History of California, Volume IV, Part 89

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 820

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Pinto (Antonio), soldier of the S.F. comp. '19-22. P. (Francisco), son of Scrafin, at S. José '41, age 34, wife Prudenciana Servian (?), child Maria Ig- nacia; in '46-7 kept under arrest at Mont. by Maddox for 6 months to pre- vent his raising a force to join Flores in the south. P. (Joaquin), resident of Branciforte '30. ii. 627. P. (Juan Maria), soldier of the S. F. comp. 1797-1800. i. 499, 560; of the S.F. comp. '19-27; in '28 at Branciforte with his wife Apolonia Mesa and 4 child., Clandio, Clara, Carinen, and Rosario, also at B. '30-6, ii. 627; iii. 697. P. (Jnana F.) married to M. A. Cordew 1776, the first marriage at S.F. i. 296. P. (Manuel), at S. José '41, age 56, wife María Amezquita, child. Paulina b. '23, María de la Cruz '25, Estévan '28, Miguel '33, Felipe '36. P. (Pablo), corporal of the S.F. comp. i. 297. P. (Rafael), son of Scrafin, b. at Branciforte 'IS, educated at Mont., and in '36 joining Alvarado's revelt was made alférez and soon lient of volunteers, in which capacity he served in the south '37-9, bis regular appointment as alférez of the Mont. comp. coming from Mex. in '39. ii. 585; iii. 191, 491, 530, 553, 578, 587, 671; iv. 652. In '40 he was one of the officers who went to Tepic with the foreign exiles, returning in '41. iv. 13, 23, 23, 29, 30. After serving as an aide to Micheltorena for a year or more he resigned; in '43-4 was a custom-house guard at Ment .; and in '45-6 was receptor of customs at S.F., refusing to join the movement against Micheltorena, and goin ; south with Castro after the occupation of S.F. by the U.S. iv. 292, 377, 4 .1, 463, 557, 670; v. 68, 135, 239, 659. After the fall of Los Ang. in Aug. Pnto re- turned north, was paroled, and took no further part in the war, leco ning a ranchero in later years; had a 'Cal. claim' of $2,464 (v. 462). His wife was

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Marfa, daughter of Juan Amesti, with whom and 4 children he lived in '78 on his rancho near Corralitos, Sta Cruz Co., a man of good reputation. His Apuntaciones is a valuable MS. narrative dictated for my use at that time; and he also gave me the original S.F. custom-house records in his possession since '46, a most important col. of Doc. Hist. Cal. P. (Serafin), resident of Bran- ciforte '18, and carlier to '30 and later; alcalde in '22, '27. ii. 627. His wife was Ignacia, daughter of Pedro Amador, and his children Francisco, Rafacl, Ascension, Antonia, Dolores, María, Ignacia, and Cármen the wife of J. B. Bonifacio. Pio, one of the grantees of Ulistac, Sta Clara, '45. iv. 674.

Pioche (F. L. A.), 1848, Frenchman who came to S.F. from Chile, engaging in trade and becoming a millionaire, prominently connected with many great enterprises of city, state, and coast. The town of Pioche, Nev., bears his name. Becoming involved in financial troubles, he finally committed suicide in '72. Pioneer (Jacob A.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Pioquinto (José Ant.), at Los Ang. '46. Piper (Asabel D.), 1847, came on the Loo Choo from N. Y., but not of N.Y. Vol .; owner of S.F. lot; aided O'Farrel in his survey of the town. In '52 he furnished for the Alta his recollections of the city in '47; went in '71 to S. Amer., where be was killed by Ind. in '73. Pistrowski, see ' l'etrowski.'

Pitnak (Carlos), 1828, mr of the Gen. Sucre. iii. 147; doubtful name. Pitts (Henry F.), 1844 (?), said by Hall and others to have arrived at Sta Clara in '41. I have a letter purporting to be written by him in April '40, at a quicksilver mine in Cal., doubtless an error. Swan says that Wm P., pre- sumably the same, landed from an Amer. whaler in '44, and from that date he appears on Larkin's books. iv. 453. In '46 he was employed to carry de- spatches from Mont. to S. José and S.F. v. 238, 245; his receipt for $140 on July 7th appearing in the Consulate Archives. ii. 16. In '47-8 he worked at the quicksilver mines; also in the gold-fields '48; in '74 still prospecting for quicksilver in Mont. Co., and still living in 'S4. Pixton (Robert), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Lat. (v. 469); in Sntter's employ '47-8; returned to Utah.

Place (Wm), 1833, Amer. sailor left sick at Sta B. by a whaler. iii. 409; still there in '36, age 34; and in '45 permitted to marry a neophyte. Pla- cencia (Luis), com. de policía at Mont. iii. 675. Placiat (Antoine), 1827, mr of the Comete. iii. 146. Plaza (Ignacio), 1842, Mcx. lieut of the batallon fijo. iv. 289. Plemmonds (David and Jolin), 1848, came with Col Davis. Sta Clara C'o. Hist., 660. Pliego (José), settler at S. José before 1800. i. 716. P. (Rodrigo), 1825, Mex. alférez of the Mont., Sta B., and S. Diego comp. '25-31; a bad fellow who left Cal. in '32 with Gov. Victoria. Biog. iii. 210-11; ment. ii. 572, 608; iii. 15, 50, 62, 78-0, 84, 186, 191-2, 195, 205, 608, 650, 671. Plino (Louis), 1836, French servant of Abrego at Mont., age 38. Plummer (Henry), 1835, Engl. cooper who landed from a whaler and became an otter- hunter in the Sta B. region. iii. 413; named in a list of '36 as 38 years old and single; joined Nidever in many hunting trips down to '70. P. (Wn), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Pincois (Pedro), doubtful name in a Sta B. list of '41. Plunkett (James), 1847, Co. E, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). .

Poaleleoin (John), 1841, doubtful naine of a deserter from the Juan José, who worked as a carpenter for Stearns at Los Ang. Poenicar (José), 1806, doubtful name, mr of the Reisos. ii. 39. Poett (J. Henry), 1848, physician at S.F .; possibly earlier. Poinsett, 1845, perhaps one of Fremont's party. iv. 583. Polanco (José), grantee of Conejo, Sta B., soon after 1800; at Los Ang. 1804, '19; a P. owned S. José de Buenos Aires '40; and an Inés (?) P. was sent a prisoner to Mex. in '30. ii. 112, 172, 185, 349, 354, 566, 664; iii. 85, 634. Polley (James H.), 1846, boatswain on the Dale '46-7; went East '48 on the Congress; returned on the Vincennes, deserting for the mines '50; again in the navy '61-66, when he died. Lancey. Pollock (James), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518); a Scotch weaver supposed by Kooser to have died be- fore '64. P. (James), 1846, settler in '50 with his family on the Cosumnes, where he died '76 and wife in '80. Sac. Co. Hist .; possibly same as preced- ing. P. (Lewis), 1840, one of the Graham exiles not known to have returned. iv. 18. Pollorena, nient. at Los Ang. '47. v. 396. P. (Juan), at Los Ang.

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'19. ii. 355; also in '46. P. (Maria Ant.), at Los Ang. '48. P. (Pedro), corp. of the S. Diego comp. 1797, and in com. of S. Gabriel escolta. i. 658, 664; set- tled at Los Ang. 1805. ii. 310. P. (Rosalía), at Los Ang. '48.

Pombert (Louis), 1826, Canadian trapper of Jed. Smith's party, who left the party in '27, lived 18 months on Higuera's rancho, and in Apr. '29 at S. José, age 28. iii. 159-60, 176, 180. In '32 he joined the comp. extranjera at Mont. iii. 221; in '34 had a wife-Filomena, daughter of Dolores Pico-and a son Juan, born in '30, a daughter Isabel being born in '35. He was a sergt in Graham's comp. supporting Alvarado'36. iii. 458, 675. His name, written generally Pombare, appears in Larkin's books to '45 and in other records to '47. His sons are said to have lived at Castroville in '77. Pomeroy (S. D.), 1848 (?), nat. of Ohio, in Sonoma Co. '55-77. Pomponio, ex-neophyte and famous outlaw captured near S. Rafael and put to death in '24. ii. 537, 597,

614. Poncabare (Agustin), 1833, mr of the Mariquita '33, '35. iii. 383. Ponce de Leon (Manuel), Mex. clerk at Sta B. in '38-9 and earlier. iii. 656-7; wife Francisca Solórzano, 3 children; in '40 sec. of sub-prefect. iii. 655. l'onton (José M.), Mcx. lieut sentenced to 5 years in Cal. as a convict in '26; no record of his coming. Pool (Peter), 1846, of the Mormon colony, with his mother Mary and sister Elizabeth. v. 546; living in Utah '84. Pooley, ment. at N. Helv. '47.

Pope (Wm), 1828, Amer. trapper from N. Mex. in Pattie's party, impris- oned for a time at S. Diego. iii. 163, 166-7, 178. He got a pass for Sonora from the gov. in Nov., and subsequently became a naturalized citizen, having a family at Taos. Before '40, perhaps in '36, he came hack to Los Ang. with 8 members of his family and a company of 12 men. He was known in Cal. as Julian P., that being prob. the baptismal name received in N. Mex. In '41 he obtained a grant of the Tocoallomi rancho, named for him Popc Valley, Napa Co., and settled there in '42. I have the original passport of March 2, '42, under which he came north, the expenses of the journey being paid by the govt. A little later, prob. in '43, he accidentally killed himself by sever- ing an artery with his axe. iv. 280. His widow married Elias Barnett; his son Joseph was claimant for the rancho. iv. 671; one daughter was Mrs Bur- ton of Pope Valley; and there were 4 or five other children.

Porter (H. F.), 1841, mid. on the U.S. St Louis. P. (Sanford), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Porterfield (Harvey), 1845, nat. of Tenn., and overl. immig. of the Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 579, 587. He worked as a carpenter at Sonoma; prob. joined the Bears in '46. v. 110; went south in Co. B, Cal. Bat., taking part in the fight at S. Pascual, and in Stockton's final campaign; and after his discharge returned to Napa Valley. He went to the mines in '48; was wrecked on Vancouver Isl. in an attempt to reach Trinity River in '49; in '50-1 a stock-raiser in Yolo; in '52 went East by Panamá, returning '53 overland with a wife, Martha Alexander; and from '56 lived in Napa Co. to '81. His wife died in '66, leaving 3 children, and his 2d wife was Mattie Gal- braith.

Portilla (Pablo), 1819, Mex. capt. of the Mazatlan cavalry comp. '19-38, being stationed for the most part at S. Diego, and taking part in Ind. exped. and military trials. ii. 253-4, 340-2, 422, 451, 480, 534-6, 540, 543, 547, 549, 551, 675; iii. 62. In '31 he rendered somewhat unwilling and iueffective ser- vice against Gov. Victoria, and from that year was nominally comandante of the post at S. Diego. iii. 201, 203-4, 206, 608. As comisionado hc secularized San Luis Rey in '33-5. iii. 326, 331-2, 346, 353, 613, 623-4; and in '36-8, after rendering some slight support to Chico and Gutierrez, he joined in the south- ern intrigues against Alvarado's govt, and finally figured as com .- gen. under Carlos Carrillo, leaving Cal. after the final defeat of the latter in '38. iii. 440, 446, 459, 463, 515, 520-2, 528, 532-3, 548-9, 565, 568-9, 614, 648; iv. 67-S. Capt. P. was a good-natured, easy-going officer of little force or influence, but of good intentions. He went to Sonora, where he was capt. of the post at Guaymas in '46. In '49 Dr Stillman-Overl. Monthly, xv. 247-met him at S. Ignacio, L. Cal., in com, of a party of 30 Sonorans bound for the Cal. gold mines, 75 years old, but 'hale and full of enterprise.' P. (Silvestre), brother

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of Pablo, ment. in '36 in connection with a proposed Ind. exped., and as grantee of S. José del Valle rancho. iii. 612; iv. GS. Porlolá (Gaspar de), 1769, capt. of dragoons in the Span, army, and gov. of the Californias 1768- 70; com .- in-chief of the 1st exped. to Alta Cal., and Ist ruler of that prov- ince to July 9, 1770, rather as military commandant than as gov. His Diario of the exped. to S.F. and return to S. Diego in '69 is included in my list of authorities. Nine years after he left Cal. he was gov. of Puebla. i. 87, 89, 115- 25, 134-6, 140-64 et seq., 172, 225, 231, 376, 486.

Posados (Pedro), prospector at S. Luis Rey '22. ii. 666. Post (Fred. L.), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); in '82 at S.F., a clerk in the P.O. for 20 years. P. (Gabriel B.), 1847, at Hou. from Mont. on the Maria Helena; member of the S.F. firm S. H. Williams & Co. '48; later G. B. Post & Co .; in '49 memb. of the town council and of the state senate. I think Post street, S.F., may have been named for him.

Potiñon, ment. at Los Ang. '36. iii. 419. Pott (Geo.), 1847, owner of S.

F. lot. v. 685. Potter, 1845, doubtful member of the Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 579; perhaps John. P. (Andrew), 1848, passp. from Hon. P. (John), 1844 (?), immig. with a family accredited in newspaper sketches to this year; perhaps of '45. iv. 453. He settled in the Chico region, is noted at Sutter's Fort from June '46; and in '48 gained a fortune in the mines by the aid of Indians. Burnett's party from Or. passed his place and deemed his head somewhat turned by his good fortune. He died there about '51, and is said to have left large sums buried on his farm. His sons-one of them James, said to have been born '46 in Cal .- and daughters were living in Mendocino Co. '74. Potter (Stephen), 1832, inr of the I'm Thompson. iii. 384. Potts (James M.). 1847, mid. on the U.S. Lexington. Poulson (Oliver P.), 1846, Co. B, artill. Cal. Bat. (v. 35S); prob. an overl. immig.

Powell (David), 1847, owner of a S.F. Iot. P. (Gilbert), 1846, Co. C,

Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). P. (John W.), 1846. Co. E, F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); ment. in '48 at Sta Cruz. v. 642; at S. José '50. P. (Wm J.), 1845, surgeon on the U.S. Warren; owner of S. F. lots. v. 682. I think Powell St., S. F., was named for him. Powells (Wm E.). 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. at Mont. '48. Power (Edward), 1847, Co. F, ditto; d. S.F. about '50. P. (James), 1844, doubtful member of the Fremont party. iv. 437. P. (John A.), 1847, brother of Ed., sergt Co. F, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); after his discharge he became a gambler; and later a robber and murderer known as "Jack Powers.' His associates were chiefly Mexicans, and their depredations were for the most part in S. Luis Ob. and Sta B. counties '51-6. When the vigilantes put an end to their career of crime P. escaped to Sonora, where he was killed in '60. Poyorena, see ' Pollorena.'

Prado, ment. as a lieut '39. iii. 653; perhaps Prado Mesa. P. (Tomás), regidor at Branciforte 1802; killed at S.F. 1807. ii. 156, 192. Prat (Pedro), 1760, surgeon of the Ist exped., who died in Cal. '72-3. i. 128, 130, 136, 140, 16S, 210. Pratt (Addison), 1848, clergyman who married a couple at S.F. P. (Jacob H.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 518). Praule (Raphael), 1844, one of Frémont's men Ist and 2d visits; served in Cal. Bat. '46-7. iv. 437, 453, 583; sometimes called ' Prone;' died in the mts of N. Mex. on Frémont s next exped. of '48. Prause (Wm), 1826, mr of the Inca. iii. 147. Pray (John), 1846, interpreter in Marston's force '46-7. v. 380. Prendergast

(John), 1848, passp. from Hon. Prentice (Chas), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). P. (Samuel), 1830, nat. of R.I. who came on the Danube from Lima. iii. 180. A mason by trade, but by preference a hunter; arrested for smug- gling '33. iii. 393; one of the vigilantes of Los Ang. '36, being then 37 years old and single; still named as a hunter in '41, and said by Warner to have died on Sta Catalina Isl. about '65. Monenean (?) Prentis signed a doc. at Los Ang. '46. Prentiss, 1843, mate of the Admittance, discharged by Capt. Peterson; a nat. of Mass. Prescott, 1846, mr of the Columbus. Presse (Alex.), 1847, surg. of N. Y. Vol. (?); at N. Y. city '84. S. F. Bulletin. Presta- mero (Juan), 1773, Span. friar who served as supernumerary at S. Luis Ob., and retired on account of illness in '74. i. 194, 196, 227. Preuss (Chas), 1844,

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artist and draughtsman in Frémont's 2d, 3d, and 4th exped. iv. 437, 583; v. 453.

Price (John), 1833, nat. of Ky, who came with Walker's trappers from Salt Lake, remaining in Cal. as a carpenter; named in Larkin's books '34-5; killed in '37 by a fall from his horse at San Jose mission. iii. 388, 391, 409. 1. (John M.), 1836 (?), Engl. in Mont. dist. '36-S; iv. 118; exiled with Gra- ham in '40, but returned in '41, and in '48 was alcalde at S. Luis Ob. iv. 18, 33, 37; v. 639. Acc. to his own statement in S. Luis Ob. Co. Ilist., 63-9, he deserted from the Kent at Colima and came to Cal. in '30, going to S. Luis about '36, marrying Andrea Colona in '44, by whom he had 13 children, and serving after '48 as county judge and supervisor. Living in '83 at Pismo rancho. P. (Rodman), 1846, nat. of N. Y. and purser on the U.S. Cyane. He took part in the ceremonies of raising the U.S. flag at Mont. in July, and for a brief period was a kind of 2d alcalde at that town. v. 231, 287-9, 637; and in Aug. was sent south with despatches for Stockton, taking, however, no part in subsequent military operations. From Mazatlan he was sent with despatches by Mex. and Vera Cruz to Washington. In '49 he came back to S.F. as navy agent; was a member of the town council and of the constit. convention, a candidate for congress, and the owner of city property, includ- ing lots obtained in '47, which made him rich. He went East in '50, was elected to congress from N.J., and subsequently became gov. of that state, where he still lives in 'S5. As a member of pioneer associations, he has taken much interest in annals of the conquest; but in his testimony, as reported in various publications, the governor shows that in all the years that have passed his imagination has at least kept pace with his memory. Priest (Albert), 1848, German from Or., of the firm Priest, Lce, & Co. at Sac. '49-50. After '5l he lived chiefly in N. Y. He was an Or. immig. of '43, who shipped lum- ber to S.F. in '45. Pricto, 1822, contador on the S. Carlos. ii. 458. P. (Antonio), at Los Ang. '46. Prince (Geo.), 1832, mr of the Tranquilina. iii. 384. P. (Geo.), 1847, Co. F, 3d U.S. artill. (v. 5IS). Prinon (Sam.), 1828, Amer. bricklayer from N. Mex., at Los Ang. '40, age 43; perhaps 'Prentice.' Prior, crroneous ment. '27. iii. 160. Prone, see 'Praule.' Prouse (Wm), 1826, mr of the Inca. iii. 147. P. (Wm), 1847, Co. B, Morm. Bat. (v. 469).

Prudhomme (Leon I.), 1835 (?), Fr. cooper said to have come to Los Ang., v. 413, this year in a record of '46. He married a Tapia, and in '52 was claimant for the Habra and Topanga ranchos. iii. 633-4. He died in '71, leaving a family. Prudon (Victor), 1834, Frenchman who had lived 7 years in Mex. and came to Cal. as a teacher in the colony at the age of 25. iii. 263, 412. Remaining at S. Gabriel and Los Ang., in '36 he was president of the vigi- lantes. iii. 418, 432; iv. 116; and in '37-8 was Gov. Alvarado's sec., being also capt. of militia. iii. 506, 523, 529. In '39-40 he lived at S.F., keeping some kind of a shop, or drinking and gambling place. v. 684; and in '41, be- ing grantee of Bodega, he was made sec. of Com. Gen. Vallejo. iv. 204, 670. In this capacity he was sent, in '42, to Mex. in Vallejo's behalf, returniog with the rank of capt. and brevet lieut-col in the regular army. iv. 281-5, 319, 563. From '43 he lived at Sonoma, being in '44 5 the grantce of Sac. Isl., and Laguna rancho, Yolo, being also mentioned in connection with vari- ous minor affairs. iv. 358, 396, 408, 445, 561, 671, 673, 678. With Vallejo, he favored the cause of the U.S. in '46, and with him was made a prisoner hy the Bears. v. 41, 45, 61, 112-21, 298-9, 667; having a 'Cal. claim' of $7,300 (v. 462). He kept a store at Sonoma in '47-8 in partnership with Haan; and in '48-9 made some money in the mines. I have no later record of him than '53, when he was a witness in the Limantour case. His wife, who was sepa- rated from him about '48, was Teodocia Bojorques. Victor Prudon-Prud- homme was the original form-was a man of good education, a master of the Spanish and English languages, and an adept in the use of the graceful, flowery language that delights all of Span. race, many of Alvarado's and Vallejo's state papers being for the most part the secretary's work. He was socially an agreeable companion, of attractive personal appearance and fine manners;

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impulsive and often imprudent, but never involved, so far as I know, in any- thing very bad or good so far as character and conduct were concerned. Prueth (Chas R.), 1831, clerk or sup. on the Louisa.

Pryor (Gabriel), 1840, one of the exiled foreigners, arrested in the south. iv. 14, 18. P. (Nathaniel Miguel), 1828, Kentuckian silversmith and clock- maker who had lived 4 years in N. Mex. and came to Cal. in Pattie's party. iii. 163, 168, 178; ii. 554. After his release from prison he worked at S. Luis Rey, found favor in the eyes of P. Peyri, and in '29 got a carta from Gov. Echeandía, being theu 24 years old. From '30 he lived in the vicinity of Los Ang., sometimes mending clocks, but oftener engaged in otter-hunting, not always with due respect to the revenue laws. iii. 393. In '36 he obtained from the ayunt, a certificate of long residence and good character, and a few years later married a Sepúlveda who died in '40. He served against Michel- torena in '45. iv. 495; commanded a comp. of citizen artill. in June '46. v. 50; was arrested for aid to Amer. during the Flores revolt, and in '47 served as regidor. v. 626. He died in '50. A son Paul, born in '37-9, married a daughter of Juan Avila, and died by accidental poisoning in '78. iv. 119.

Puaani (Kale), 1847, Hawaiian owner of S. F. lot. v. 685. Puga (Joa- quin), sirviente at Sta Clara 1776. i. 306. Puget, 1793, officer of Vancou- ver's exped .; in Cal. '93-4, exploring Bodega. Puget Sound in the north bears his name. i. 513, 518, 533. Puig, 1769, sergt of Cal. volunteers in the Ist exped. i. 136, 160. Pujol (Francisco), 1795, Span. friar who served at S. Carlos and died at S. Ant. 1801, being poisoned by the Ind. i. 576, 686; ii. 146, 149-50, 159. Pulaski (Albert), 1846, at N. Helv. occasionally '46-8. Pulis (John C.), 1847, sergt Co. F, N.Y. Vol. v. 504; owner of S.F. lots; d. at S.F. '50. Pulpule, Ind. at Sutter's '40. iv. 138. Pulsifer (David), 1847, Co. C, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); in '82 at Concho, Ariz. Purcell (Henry), 1846, Co. C, Ist U. S. dragoons (v. 336). P. (Matthias), 1847, Co. H, N. Y. Vol.

(v. 499); d. at S. F. '50. Purdy (Sam. L.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y.Vol. (v. 499); d. in L. Cal. '48. Puter (James), 1828, Amer. trapper, age 20, of Pattie's party. iii. 163, 168; nothing known of him later. Putnam, 1847, mr of the Susan Drew. v. 511.

Pyle (Edward), 1846, overl. immig. from Mo., who settled with his family at S.José, where he died in '75. His daughters married B. H. Gordon and J. W. Laird. His son, Edward, Jr, married Mary A. Graves of the Donner party in '47; is ment. in '48 as at N. Helv. raising recruits for service at Maza- tlan (?); also as a member of the Stockton Mining Co. The same year he was murdered near S. José by Valencia, who was hanged for the crime in '49. His widow married J. T. Clark in '51, and in '80 was living at White River, Tulare Co. Another son, John F., was in S. Joaq. Co. '4S; Sta Clara Co. '50-76; and in Kern Co. '79. Still another, Thomas, served in Co. B, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); settled with wife and 2 children in Nov. '46 on the Moquelumne; in '47 is ment. as visiting Sutter's Fort; and in '48 moved to Coyote Cr., Sta Clara Co., where he was murdered in '55.

Qudron (Jenckey), 1846, doubtful name, Co. F, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Queen (Heury W.), 1846, lieut of marines on the U.S. Savannah; lieut Fauntleroy's dragoons (v. 232, 247): in com. at S. Juan B., Sept. Q. (James), 1847, sergt Co. F, N. Y. Vol. v. 504; in charge of Brannan's store at Mormon Isl. 48; d. at Napa '79. Quepness (Odilon), at Soledad '26. ii. 623. Quigley, 1847, a Mormon in Kearny's return party. v. 453. Quigley (Robert), 1846, bngler Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). Quijada (Felipe), soldier at Sta B. 32. Q. (Francisco), grantee of Bolsa de Chemisal, S. Luis Ob., '37. iii. 677. Quijano (Manuel), 1807, surgeon of the troops at Mont. 1807-24. ii. 88, 140, 379, 571, 607.

Quijas (José Lorenzo de la Concepcion), 1833, Mcx. friar of the Zacate- canos who served at the 4 northernmost missions, and retired in '44, being vice-prefect in '43-4, perhaps in '57 a parish priest in the state of Guerrero, dying at Querétaro a little later. Padre Q. was a black sheep in the Francis- can flock, yet a good man when sober. Biog. iv. 680-1; ment. iii. 319, 354,

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PIONEER REGISTER AND INDEX.

713, 716, 719; iv. 48, 86, 171, 195, 224, 371-3, 427, 676-7. Quilaguegui (Teo- dosio), Ind. grantee of Nicasio '35. iii. 712. Quimby, 1848, mr of the Wave. v. 581. Quimper (Man.), 1790, alferez of the Span. navy at Mont. from Nootka. i. 444, 506; see also Hist. N. W. Coast. "Quin (Peter), 1848, Irish- man shot at Sta B. in Dec. for the murder of the Reed family at S. Miguel. v. 632, 640. Quinn (Franklin), 1846, in the Los Ang. region; at Mont. '47-8; possibly 'Gwinn' of '41. Quinones (Manuel), Mex. tanner at Branciforte 45, age 45, wife Josefa Condesa (?), child. Benito b. Sta Cruz '27, Juan Diego '29, Mariano '33, Capistrano '34. He had been a convict of '28-34.

Quintana, com. of N. Mexicans in Castro's force '46. v. 363. Q. (Andrés), 1805, Span. friar who served at Sta Cruz until Oct. 12, '12, when he was mur- dered by his neophytes. Biog. ii. 387-9; ment. ii. 155, 159-60, 199, 324, 339, 394. Q. (Antonio), at Los Ang. '46. Q. (Diego), ditto. Q. (Francisco

Estevan), grantee of La Vena '42. iv. 656; still at S. Luis Ob. '60. Q. (Ger- ónimo), grantee of S. Juan Cap. del Camote, S. Luis Ob., '46. v. 637. Q. (Pedro), from N. Mex. '43, a settler of S. Luis Ob. down to '83. Quintero (Juan), arrested at S. Juan B. '37. iii. 513. Q. (Luis), negro settler of Los Ang. 1781, sent away in '82. i. 345-6. Q. (Tomás), at Sta. B. '37, wife Vi- centa Valenzuela. Quintin, Ind. chief of a Marin Co. tribe for whom Pt Quintin was named; ment. in '24. ii. 538, 598. Quirado (Basilio), Los Ang. land-owner '48. Quirós (Fernando), 1775, Span. lieut on the S. Antonio and S. Carlos "75-6; made a survey of S.F. bay in boats '76; on the coast again in '79. i. 241, 287, 289-92, 329. Quivey (Peter), 1846, overl. immig. from Mo .; summoned as a witness in N. Helv. Nov. '46; served in Co. B, Cal. Bat. (v. 358); named at N. Helv. '47; wrote from Los Ang. in March '47 a letter published in the Western Expositor and Liverpool Millennial Star. Settled in Sta Clara Co. with family.

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History of California, Volume IV, Part 89

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe Publication date: 1885 Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers Number of Pages: 820

Author: Bancroft, Hubert Howe
Publication date: 1885
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : The History Company, publishers
Number of Pages: 820