their companions had been at San Diego.[1] They also started northward before the end of the year, their destination being San Francisco Solano, though we have but little information respecting their exact movements at this time. Of the reception accorded to the directors, of the obstacles encountered by Híjar and Padrés, and of some rather interesting political complications, I shall speak in the following chapter.[2]
- ↑ The date of arrival is given in Figueroa, Manifiesto, 8. Sept. 26th, Padrés announced his arrival with 120 colonists, who intended to settle north of S. Francisco Bay. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Com. and Treas., MS., iii. 43-4. On Sept. 12th, a demand for grain had been sent to Sta Cruz in expectation that the vessels would arrive in a few days. Sta Cruz Rec., MS., 22. Coronel, Cosas, MS., 9-10, says that the inhabitants vied with each other in their kindness and hospitality to the strangers. Alvarado, Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 230-2, tells us that Padrés, 'factotum, monopolizador general, y consejero supremo,' was at first warmly welcomed by his old friends and partisans, of whom the writer was one. He tells also an absurd story of a mortifying incident that occurred. Two ladies came off in the boat with Padrés, expecting to see nobody in Cal. except soldiers, friars, convicts closely guarded, and Indians ready to become their servants. As they drew near the shore, they beheld two beautiful and well-clad ladies of Monterey in the crowd awaiting them, and said, 'Sr Padrés, how is it possible that these girls can be our servants? We look as much like servants as they.' Padrés bit his lip, and the ladies insisted on returning to the ship to 'dress up' before landing. Nov. 1st, a ball was given, partly in honor of the colonists, and partly of the diputacion. Earliest Printing in Cal. Dec. 13th the Morelos was still in port. Manso in command; Lieutenants Valle, Anaya, and Azcona; 2 'aspirantes,' 3 mates, 2 mechanics, 7 gunners, and 7 boys. Dept. St. Pap., Ben. Mil., MS., lxxix. 85.
- ↑ My statements of Californians on the Híjar and Padrés colony, in addition to documentary authorities, are the following, the same being cited on particular phases of the subject only for special reasons: Janssens, Vida, MS., 7-59; Coronel, Cosas, MS., 1-17; Híjar, Cal. en 1836, MS., 2-11, 59-62, 108-12; Serrano, Apuntes, MS., 1-12, 24-7; Ábrego, in Vallejo, Doc., MS., xxxi. 132, and in García, Apunte, append., MS.; Vega, Vida, MS., 8-17; Bandini, Hist., MS., 59-66, 76. The preceding were all written by men who came with the colony; the following by men who with a few exceptions had personal knowledge of the subject: Osio, Hist. Cal., MS., 225-40; Alvarado, Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 223-45; iii. 1-5, 27-33; Vallejo, Hist. Cal., MS., ii. 222-3, 272-4, 306, 309-10, 349-51; Vallejo, Reminis., MS., 43-56; Fernandez, Cosas, MS., 71-86; Pinto, Apunt., MS., 3-6; Pico, Acont., MS., 25-6; Machado, Tiempos Pasados, MS., 30-1; Galindo, Apuntes, MS., 28-31; Botello, Anales, MS., 15-17, 176; Ord, Ocurrencias, MS., 63-8; Gomez, Lo que Sabe, MS., 375-9; Larios, Convulsiones, MS., 13-14; Ávila, Notas, MS., 10-11; Pico, Hist. Cal., MS., 49-55; Espinosa, Apuntes, MS., 1-2; Torre, Remin., MS., 48; Amador, Mem., MS., 138-42; Gonzalez, Revol., MS., 4-6; Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 11-14; Castro, Rel., MS., 31-5; Arce, Mem., MS., 3-5: Marsh's Letter, MS., 5-6; Brown's Statement, MS., 9-10; Green's Life and Adven., MS., 29.
The printed mentions of the subject are found in Figueroa, Manifiesto; Forbes, Hist., 142-5; Wilkes' Narr., v. 174; Petit-Thouars, Voy, ii. 89; Mofras, Explor., i. 295-6; San Miguel, La Repub. Mex., Parte Ecles., 18-21; Rosa, Ensayo, 30-1; Randolph's Oration; Payno in Revista Científica, i. 83; Robinson's Life in Cal., 161-7; Tuthill's Hist. Cal., 136-9; Ferry, Californie, 18-19; Mora, Otras Sueltas, i. cclviii.-ix.
