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

by Sherburne Friend Cook

University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles
California

Cambridge University Press
London, England

Manufactured in the United States of America

CONTENTS

		Page
	[Introduction]	239
I.	[Early expeditions, 1776-1803]	241
	[Excerpts from official correspondence]	241
	[Hermenegildo Sal’s expedition, 1796]	241
II.	[Expeditions, 1804-1805]	243
	[Father Martin’s visit to Cholam, 1804]	243
	[Father Martin’s visit to Bubal, 1805]	243
	[Expedition of Second Lieutenant Luís Argüello, 1805]	244
III.	[Expeditions by Zalvidea and Moraga, 1806-1807]	245
	[Father Zalvidea’s expedition, 1806]	245
	[Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga’s expedition, 1806]	247
	[Reminiscences of Mexican pioneers]	254
IV.	[José Palomares’ expedition to the Tulares, 1808]	256
V.	[Exploration of the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta, 1810-1813]	258
	[Father Viader’s first trip]	258
	[Father Viader’s second trip]	259
	[Father Ramón Abella’s expedition, 1811]	260
	[José Argüello’s attack on an Indian village, 1813]	265
VI.	[Expeditions, 1815-1820]	267
	[Ortega’s expedition to Kings River and Tulare Lake, 1815]	267
	[Father Martinez’ expedition]	271
	[Minor sorties]	273
	[Expedition to the delta, 1817]	273
VII.	[Minor raids and forays, 1810-1820]	280
	[Notes]	282
	[Bibliography]	291

COLONIAL EXPEDITIONS
TO THE INTERIOR OF CALIFORNIA

CENTRAL VALLEY, 1800-1820

BY
S. F. COOK

INTRODUCTION

The general anthropology and history of the California natives has been exhaustively studied, in particular their archaeology and ethnography. Much is also known concerning the vicissitudes of their existence since the coming of the white man. The mission experience has been thoroughly explored and is admirably documented. The period of the Mexican War and the gold rush has been the subject of hundreds of books and articles.