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Russell, 1846, mr of the Sarah Parker. v. 580. R. (Chas), 1846, of the Mormon colony, but prob. did not come to Cal. v. 547. R. (Eugene), 1845, one of Frémont's meu, and of the Sta B. garrison '46. iv. 583; v. 316; later in Co. A, Cal. Bat. (v. 358). He applied for land in the S. José district '46. R. (Geo. W.), 1847, sailor on the Independence; applied to Larkin for a clerk- ship. R. (Henry or Wm), 1847, carpenter and builder at Benicia, a partner of Bryant and of Briggs. v. 672. R. (John), 1845, sailor on the Benj. Mor- gan. R. (J.), 1848, passp. from Hon. R. (Robert E.), 1846, of Cal. Bat. (v. 358); Cal. claim $46 (v. 462); witness at Wash. '48; at S. José '50. Per- haps same as Eugene. R. (Thomas), 1835, Amer. sailor picked up by the Pil- grim at Sta B. and landed at S. Diego in '35. iii. 412. He became a permanent resident of S. D., and is named by Dana in his Two Years. In '36, with one Weldon, he made an exped. in search of buried treasure at the Colorado River missions, the affair causing more excitement than increase of wealth. iii. 613. The same year he was in trouble through sending a challenge to Lumsden for a duel. iii. 618. In '40 he worked as a carpenter, being married to a native, 37 years old, and a naturalized citizen. Next heard of in '47, when he was in trouble for refusing obedience to the alcalde, or perhaps for an attempt to
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commit murder. v. 618; and in '48 ment. by Buffum in the mines at Weber Creek. A man of the same name was cl. for land in Sta Cruz Co. 52. R. (W'm), 1845, Amer. at Mont. ; perhaps the owner of a S. F. lot '47: or one named in Napa Val. '47-8; or as present at Dr Semple's marriage at Benicia 47. v. 672; or some of these may be the following. R. (Wm), 1847, Co. G, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499).
Russell (Wm H), 1846, nat. of Ky who had been somewhat prominent in local politics, memb. of the legislature, U.S. marshal, etc .; also serving in the Florida war. He came to Cal. overland with Bryant and Jacobs. v. 528; made a flowery oration at the S.F. reception of Com. Stockton in Oct. v. 295-6; served as ordnance officer with rank of major in the Cal. Bat. v. 160, 399; and was one of the commissioners to make the treaty of Cahnenga, v. 404-5, being somewhat active in the Fremont-Kearny controversy, and sec. of state at Los Ang. during Fremont's rule as gov. v. 422-4, 432-3. In March '47 he was sent east with despatches, his chief mission being to secure F.'s appoint- ment as gov. v. 445, 454: and he was one of F.'s principal witnesses at the court-martial. v. 420, 423, 456. He came back to Cal. in '49, and practised law at N. José, Sac., and S. F. to '54 or later; about '61-2 was U.S. consul at Trinidad de Cuba, but resigned and returned to Ky, where he died. A daughter married a grandson of Henry Clay. A second wife was married about 62. Russell was a boastful man of many words, and a hard drinker, but honorable, intelligent, and popular, with much ability. R. (Wm W.), 1847, lient of marines on the U.S. Independence. Russum (Thos), 1846, Engl. mr of the Euphemia and Mary Ann '46-7. v. 578-9; heard of in England in later years. Ruth (John), 1847. Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Rutledge (John), 1847, acting lieut on the U.S. Eric. Rutter (Henry), 1841, employed on Leese's launch at S.F. R. (John), 1829, mr of the Planet. iii. 148.
Ryan (Edward), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); d. S.F. '66. R. (Geo. F.). 1843, Irishman who got a pass in Dec. R. (Geo. P.), 1847, went to Hon. on the Gen. Kearny. R. (P. H. W.), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). R. (Q.), 1847, blacksmith at Mont. R. (Wm), 1845, sailmaker on the U.S. Savannah. R. (Wm Redmond), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). He returned east by Panama, and wrote his Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower Cal., 1848-9, published in London '50. Died at N. Orleans '52. Ryder (Geo. W.), 1847, arr. Oct., according to Soc. Cal. Pion. roll; died S.F. 68, age 49.
Saavedra (Ramon A.), 1790, Span. com, of transport and exploring vessels on the coast 1790-7. i. 500, 523-4, 542, 706, 728; ii. 184. See also Ilist. N. I. Coast, through index. Sabici (Matias), 1834, Ital. sailor who came from Mex. with the Il. & P. colony, and settled at Mont. after working for a while at the Palo Colorado as a sawyer. iii. 412. He is mentioned at Los Ang. in 47, and seems to have married a daughter of Wm Wolfskill. Sabas, IJosé), at Los Ang. 48. Saenz (Ignacio), Mex. convict of 1791. i. 606. S. (Juan), soldier of the S.F. comp. '19-30. N. (Lnis), ditto 42. S. (Macario), of S.F. militia '37. S. (Manuel), soldier of S. F. comp. "32-3; militia 37; at Sonoma
'44, age 30. S. (Pablo Pedro), of S. F. militia '37, exiled in 139. iii. 580; per- haps Pablo and Pedro. S., see also 'Sais,' 'Saez.' S. de Lucio, see 'Lucio.' Saez (José, Justo, and Miguel), settlers at S. José 1797. i. 717. S. (Na-
sario), settler at S. José 786. i. 477; wife Micaela Sotelo, child. in '93, Miguel, Juan, Benedicta, and Felipa. Sagarra (Eduardo), Peruvian shot for stealing
at Mont. '31. iii. 191, 669, 673, 679. S. (Mateo), 1818, of Bouchard's in- surgents, captured at Mont. ii. 232. Sahr (Albert), 1847, owner of S.F. lot.
Sainsevain (Pierre), 1839, French carpenter, age 20, who arrived at Sta B. on the Ayacucho. iv. 117, 119. His passport was dated Bordeaux, Nov. '38. He was a nephew of Louis Vignes, whom he joined for a time in the manufacture of wine at Los Angeles. In '43 he was grantee of the Cañada del Rincon rancho, iv. 655, and from '44 owned a saw-mill at Sta Cruz, being from '46 in partnership with Roussillon, building a schooner in '46, v. 641, and also from '46 having a flour-mill at S. Jose, which gave rise to some local troubles. iv. 683; v. 660. He went to the mines in 48, Sainsevain Bar being
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named for him; and in '49 was a member of the constit. convention. In later years he became one of the most prominent vineyardists and wine-makers in the state. His wife, married in '45, was a daugliter of Antonio Sunol. St Clair (Trouett), 1843 (?), trapper who prob. came from N. Mex. about this year. iv. 400; ment. by Schallenberger and in the N. Helv. Diary '44-3; still living in Sta Cruz Co. as late as '79. St Germain (Baptiste), 1831, Fr. from N. Mex .; prob, with Wolfskill. iii. 387. St John (Augustus A.), 1847, Co. B, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). St J. (Henry), 1843 (?), Engl. sailor, and later sugar- planter in the Sandw. Isl., said to have come to Cal. this year. iv. 400. He was later a miner and cattle-dealer, who attempted suicide at S.F. '83. St J. (J.), 1848, passport from Hon. St J. (Stephen M.), 1847, Co. E, Morm.
Bat. (v. 469). St Quintin (Joseph), 1847, Co. C, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Sais (Domingo), soldier of the S.F. comp. '26-33; of S.F. militia '37; grantee of Cañada de Herrera, Marin, '39. iii. 711. He had been elector and regidor of S. F. '37-9. iii. 705; and his age was '39 in '44. His name is written also 'Saenz' and 'Saez,' which are perhaps more correct forms; at least, it is im- possible to distinguish between them in Cal. S. (Miguel), settled at Los Ang. 1S06. ii. 350. Saizar de Vitoria, see 'Vitoria.' Sajat (Lewis T.), 1847, owner of S.F. lots.
Sal (Hermenegildo), 1776, Span. soldier who came with Anza; guarda- almacen at S.F. '78-82; alférez '82; lient '95. He served at Mont. 1782-1800 (except '91-4 at S.F.); much of the time as habilitado and comandante. In 1800, being retired as capt., he died at Mont. Thongh a quick-tempered man, he was a faithful officer, strict disciplinarian, and excellent accountant. Biog. and fam. i. 678-80; ment. i. 297, 335, 396-7, 441, 463, 467-8, 490, 493-6, 501, 509-11, 514. 516-18, 526, 537, 547, 531-2, 569, 572-3, 588-94, 634, 680, 692- 707, 718; ii. 143, 191; iii. 11. Salamanca (Secundino), 1791, Span. lieut in Salazar, 1796, com. of the Concepcion and
Malaspina's exped. i. 490.
Activo '96-7. i. 540, 544. S. (Alonso Isidro), 1791, Span. friar, who was a founder of Sta Cruz, where he served until his retirement in '95, writing in Mex. an important report on the Condicion Actual de Cal. Biog. i. 497-9; ment. i. 494, 566, 576, 579-80, 603-4, G18, 626, 661. S. (Antonio), at Los Ang.
'46; juez de campo '48. v. 626. S. (Cannto), fifer of the S. F. comp. '39-42; in '54-5 at S.F., age 28; witness in the Santillan case. S. (Dionisio), at Branciforte '45, age 28, wife Perfecta Castro, child. Encarnacion b. '40, and Jnan '41. S. (Fulgencio), soldier of the S.F. comp. '38-42. S. (Ignacio and Jesus), at S. Bern. '46. S. (Isidro), teamster at Mont. '47. S. (Jorge), soldier at Mont. '36, age 25. S. (José), convict settler 1798. i. 606. S. (José), soldier of S.F. comp. '38-43. iv. 667; Cal. claim (v. 462). S. (José Antonio), N. Mexican trader and settler from '39. iv. SI, 278, 387; in '46 supl. juez at S. Feliciano rancho. v. 625; in '47 alcalde at Los Ang. v. 626; still there in '48. S. (José María), regidor at Branciforte '34. iii. 696, 58S; in '45 on the padron as a nat. of Cal., agc 60, wife Hermenegilda Rios, child. Isidro b. '15, Jorge '19, Juan '25, Maria Refugio '30, Refugio '33. S. (Jnan), com. of the guard at S. Fern. "23. ii. 570; in '27-30 acting habilitado at Sta B. and S. Diego. ii. 543, 572; iii. 114. In '31-4 he was promoted from sergt to alférez, and was once a prisoner during the sectional wars in '37. He was acting com. of S. Diego, and is ment. as late as '46. iii. 482, 503-4, 541, 608-10; iv. 617: v. 566. N. (Mignel), soldier at S. José mission 1797. i. 556. S. (Ramon), at Los Ang. '46.
Sales (Alex.), IS33, Amer. hunter from N. Mex., at Los Ang. '36, age 29. Prob. Cyrus 'Alexander,' q.v .; also ment. in the campaign of '45. iv. 495. S. (Francisco), grantee of land at S. Gabriel '45. iv. 637. Salgado (Augustin), at Los Ang. '46. S. (Francisco), ditto; in S. Luis Ob. 50-S. S. (Tomás),
jucz aux, Mont. dist '44. iv. 653. Salines, 1842, Frenchman in Sutter's em- ploy. iv. 34]; prob. the Salinas named in N. Hdle. Diary '45-8. Sallalla (Faustino), soldier at the Colorado Riv. pueblos 1780-1, killed by Ind. i. 359, 362. Salleman, 1847, doubtful name of a Frenchman at S. José. Sallee, 1846, of West's overl. party, killed on the Humboldt. v. 528. Salmon (Alejo), colegial at Sta Ines '44. iv. 426. S. (James), 1846, Delaware Ind.
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in the fight at Natividad. v. 367; at Sutter's fort '47. Salvador, Cal. Ind. sent by Sutter to relief of the Donner party '46. He refused to eat human flesh, but was himself shot and eaten. v. 531-2, 534. 537. Saly, 1845, at Sta B. Samlyn (Henry), 1847, Co. F. Cal. Bat. (v. 358). Samop (Jaime), Ind. alcalde at S. Diego 1799. i. 655. Sam Tetoy, Ind. chief, later called 'Solano,' q. v. ii. 329. Sampson (Z.), 1848, passp. from Hon.
Sanchez (Antonio), soldier at Sta B. before '37. S. (Estévan), soldier at
Sta B. '32, wife Romana Lopez. S. (Francisco), son of José Ant .; soldier of the S.F. comp. '24-5; in '27-8 elector and sec. at S.F. and S. José. ii. 592, 605; in '35 sec. iii. 704; in '37 sec., capt. of the militia, elector, and grantee of town lots. iii. 506, 511, 701, 705; v. 683; in '38-9 acting-com. at S.F. and grantee of S. Pedro rancho, S. Mateo co. iii. 563, 701, 713. He served as jucz de paz in '43. iv. 665; in '42 is named on the padron as a nat. of S. José, age 35, wife Teodora Higncra, child. Lnisa b. '34, Luis '36, Dolores '38, and Pedro; in '44 capt. of defensores. iv. 407, 468, 667; in '45 capt. of the post, and grantee of town lot. iv. 666, 669; v. 678. In '46 was acting com. at S.F., though absent at the capture by the U.S. v. 4, 17, 61, 239-41, 659; and in '46-7, provoked by the depredations of the Americans, he headed a kind of revolt, with a view to obtain guaranties, taking captive Alcalde Bartlett and his guard, who were making a plundering tour. v. 379-83. Don Francisco still lived at S.F. mission in '55. He is remembered as a hospitable man, though somewhat hostile to Amer., and always regarded by them with sus- picion.
Sanchez (Francisco de Jesus), 1842 (?), Mex. friar of the Zacatecanos, who was apparently left behind in L. Cal. when the others came in '33. iii. 319. He was minister at S. Buenaventura '42-3 and '52-3; at Sta Ines '44-50, be- ing vice-rector of the seminary. iv. 425-6, 644-5; v. 635. He is named occa- sionally at S. Gabriel and Sta B. to '58, but I have found no later record of him. S. (Francisco Miguel), 1774, Span, friar who served at S. Gabriel, and temporarily at other missions, till his death in 1803. Biog. ii. 113-14; ment. i. 299, 388, 451, 439, 493-6, 511, 576, 664, 719. S. (Gil), regidor at Mont. '36, tithe col. at Branciforte '39, grantee of Arroyo de la Laguna '40, killed Robles '42, agente de pol. '45. iii. 675, 676, 697; iv. 653, 663. S. (Hilario), grantce of Tamalpais '45. iv. 674. S. (Isidro), son of José Ant., of S. F. militia '37, age 23 in '42, wife Teodora Alviso, child. Dolores b. '37, Isabel '40, and Narcisa '41 ; involved in the assault on Capt. Libby '45. S. (Jacobo),
in revolt at Los Ang. '45. iv. 538-9. S. (Joaquin), sirviente at Sta Clara 1776. i. 306. S. (Joaquin), 1801, sergt sent from Mex. to superintend culti- vation of hemp. i. 620-1; ii. 178, 181. S. (Joaquin), soldier of the S. F. comp. '23. S. (José), 1791, piloto in Malaspina's exped. i. 490.
Sanchez (José Antonio), nat. of Sinaloa, soldier of the S. F. comp. from 1791, corp. from 1805, sergt from 1806, brevet alférez from '20, and alférez from '27, or, as some records indicate, from '32. Ile was for some years corp. of the Sta Cruz escolta. i. 496, 526, 535; was later engaged in over 20 Ind. campaigns and exploring exped., especially in '17-26, being famous for his skill and courage as an Ind. fighter. ii. 91-2, 126, 232, 322, 329, 335, 339, 371, 445, 497-9, 538, 584; iii. 111-12, 123. In '27-35 he was the grantee of Buri- buri rancho, S.F. ii. 591-5, 664; iii. 711; in '29-33 com. at S.F., though in- volved in the revolt of '29. iii. 75, 96, 223-4, 333, 365, 701; but in '32-4 ap- parently attached nominally to the Mont. comp. iii. 671. In '36 he was retired from active service, living on his rancho or at the mission; is named on the padron of '42 as 67 years of age; and died in '43, being denied the comforts of religion on his death-bed, and for a time Christian burial, through some quarrel with the friars, to whom he was always hostile. iv. 373. He was a good man, of known honesty and valor, but very ignorant and unfit for pro- motion. His sons were José de la Cruz. Francisco, Manuel, and Isidro. His daughters married Fran. de Haro, two Valencias, and John Read. S. (José Ant.), settler at S. José 1791-1800. i. 716.
Sanchez (José Bernardo), 1804, Span. friar who served chiefly at S. Diego and S. Gabriel till his death in '33. A very prominent missionary and presi-
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dent of the Fernandinos in '27-30. Biog. iii. 041-2; ment. ii. 47, 99, 106-7, 110, 159, 344, 366, 394, 442, 487, 560, 564, 567, 569, 580, 655, 657; iii. 87, 91-2, 94, 96, 102, 108, 142-4, 155, 309-10, 315-16, 337-8, 347, 351. S. (José de la Cruz), son of José Ant., elector at S.F. '35, regidor '36-7. iii. 704-5; grantee of S. Mateo rancho '36-41, and admin. of S. F. mission '36-40. iii. 713, 715; named in the padron of '42 as 40 years old, wife Maria Josefa Merido (?), child. Soledad b. 123, Concepcion '30, José María '34, Ricardo '37, and Fran- cisco. He was supl. juez de paz '43, sergt of defensores '44, 2d alcalde '45, and 2d jucz de paz in '46. iv. 665, 666-7; v. 048. He continued to live at the mission till his death in '78. S. (José Joaquin), at Les Ang. '25. ii. 559. S. (José María), 1824, Mex. who in '35 was grantee of Llano de Tequesquite rancho. iii. 677; age 30 in '36; juez at S. Juan B. '37. iii. 692; his rancho Backed by Ind. '38. iii. 693; iv. 75; Cal. claim '46-7 (v. 462); alcalde at S. Juan B. '47-S. v. 640. He was cl. for Las Animas, Sta Clara, '52
Sanchez (Juan), sirviente at S.F. 1777. i. 297. S. (Juan), grantee of Sta Clara rancho, Sta B., '37. iii. 656; wife Inés Guevara and 4 children before '37; still in Sta B. Co. '54. S. (Juana Maria L.), 2d baptism at S.F. 1776. i. 291. S. (Macario), at S. José 1800. S. (Manuel), prob. son of José Ant., elector at S. F. '33 and petitiouer for Cañada de Guadalupe rancho. iii. 704, 711; alf. of militia '37. iii. 701; in '42 age 30, wife Francisca Solis, child. Manuel b. '31, Rosario '37, Dolores '38, Juan Francisco '41. S. (Maria Josefa), Cal.
claim for $9,030 (v. 462). S. (Miguel), 1829, Mex. convict liberated in '33. S. (Rafael), Ind. executed at Mont. '45. iv. 654. S. (Rafael), 1842, Mex. sub-lieut of the batallon fijo '42-5, acting also as Micheltorena's sec. He remained in Cal. as custom-house officer in '45; is mentioned in the annals of '46, serving on the Ist jury and getting a grant of S. Lorenzo rancho. iv. 289, 513, 557; v. 35, 41, 45, 61, 289, 637. S. (Ramon), 1826, Mex. sup. of the Sta Apolonia, and mr of the Magdalena, 27-8. iii. 147-8. S. (Ramona or Romana), grantee of Butano, Sta Cruz, '44. ii. 591. S. (Teodoro), juez de campo at Laguna Seca '35. iii. 674.
Sanchez (Tomas), at Los Coyotes rancho, Los Ang., '39, age 37; collector of taxes at Los Ang. '43. iv. 633. After '49 he was somewhat prominent as sheriff; still living in '77. S. (Tomito), at S. Pascual '46. v. 352; perhaps same as Tomás. S. (Urbano), owner of the Sta Apolonia '26. iii. 148, 682; prob. not in Cal. S. (Vicente), settler at Los Ang. '14-19. ii. 349, 354; arrested and sent to Sta B. in irons '22. ii. 539; elector and prob. alcalde '26-7. ii. 560; iii. 33; member of the dip. "2S. iii. 41-2. In '29-32 he as dipu- tado, alcalde, and citizen was involved in a complicated series of troubles, being deposed and imprisoned, and in turn imprisoning others. The details cannot be presented, even if anybody ever understood them. He was a vicious, gambling, quarrelsome fellow, though of some intelligence and wealth; and political quarrels between Echeandia and Victoria had something to do with his troubles, about which suits were pending as late as '44. ii. 561; iii. 187-8, 195-6, 200, 205, 212, 230, 630, 634. In '36-9 he had something to do with the vigilance com., and with the sectional quarrel on both sides. iii. 417, 432, 491, 504, 563, 636. In '42-4 his name appears, being the grantee of Ciénega or Paso de la Tijera, and also comis. de zanjas. iv. 295, 629, 633-4; and in '45 he was again alcalde, not free from popular complaints. iv. 497, 523, 633. I have no later record of him. Sancho (Juan Bautista), 1804, Span. friar who served at S. Antonio till his death in '30. Biog. ii. 621; ment. ii. 152, 385, 3SS, 655.
Sandeau, 1846, a mountaineer with Kearny from N. Mex. Lancey. San- dels (G. M. W.), 1842, Swedish scientist who came from Mex. on the schr C'ali- fornia, and went to Hon. on the Diamond in '43. He wrote an account of his observations under the name of 'King's Orphan.' iv. 345-6, 363, 565, 640, 630, 665. Sanders (Allen), 1845, Amer, blacksmith from Or. in the McMahon party, working for Sutter Jul .- Dec. In the spring of '46 he visited Napa and Sonoma, married Miss Bonney, and in March went with the Bonneys to Or., where he is said to have been living in '80. iv. 572; v. 526. S. (Horace), 1843, overl. immig. of the Grigsby-Ide party. iv. 579, 587. He was perhaps a
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Bear Flag man. v. 110; and served as sergt Co. E, Cal. Bat. v. 361; having a C'al. claim of $20 (v. 462). Thos Knight states that in '70-1, S. was living near Carson, Nev. S. (Richard T.), 1847, Co. E, Morm. Bat. (v. 469). Sander- son (Geo. B.), 1847, asst surg. U.S. A., surg. of the Morm. Bat., and an object of the most intense dislike on the part of the Mormons. He went east with Gen. Kearny. v. 446, 452, 477, 480-2. Sandoval (Josefa), 1791, wife of Gov. Romeu. i. 488, 490. S. (Luciano), 1842, cornet of the batallon fijo '42-5. iv. 289. S. (Panfilo), 1828, Mex. convict liberated '34.
San Estévan (Antonio), 1831, chief of a N. Mex. caravan. iii. 396. Sands
(J. R.), 1847, mr of the Benj. Tucker. Sanford, 1843, at Sutter's fort '45,
and perhaps an overl. immig. of the Chiles party. iv. 393, 578. S. (Sam.), 1847, Co. D, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Sanger (John), 1844, mr of the Newton; d. at S. Diego. iv. 567; perhaps 'Sawyer.' Sangrador (Miguel), tanner-in- structor 1792-3. i. 615, 725.
Santa Ana, soldier at Sta B. '24. ii. 532. Santa Cruz (José Antonio), com. de policía at Mont. '33, '36, juez de campo "35. iii. 673-5; age 43 in '36, nat. of Mex., wife Gertrudis Villavicencio, child Juan Jose. Santa Maria, 1815, teacher who came with Gov. Sola. ii. 426. Sta M., Ind. sirv. at S. Luis Ob., shot by Fremont. v. 374. Sta M. (Jose Maria), clerk of the court at Mont. '42; owner of S.F. lot '46. v. 684. Sta M. (Vicente), 1776, Span. friar who served chiefly at S. Buen., where he died in 1806. Biog. ii. 121-2; ment. i. 240-1, 246, 287, 300, 302, 376, 382, 385, 388, 399, 466, 522, 553, 576,
674; il. 139-60, 490.
Santiago (Juan José Norberto), 1786, Span. friar, wLo served at S. Juan Cap. and retired in 1810. Biog. ii. 110; ment. i. 388, 423, 458-9, 474, 563, 576, 657; ii. 114, 159-60, 197. Santillan (José Prudencio), 1841, Mex. novice of Ind. parentage who came with the bishop and soon be- came a priest. iv. 195. Hle was parish priest at S. F. mission in'46-50, though much of the time absent; and went to Mex. iu '50. His chief and only fame rests on his claim of '30 to the misssion lands under a grant of Gov. Pico in i'46, a grant which after a long and famous htigation, though approved by the land com. and district court, was finally declared invalid by the U.S. snp. court, beiug doubtless fraudulently antedated. v. 558, 659-60. Santillan be- came asst curate at Mazatlan before '56, and my last record of him is that in '59 he was arrested for refusal to celebrate the return of peace at the order of Gov. Pesqueira; yet in '78 the holders of the land claims professed to be able to produce him as a witness. Santos, sirv. at Soledad 1791-1800. i. 499. S., neoph. grantee of Kincon del Alisal, Sta Clara, '44. iv. 672. S. (Guada- lupe), at Mont. '36, age 26.
Sargent (Constantine), 1846, purser's clerk on the U.S. Congress, committed suicide at Mont. Dec. S. (Henry S.), 1848, nat. of Conn. recently from Or .; (. at S. F. Oct. S. (James K.), 1847, Co. F, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499). Sarmiento (José MI.), 1842, Mex. lieut of the batallon fijo; died on the voy. to Cal. iv. 259. Sarria (Vicente Francisco), 1809, Span. friar wbose missionary service was at S. Carles and Soledad until his death in '35. He was prefect in '13-19, '23-30, and president '23-5; one of the ablest, best, and most prominent of the Fernandinos. Biog. iii. 658-9; ment. i. list of anth .; ii. SS. 148, 159-60, 217-18, 240, 327-30, 364, 383, 386, 394, 396-409, 431-3, 461, 491, 501-5, 512- 13, 517-18, 521, 525-6, 535, 622-3, 653, 657, 659, 662; iii. 7, 16-19, 87, 89-91, 128, 191, 336, 338, 330-1. Satte (Juan Jose), 1827, Moorish servant from S. Blas on an Engl. ship; at S. José '29, age 42.
Sauerweid (Alex. A.), 1848, Russian, in S. Joaq. Co. '78. Saunders (Jobn), 1838, Amer. or Irish sailor at Mont. and Sta Cruz '38, '43; at S. F. '44, age 30. iv. 119. He went to sea again in '47-S, but returned in '52-3, soon shipping again. S. (Theodore R.), 1847, Co. A, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); in N. Y. city '82. S. (Win L.), 1833, trapper named in Mont. lists of '34. In '34 he writes Capt. Jos. Walker a severe letter denying any indebtedness and claim- ing to hold a receipt from Bonneville. He may therefore have come in '33 with Walker (iii. 389), or in '32 with Dye, who mentions a Saunders in his party.
Savage (Chas), 1845, at Sutter's fort. iv. 378; went to Or. 46. v. 526; and
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was at Jacksonville 'SI. S. (Eliza), 1846, of the Mormon colony. v. 546: in Utah '84. S. (James D.), 1846, overl. immig. who served in Co. F, Cal. Bat. v. 374 (358); named in the N. Helv. Diary, 47-8. He had been a trapper and mountaineer, having great influence among the Ind., by whose aid he is said to have acquired much wealth in the gold mines. In '48-9 he bad trading posts on the Mariposa and Fresno; and in later times rendered great service to govt and to settlers as interpreter, commissioner, and major in com. of a volunteer battalion. He was probably the discoverer of the Yosemite Valley. In '52 he was killed at the Kings River reservation in a quarrel with Maj. Harvey, the county judge. An ignorant man of much natural shrewdness, he made many warm friends and bitter foes. It is related of him that be made it a point to marry a chief's daughter in every tribe; exchanged hardware and whiskey by weight, ounce for ounce, with the Ind., for gold-dust; and bet his weight in gold on the turn of a card in a S.F. gambling-house. S. (Levi). 1847, Co. D, Morm. Bat. (v. 469); at Lorqueville, Utah, '82.
Sawis (Nathaniel), 1816, doubtful name of a deserter from the Albatross. ii. 275. Sawyer (John), 1844, mr of the Newton; d. at S. Diego '45. iv. 453, 567. S. (Joseph), 1828, Scotchman at S. Diego '28-9. Saxton (Chas), 1847, Co. G, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499). Schaffer (J. R.), 1848, nat. of Va; at Hon. from S.F. on the Tepic; dist attorney of S. Joaq. Co .; d. in '75, perhaps in Idaho.
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