. 674. Pinkerton (James), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). Pinkney (Rob- ert F.), 1846, liout on the U. S. Savannah, in com. of S. José garrison during the Sanchez campaign of '46-7; also of the U. S. ex. ex. in '41, but not in Cal. iv. 241; v. 378, 661. Pino (Miguel), 1770, 2d off. on the Spanish trans- ports '70-3. i. 168, 208.
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