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CHAPTER XVI.

GUTIERREZ, CASTRO, AND ALVARADO REVOLUTION.
1836.

SECOND RULE OF GUTIERREZ His POLICY AND CHARACTER VAGUE CHARGES QUARREL WITH THE DIPUTACION POPULAR FEELING CAUSES or REVOLT JUAN B. ALVARADO REVENUE QUARREL ANOTHER VERSION- PREPARATIONS AT SAN JUAN CALIFORNIANS IN ARMS GRAHAM S RIFLEMEN SIEGE OF MONTEREY DOCUMENTARY RECORD SURRENDER THE MEXICANS EXILED BIOGRAPHY GUTIERREZ CASTILLO NEGRETE HERRERA MUNOZ NAVARRETE THE ESTRADAS RULE OF JOSE CASTRO PLAN OF CONDITIONAL INDEPENDENCE LONE-STAR FLAG THE DIPUTACION AS A CONSTITUENT CONGRESS VALLEJO AS COMANDANTE GENERAL REVENUE Civic MILITIA ALVARADO AS GOVERNOR DIVISION OF THE STATE COMMERCE THE NEW REGIME AFFAIRS IN THE NORTH.

GOVERNOR CHICO, frightened away from California at the end of July, had left both civil and military commands, in accordance with the laws though against the wishes of the diputacion, to Nicolas Gutierrez, who was at the time acting as military commandant of the south, and who did not reach the capital for more than a month. Meanwhile I suppose that Captain Zamorano was acting as representative of the governor's authority at Monterey, being comandante of the post, at least until August 8th, when Captain Muñoz arrived from the south with the reënforcements ordered by Chico, and possibly assumed the command by virtue of his seniority in rank. I have, however, no record of any act of authority exercised by either of those officers. Gutierrez arrived the 6th of September.^[1]

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1. Dates of arrival of Muñoz and Gutierrez fixed by Gomez, Diario, MS. Aug. 14th, alcalde of S. Diego reports that all is tranquil. Aug. 17th, Gutierrez