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Colonial Expeditions to the Interior of California Central Valley, 1800-1820

V. Exploration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, 1810-1813 258 Father Viader's first trip 258 Father Viader's second trip 259 Father Ramon Abella's expedition, 1811 260 Jose Arguello's attack on an Indian village, 1813 265

Chapters

1. Volume 16, No. 6, pp. 239-292

V. Exploration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, 1810-1813 258 Father Viader's first trip 258 Father Viader's second trip 259 Father Ramon Abella's expedition, 1811 260 Jose...

6. CHAPTER V

[1] The route ran from Mission San Jose to Sunol, Dublin, Walnut Creek, and to the northeast edge of the plain between Martinez and Port Chicago. Viader's leagues are short. By...

7. CHAPTER VI

[1] Ortega gives no distances and the route appears to have been very devious. Hence it is possible to locate the expedition at those points only which are specifically named. C...

4. CHAPTER III

[1] On July 20 the party went from Santa Ynez Mission north to Jonatas, at Las Olivas, then to Saca on Alamo Pintado Cr. The next village, Olomosong, was probably on the Sisquoc...

2. CHAPTER I

[2] "Capeador," from "capear." Literally "to steal the cape"--a bullfighting expression. By extension, to divert with lies and subterfuge. May be translated as "liar," "cheat,"...

8. CHAPTER VII

[1] Bancroft, in his Pioneer Register (1884-1890, IV: 777), says that Jose Dolores Pico was sergeant of his company from 1811, and was wounded on an expedition in 1815. In the P...

5. CHAPTER IV

[3] According to Cutter, Muscupian was the same as Moscopiabit of Zalvidea, in the vicinity of Cajon Pass. Mavialla may have been as far east as the San Bernardino Mts.

3. CHAPTER II

[1] The account is incomplete and there are discrepancies. Evidently there was some untoward incident, since the expedition returned with only two Christians in addition to Guch...