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Twist (Hilary), 1846, Co. C, Ist U.S. dragoons (v. 336). T. (W.W.), 1847 (?), sheriff of Los Ang. '52-3; killed in Sonora, Mex .; accredited to the N. Y. Vol. by Bell. Remin., 58, 288. Twitchell (Anciel), 1847, Co. D, Morni. Bat. (v. 469). Tylee (Dan. E.), 1847, doubtful name Co. D, N.Y. Vol. (v. 499); not in Clark's last list. Tyler (Daniel), 1847, sergt Co. C, Morm. Bat .; also elder in the church, capt. of 50 on the return, and author of an excellent Iristory of the Morm. Bat. v. 477, 488, 491, 493; in Utah '85. T. (Henry B.), 1847, capt. of marines on the U.S. Columbus. T. (J.), 1846, Co. B, artill. Cal. Bat., enlisting at Sac. Oct. (v. 358).
Uber, 1843, German in charge of Sutter's distillery. Yates; iv. 229. Uhrbrook (Henry), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); in Nicaragua with Walker; d. Sta Clara '75. Ulibarri (Francisco Roman Fernandez), 1809, Span. friar who served chiefly at S. Juan B. and Sta Ines, dying at S. Gabriel, '21. Biog. ii. 569; ment. il. 154, 159-60, 237, 357, 366, 369, 386, 394, 653. Ulloa (Gonzalo), 1819, com. of the S. Carlos. ii. 233; com. S. Blas '21-2. ii. 441, 456-7. U. (Francisco), 1539, in bis navigation of the gulf possibly looked upon Cal. territory. i. 64, 68; Ilist. North Mex. St., i. 78 et seq.
Unamano (Francisco), 1842, mr of the Constante. iv. 564. Underwood (G. L.), 1847, Co. I, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499); at Petaluma '74; d. Portland, Or., '81. Unzueta (José), sergt of artill. at Mont. 1803-4. Upham (Wm), 1847, of U. & Talbot at Mont. '47-8. Upson (Trueman), 1847, Co. G, N. Y. Vol. (v. 499).
Uren (Thomas), 1848, d. at Dutch Flat '73. Placer Co. Hist., 411. Ur- guides (Antonio, Dolores, Guillermo, Juan, and Tomás), at Los Ang. '46-8. U. (Encarnacion), settler at Los Ang. '12; alcalde in '24. ii. 349, 354-5, 359. Uria (Francisco Javier de la Concepcion), 1797, Span. friar, whose longest service was at Sta Ines. He died at Sta B. in '34. Biog. iii. 659; ment. i. 562, 577; ii. 29, 115, 155, 159-60, 236, 368, 394, 526, 528-9, 579, 581, 620, 622, 655; iii. 92, 96, 118, 350-1, 657. U. (José Antonio), 1799, Span. friar, who served chiefly at S. José mission, retiring in 1808. Biog. ii. 115; ment. i. 556, 557; ii. 46, 68, 130, 137-8, 155, 159-60.
Uribe (Francisco, José M., and Pedro), at Los Ang. '46. U. (Ricardo), soldier of Sta B. comp. before '37; at Los Ang. '45, being a leader in a re- volt. iv. 523, 541, 632. Uribes (Jose Miguel), settler at Branciforte 1797. i. 569. U. (Tomás), regidor at Los Ang. '19. ii. 351, 354. Uriquides (María Magdalena), 1794, wife of Gov. Borica. i. 728. Urrea (José), interpreter at the Col. River pueblos 1780-2. i. 359, 362, 367. Urresti (José Antonio), 1804, Span. friar, who served for brief terms at several missions, and died at S. Fern. in '12. Biog. ii. 357; ment. ii. 109, 114-16, 121-2, 159, 355, 394. Urselino (José), carpenter at S. Diego, killed by Ind. 1775. i. 250, 253. Ur- sua (Julian), grantee of Panocha rancho '44. iv. 672; chosen alcalde at S. Juan B. '47. v. 640. Usson (Ramon), 1772, Span. friar who was intended for the mission of S. Buenaventura, but after Leing stationed as supernumer- ary at S. Diego and S. Antonio, he went away sick as chaplain on the explor- ing transports in '74, retiring also from that service after one voyage. i. 192-3, 196, 227, 240-1, 455.
Vaca (Manuel), 1841, nat, of N. Mex., prob. of the prominent N. Mex. family of that name-descended from Capt. Vaca, one of the conquerors of 1600, and often absurdly connected with Cabeza de Vaca-who came with his family in the Workman party, settling in Solano Co., where with Peña he obtained a grant of the Putah rancho, where he spent the rest of his life, dying, I think, before '60. iv. 278, 516, 672; v. 119. Don Manuel was a hos- pitable man of good repute, whose name is borne by the valley and by the town of Vacaville. Ot the family there is not much definite information. Juan was killed by Ind. on the Moquelumne in '45. Marcos is named in N. Helv. records from '45; had a Cal. claim of $4,967 (v. 462); and was perhaps grantee of a rancho. iv. 671; being 2d alcalde at Sonoma '45. iv. 678. Nepo- muceno is named in a Sonoma list of '44; age 26; perhaps the same as Juan. Teófilo was 19 in '44, and died at the rancho in '77, leaving a family. These
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I suppose were all sons of Mannel. In '30 Jose Ant. Vaca had visited Cal. from N. Mex. iii. 173. Vail (James MI.), 1847, Co. I, N.Y.Vol. (v. 499); killed by Ind. in El Dorado Co. '48. Vaillant (Jean), 1830, trapper of Young's party from N. Mex. iii. 174.
Valdes (Antonio), settler at Los Ang. '15. ii. 350. V. (Antonio Maria), at Los Ang. '36; age 25 in "39 (another Autonio '47); zanjero in '44. iv. 633. V. Basilio), regidor at Los Ang. '36-7; síndico '40-1, 45. iii. 481, 509, 631-2, 634, 636, 638; still at Los Ang. '48. V. (Cayetano). 1791, lieut of Malaspi- na's exped. i. 490; com. of the Mexicana 1792. i. 506-7; killed at Trafalgar. V. (Crescencio), soldier of Sta B. comp. before '37; at Los Ang. '39, age 40. V. (Dorotea), an old woman, aged SI, living at Mont. 74, who gave me her Reminiscences of very early times. ii. 232. She was a daughter of Juan B. Valdés, one of the early settlers of S. Diego, where she was born in 1793. V. Eugenio), settler at Los Ang. 1800. ii. 349. V. (Felix), IS43, Mex. officer of the batallon fijo, who seems to have come later than the main body; is named in several transactions of '43-5, and was the grantee of Temecula rancho in '44. iv. 406, 470, 509, 621, 639. V. (Francisco), at S. Bern. '46, age 25. V. (Gervasio), sub-deacon at the Sta Ines seminary '44. iv. 126. V. (Jesus). Sonoran killed at Sta B. '40. iii. 655. V. (José), soldier of Sta
B. comp. '32; at Los Ang. '46-S. V. (Jose Maria), at Los Ang. and S. Bern. `39-46. V. (José Ramon), b. at Los Ang. 1803; a soldier of '21-32; later ranchero and trader Sta B .; in '39 siudico. iii. 654: in 42-3 juez de paz. iv. 642; in '45 maj. at S. Buen., iv. 645, where in '78 he gave me his Memorias. ii. 240; wife Daria Ortega, 3 child. in '37. V. (Juan B.), an old settler who left some bist. mem. i. 175. V. Julian), at Los Ang. '39-48. V. (Luciano), teacher at Los Ang. '30. il. 564. V. (Maria Rita), grantee of S. Antonio rancho '31. V. (Melecio), settler at Los Ang. 1789. i. 461. V. (Miguel), at Los Ang. '4S. 7. (Rafael), soldier of Sta B. comp. '32; wife Ilafaela
Pico; 5 child. in '37. V. (Rodrigo). shoemaker at Mont. '41. V. (Salva- dor), fifer of the S.F. comp. '39-42. V. (Simplicio), arrested in '45 for con- spiracy. iv. 322. V. (Crita), in revolt at Los Ang. '46. v. 308.
Valencia (Antonio), soldier of S.F. comp. '19-25; hanged in '49 for mur- der of Pyle near S. José in '47; perhaps 2 men. V. (Antonio, soldier of Sta B. comp. before '37: arrested in '37, and executed for murder at Los Ang. '42. iii. 638: iv. 632. V. (Antonio). at Los Ang. '46. V. (Ascencio), shot for murder at Los Ang. '41. iv.630. V. (Bruno), soldier of the S. F. comp. '19- 27; in '41 at S. José, age 39, wife Bernarda Duarte, child. Francisco b. '31, Maria Concepcion '30, Meliton '35, Jose Ramon '38; owner of S. F. lot '43. iv. 669; v. 654; juez de campo '43. iv. 685. He apparently lived at S. Mateo. V. (Candelario), soldier of the S.F. comp. '23-33; in '34 grantee of Acalanes rancho, Contra Costa. iii. 711; S.F. elector "35. iii. 704; owner of lot at S. F. mission '40. iii. 706: juez de campo 42, iv. 605, being named on the S.F. padron as 38 years old, wife Paula Sanchez. child. Eustaquio b. '28, José Ra- mon '29, Maria "32, Lucia '43. Tomas '37, Josefa '41. Sergt of defensores '44. iv. 667; juez de campo '46. v. 648; witness in the Sautillan case '54. His wife was a cl. for Buri-buri rancho. V. Dolores), wife of Lieut Grijalva 1776. ii. 104. V. Eustaquio), son of Candelario, resid. at S.F. mission from '37. witness in the Santillan case '55. Grantee and cl. of a mission lot '45-52. iv. 673. V. (Francisco , regidor at S. José 1802. ii. 134; still at S. José '4], age GS. nat. of Sonora, widower. He was perhaps the father of the S.F. Va- lencias. The family name is borne by a leading street in S.F. V. (Gregorio), at S. Bern. '46. V. (Guadalupe , at S. José '41, age 26, wife Ramona Martinez,
child Mignel b. '40. V. (Ignacio», settler at Los Ang. 1808. ii. 349; at S. Bern. '46, age 25, prob. a son. V. José de Jesus . soldier of the S.F. comp. 27-37; in '42 at S.F .. age 35, wife Julia Sanchez, child. Catarina b. '35, Riso '37, and Francisco; corp. of defensores '44. V. (J. M. ). his wife the Ist person buried at S.F. "76. i. 296. V. Jose Ramoni, b. at S. F. '28, grantee and cl. of mission lots. iv. 673; in Marin Co. '65-76. V. (Julio), at S. José '41, age 35, wife Concepcion Alviso, child. Cirilo b. '28, Guadalupe '33, Magda- lena '45, Manuel '39; in '44 of the S. Jose guard. iv. GS5. V. (Manuel), set-
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tler at S. José 1788, died. i. 477. V. (Manuel), grantee of Cañada de Pinole, Contra Costa. iv. 672. V. (Manuel), at Los Ang. '37 in jail; known as 'El
Chino.' V. (Miguel), 2d alcalde at Sta B. '29; soldier before '37, wife Prisca
Olivera; alcalde '31-2, iii. 653, 212; maj. at Sta Ines '39. iii. 664. V. (Ra-
mon), grantee of land at S. Gabriel. iv. 637. V. (Ritillo), arrested '38. ili. 638; a leader in Los Ang. tumult '45. iv. 523. V. (Vicente), síndico at Sta B. '27, '39. ii. 572; iii. 52, 654; wife Margarita Valenzuela, 4 child. before '37. Valentin, at Soledad '26. ii. 623. Valentino, at N. Helv. '47-8. Valen- zuela (Antonio), at Sta B. before '37, wife María Ant. Felix; grantee of land at S. Juan Cap. '41. iv. 626; land at S. Gabriel'43. iv. 637; at S. Gabriel '46. V. (Desiderio and Dolores), at Los Ang. '46-S. V. (Estanislao), soldier of the S.F. comp. '27-31; at Los Ang. '46. V. (Felipe and Francisco), at Los Ang. '46. V. (Gaspar), zanjero at Los Ang. '44. iv. 633; resid. '39-48. T. (Ignacio), inválido at Sta B, '32, wife Felipa Fernandez, child Juana. V.
(Ignacio), named in '46. v. 162. V. (Joaquin), at Los Ang. '39, age 29; at S. Gab. '46-7 as juez de campo. v. 628; at Sta B. '50. V. (José), at Los Ang. '46. V. (José María), at Los Ang. '15. ii. 350; soldier at Sta B. '32; alcalde at Sta B. '35. iii. 654; maj. at Sta B. mission 138. iii. 656-7; admin. at Pu- rísima '38-41. iii. 666; iv. 648; still at Sta B. '51. His wife was Josefa Cota, with 4 children before '37. V. (Jose Sabas), at Los Ang. '46. V. (Luis), soldier at Sta B. '32, wife Josefa Rocha; at Los Ang. '46-8. V. (Manuel),
soldier of Sta B. 1799; settled at Los Ang. 1800. ii. 349. V. (Manuel), corp.
at Mont. '36, age 22. V. (Máximo), jucz de campo at Los Ang. '38. iii. 636; still there '48. V. (Pedro), settler at Los Ang. 1798. ii. 350; at Los Ang. '46; d. S. Juan Cap. '68. V. (Próspero), owner of land at S. Gab. '43. iv.
637. V. (Ramon), at Los Ang. '46-8. V. (Salvador), ranchero at Sta B.
'45. V. (Secundino), at Los Ang. '39-46. V. (Segundo), settler at Los Ang. 1800-19. ii. 349, 354
Valle (Antonio del), 1819, Mex. lieut of the S. Blas infantry comp., sta- tioned at S.F. for a few years. ii. 253, 265, 371; in '22 accompanied the canónigo to Ross, ii. 464, and from that year was in com. of the inf. comp. at Mont. ii. 534, 536, 583, 609, 675, 549; iii. 26. In '23-4 he was in trouble, was tried by a military court for breaches of discipline, and once ordered to S. Blas, but was finally permitted to remain. His troubles seem to have sprung from the hostility of Gov. Arguello, against whom he made many complaints; and he was not released from arrest till '26. Robinson describes him in '31 as 'a little dried-up piece of vanity.' In'32 he supported Zamorano, going to Los Ang. with Ibarra. iii. 227; ment. in '34. iii. 271; in '34-5 he was comisionado for the secularization of S. Fern., where he served also as major- domo to '37. iii. 346, 353, 646-7. He opposed Alvarado in '36, was arrested in '37, and supported Carlos Carrillo in '38. iii. 488, 504, 545. In '30 he was grantee of S. Francisco rancho, iii. 633, where he died in '41, the same year that gold was discovered on his place. V. (Antonio), soldier of the Hidalgo batallon at Mont. '36, age 14; juez de paz at Sonoma '46. v. 66S. V. (Ig- nacio), 1825, son of the lieut and nat. of Jalisco, who came to Cal. with Echeandía, and in '28 became a cadet in the Sta B. comp., going to S. Diego with the gov. and serving as ayudante de plaza. ii. 572, 540. In '31-2 he joined the pronunciados against Victoria and Zamorano, though his father served on the other side, being made alférez in '31, and attached to the Mont. comp. from '32. iii. 201, 204, 227, 671. He was comisionado to secularize S. Gabriel '33, Sta Cruz '34, and S.F. '35. iii. 289, 326, 346, 354, 644, 694-5, 714-15. Don Ignacio supported Gutierrez against Alvarado in '36, going southi after G.'s downfall, supporting Carrillo, and being sent to Sonoma as a pris- oner in'38. iii. 463, 545, 449, 535, 566, 578. In '39 he is named as alf., habili- tado, and supl. vocal of the junta; but was mustered out of the mil. service the same year, iii. 583, 590, 592, 641, 651, though still ment. as habil. in '40-1. On the death of his father in '41 he settled on the S. Francisco rancho, where in '42 he was appointed juez of the new mining district. iv. 297, 315, 630-1; in '43 elector, suplente of the junta, and grantee of Tejon. iv. 361, 635; in 45-6 still memb. and sec. of the junta, memb. elect of the consejo, and treas-
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urer of the civil govt by Pico's appointment. iv. 519, 521, 547, 558, 631; v. 35. He was alcalde at Los Ang. in '50, recorder in '50-1, member of the coun- cil and of the legisl. '52. His record throughout his career is that of a faith- ful officer and excellent citizen. In '77, living at his rancho of Camulos, he dietated for me his recollections of Lo Pasado de California, and gave me a col. of Doc. Hist. Cal., which contains some important papers. He died in '80 at the age of 72. Of his family I know only that a son, R. F., is in '85 prominent in Cal. politics, having been member of the assembly and state senator. V. (Luis), 1834, eom. of the Morelos, iii. 269, 383. V. (Rafael), teacher at S. José 21. ii. 379.
Vallejo (Ignacio Vicente Ferrer), 1774, nat. of Jalisco, Mex., son of Ge- ronimo V. and Antonia Gomez, b. in 1748, of pure Span. blood, and of a fam- ily which included many persons of education, especially several priests, friars, and nuns of some prominence, as is proved by a certificate of limpieza de sangre founded on testimony taken in Jalisco 1806 at the petition of Juan José V., a priest and brother of Ignacio. The latter, however, had no ineli- nation for education or the church; nothing definite is known of his early life; but in '73, at the age of 25, he enlisted at Compostela under Rivera for Cal. service, and arrived at S. Diego in Sept. '74 with Lieut Ortega. He was a somewhat unmanageable soldier, often in trouble; but was praised for bravery in connection with the Ind. rising at S. D. in '75. i. 233; and in '76 was given leave of absence from mil. service to become an employé at S. Luis Ob. i. 299, 428; being formally discharged, I suppose, at the expiration of his enlistment term. From 'SI he was employed at S. Carlos, having, it seems, mueh skill and energy in directing agric. and irrigation works, though by no means a model of regular eonduet, as is shown by occasional charges and rep- rimands. In '85 he was appointed comisionado of S. José; reenlisted in '87 for 10 years in the Mont. comp .; was promoted to corporal '89; and in '95 was removed from his position at S.José on complaint of the citizens; being corp. of the escolta at Soledad in '93-5; returning to S. José as superintend- ent of flax culture '95-6, and holding again the post of comisionado, or perhaps corp. of the guard, in '97-9. i. 439, 478-9, 499, 543, 552, 587, 620, 710-11, 716-19, 725. Iu 1799 he was made comisionado at Branciforte, holding that place for several years, or more than once, the records not being quite elear. i. 571; ii. 156; in 1805 was promoted to sergt, and in 1807-having ob- tained the certificate of gentle blood in 1806, as mentioned above-was de- elared sargento distinguido. ii. 140-1, 182; iii. 451. I have his hojas de servicio of dif. dates, showing him to have been engaged in several Ind. cam- paigns, and to have been recommended for promotion, which-prob. on account of his intractability and early irregularities-he did not get. In '18 he is ment. in connection with the Bouchard affair, subsequently being em- ployed on certain public works at Mont. ii. 230-1, 339, 379, 381, 609. In $24 he was sent to S. Luis Ob. on service connected with the Ind. revolt of that year; asking the same year for retirement, which was apparently not granted, though he got a grant of the Bolsa de S. Cayetano rancho, on which his cattle had been for some years. ii. 536-7, 615-16, 619, 664; iii. 43, 678; ment. in '30. iii. 83. He died at Mont. in '31 at the age of 83. Don Ignacio is described in his enlistment papers as 5 ft 5} in. in height, with brown hair, gray eyes, short nose, full beard, and fair complexion. He was a rough, coarse-grained, uneducated man; proud of his Spanish blood and family; haughty in manner, insubordinate and unmanageable as a soldier, and often in trouble with his superiors; careless in his morals; but endowed with eon- siderable force and executive ability, and honorable and straightforward, I think, in his dealings with other men. His wife was Maria Antonia, daughter of Francisco Lugo, married in 1790, who died in '53. There were 13 children, 5 sons-4 of whom survived their father, and are named in this register-and 8 daughters-3 of whom, including Magdalena b. 1833, Isidora, and the wife of Mariano Soberanes, died before 31. The survivors were Prudenciana, who married José Amesti, and died after '77. Encarnacion, who married Capt. J. B. R. Cooper, and still lives in '85; Rosalía, Mrs J. P. Leese, living in 183;
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Josefa, wife of Alvarado (ii. 141), Estrada, and Madariaga successively; and María de Jesus, still living in '53.
Vallejo (José de Jesus), son of Ignacio, b. at S. José in 1798; Ist named in records of the Bouchard affair of 1818, when he perhaps commanded a battery at Mont. ii. 229-32, 234. From about '24 he seems to have lived at the Bolsa de S. Cayetano, belonging to his father and after '31 to himself, till '36, being suplente of the diputacion in '33, regidor at Mont. in '35, and capt. of militia artill. under Alvarado in '36-8. il. 615; iii. 82, 246, 430, 457, 474, 511, 525, 567, 673, 678, 732. From '36 he was comisionado and admin. of S. José mission. iii. 725; iv. 47, 194; in '39 suplente of the junta. iii. 590; in '40 en- gaged in an Ind. campaign. iv. 76, 138; and in '40-2 grantee of the Arroyo de la Alameda, for which in later years he was the successful claimant. iii. 711; iv. 670. He was mil. com. at S. José '41-2, and is ment. in '44. iv. 201, 465, 684, 686; delegate to the consejo general '46. v. 45; Cal. claim of $2,825 '46-7 (v. 462). He spent the rest of his life at Mission S. José, where he was postmaster in '52, and in '75 dictated for iny use his Reminiscencias His- tóricas. He died in '82 at the age of 'S4. His wife was Soledad Sanchez, and two daughters, Teresa and Guadalupe, survived him. V. (Juan Antonio), son of Ignacio, owner of S.F. lot '40. iii. 706; v. 681; suplente juez at Mont. '43. iv. 633; aux. de policía '46. v. 637. He was later a ranchero in the Pájaro Valley, having but little to do with public affairs at any time. Died at Mont. '57. Larkin describes him as the most popular of the brothers.
Vallejo (Mariano Guadalupe), son of Ignacio, b. at Mont. in 1SOS, and educated at the same town. ii. 429; see a sketch of his life to '36 in iii. 471-3. He entered the mil. service in '23 (or from Jan. 1, '24) as cadet of the Mont. comp., and in '27 was promoted to alférez of the S.F. comp., though remain- ing at Mont. till '30 as habilitado and sometimes acting com., being in '27 a suplente of the dip., and in '29 a prisoner of the Solis revolters, besides mak- ing a somewhat famous exped. against the Ind. ii. 583-4, 608; iii. 36, 65, 69, 73, 89, 112-14. From '30 he served at S.F., being com. from '31; but as memb. of the dip. during the revolution against Victoria, of which he was an active promoter, and the Zamorano-Echeandía régime of '32, he was absent iu the south much of the time. iii. 50, 99, 187, 189, 192-3, 200, 212, 216-19, 365, 399, 701. In '33, though denied a place in the dip. on account of his mil. rank, V. was sent to the northern frontier to select a presidio site and to inspect the Russian establishment, on which he made a report; and was also occupied by troubles with his soldiers and with the missionaries. iii. 245-8, 254-5, 321-4, 393, 631, 699, 716; iv. 161-2. In '34 he was promoted to lieut, sent as comi- sionado to secularize Solano mission, and was grantee of the Petaluma rancho, besides being intrusted with the preliminary steps toward establishing a civil govt at S.F., and being clected a substitute member of congress. iii. 256-8, 279, 292, 712, 719-20. In '35 he was the founder of Sonoma, being made com. mil. and director of colonization on the northern frontier, engaging also in Ind. campaigns. iii. 286-7, 294, 354, 360, 363, 721-3; and from this time was indefatigable in his efforts to promote the settlement and development of the north, efforts that were none the less praiseworthy because they tended to advance his own personal interests. From '35 he was the most independent and in some respects the most powerful man in Cal. The year '36 brought new advancemeut, for though Lieut V. took no active part in the revolution, yet after the first success had been achieved, such was the weight of his name, that under Alvarado's new govt he was made comandante general of Cal., taking the office on Nov. 29th, and was advanced to the rank of colonel by the Cal, authorities; and in the sectional strife of '37-9, though not per- sonally taking part in mil. operations, he had more influence than any other man in sustaining Alvarado, being advanced by the Mex. govt in '38 to the rank of capt. of the comp. and colonel of defensores, his position as com- andante militar being recognized by Mex. from '39. iii. 423, 429-30, 440-3, 456-7, 471-4, 488-9, 511-14, 523-5, 531-4, 541-4, 546-7, 561-2, 567, 570,-4, 579-83, 590-2, 594, 670, 718; iv. 47, 67, 70-4, 86-7, 145. The new admin.
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being fully established, Gen. V. gave his attention not only to the develop- ment of his frontera del norte, but to an attempted reorganization of the presidial companies in anticipation of foreign invasion, and to the commercial interests of Cal .; but insuperable obstacles were encountered, the general's views being in some respects extravagant, the powers at Mont. not being in sympathy with his reforms, and a quarrel with Alvarado being the result. Meanwhile no man's name is more prominent in the annals of '39-42, space permitting special reference here only to his relations with Sutter and with the Russians. iii. 595-604; iv. 11-12, 61, 92, 121, 128-9, 133-4, 165, 171-8, 196, 198-206, 208, 213-14, 218-20, 237-9, 249-52, 273-3. After several years of controversy with the gov., and large sacrifices of private means in fruitless efforts to serve his country, the general induced the Mex. govt to unite the inil. and civil commands in one officer from abroad, and turned over his command to Micheltorena in '42. There is no foundation for the current charge that he sought the governorship and overreached himself. Under the new admin. he was promoted to lieut-colonel and made com. mil. of the linea del norte, his jurisdiction extending sonth to Sta Ines. iv. 281-93, 312-17, 338. In '43 he was granted the Soscol rancho for supplies furnished the govt, his grant of Petaluma being extended; and was engaged in '43-4 not only in his routine duties and efforts for progress, but in minor controversies with Micheltorena, Mercado, and Sutter. iv. 351-3, 356-7, 373, 386-8, 396, 402, 407-8, 423, 444-5, 672, 674. From this time the general clearly foresaw the fate of his country, and became more and more satisfied with the prospects, though still conscientiously performing his duties as a Mex. officer. In the movement against Micheltorena in '44-5 he decided to remain neutral, un- willing and believing it unnecessary to act against a ruler appointed through his influence, and still less disposed to engage in a campaign, the expense of which he would have to bear, in support of a treacherous governor; but he discharged his soldiers to take sides as they chose, and warmly protested against Sutter's villany in arming foreigners and Ind. against his country, the only phase of the affair likely to give a serious aspect to the expulsion of the cholos. Meanwhile he was a faithful friend to the immigrants. iv. 459-60, 462-5, 481-2, 486, 516, 519, 530, 561, 603, 608. In the spring of '46 he was an open friend of the U.S. as against the schemes for an English protecto- rate, though his famons speech on that subject must be regarded as purely imaginary. v. 17, 28, 36, 41, 43, 46, 59-63, 66, 105-6; and in June-Aug., perhaps because of his devotion to the eanse of the U.S. in its more legit- imate form, he was cast into prison at Sutter's fort by the Bears, being rather tardily released by the U. S. authorities, and even awarded some slight honors, and a considerable amount of his 'Cal. claim' being later allowed as partial recompense for his losses. v. 111-21, 123-6, 157, 297-300. 407-8. Commissions of brevet colonel and colonel were issued to him in Mex. in July and Sept. Still mindful of the interests of his section, he gave the site on which Benicia was founded, the town being named for his wife. v. 670-1; and in '47 he received the appointments of legislative councillor and Ind. agent. v. 433, 539, 568, 610, 667-8. In '49 Vallejo was a member of the constit. convention, in '50 a member of the Ist state senate; from that time he was engaged in brilliant and financially disastrous schemes to make Benicia the permanent capital of Cal., of which more will be found in vol. vi. of this work; and in '52 et seq. the claimant for several ranchos, with varying success. In later years Gen. V. has continued to reside at Sonoma to 'S5, often called upon to take part in public affairs, though reduced financially to what, in comparison with the wealth that once seemed seeure in his grasp, must seem like poverty. That he has been from 1830 one of the leading figures in Cal. annals is clearly shown in the records to which I have referred above; and in connection with the narrative thus referred to will be found much of comment on his acts and character. IIere it must suffice to say that without by any means having approved his course in every ease, I have found none among the Californians whose public record in respect of honorable conduct, patriotie zeal, executive ability, and freedom from petty prejudices of race, religion, or sectional poli-
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