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CAPTURE OF SOUTHERNERS.

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known the flight of the garrison during the night. The fugitives, or such of them as kept together, were easily overtaken by the horsemen near Saticoy on March 28th. Castañeda and a few of his officers were sent under arrest to Santa Bárbara, and perhaps to Santa Inés. Nearly all the Californians state that after the occupation Castro found concealed in the mission church certain other men of some prominence, who were sent north with the other prisoners. There is a general agreement that Andrés Pico, Alcalde Luis Arenas, and Ignacio Palomares were of this number.^[1] There are no contemporary records respecting any of the prominent prisoners, nor the circumstances and length of their captivity.^[2]

Escaping fugitives, who seem to have met on the way Pio Pico at the head of a small reënforcement,

↑ Others named, most of them and perhaps all incorrectly, are J. A. Carrillo, Gil Ibarra, Manuel Requena, Manuel Alva, Ignacio del Valle, and José Ramirez. Yorba, Alvarado, and Sepúlveda (see note 21) were probably of the number found in the church. Arenas was at Sta Inés on April 6th, giving testimony on that day against Carrillo. Dept. St. Pap., MS., xviii. 13-14.
↑ Botello, Anales, MS., 52-63, was one who ran away from the mission with the rest, and unlike the rest escaped to carry the news to Carrillo. José Carrillo, son of D. Cárlos, also escaped, but was re-arrested at Sta Ana. Botello notes some suspicious actions on the part of Castañeda, which seem unimportant. Alvarado, Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 36-41, testifies that the New Mexicans had been promised all the mares at S. Fernando for their services, and were therefore known as Yegueros. Osio, Hist. Cal., MS., 385-90, puts Tobar in command instead of Castañeda, states that the garrison did not succeed in escaping from the mission, and describes some of the abuse shown by Alvarado when drunk to the prisoners at Sta Inés. Salvador Vallejo, Notas Históricas, MS., 75-80, gives one of the most absurdly inaccurate narratives of the affair extant. García, Hechos, MS., 86-92, claims to have been sent to S. Luis Obispo with the prisoners, who he says were soon set at liberty. Pinto, Apuntaciones, MS., 34-7, aided in capturing Andrés Pico and the rest, who were hidden under the sacred vestments, etc., in the sacristy. He says Castro at first threatened to shoot Surgeon Alva. Gonzalez, Experiencias, MS., 35-6, says that only a few volleys were fired. Mrs Ord, Ocurrencias, MS., 110-11, heard the firing all day at Sta Bárbara. Pio Pico, Hist. Cal., MS., 63, and Ávila, Notas, MS., 21-2, narrate that Pico with 20 men on his way to join Castañeda met some of the fugitives at Sta Clara River. Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 22-3, as well as Botello, mentions José Carrillo's arrest. An account of these events, dated March 30th, was published in the Honolulu S. I. Gazette, May 5, 1838. In it Castro is said to have made several arrests on his first arrival at Sta Bárbara, including that of D. Pedro Carrillo. Farnham, Life in Cal., 294-8, evidently used the version in the Gazette, and added to it in his usual 'opera bouffe' style of writing history. Brief narratives also in Valdés, Mem., MS., 27-9; Forster's Pioneer Data, MS., 14-15; Castro, Relacion, MS., 41-5; Arce, Mem., MS., 13-15.

[1] Others named, most of them and perhaps all incorrectly, are J. A. Carrillo, Gil Ibarra, Manuel Requena, Manuel Alva, Ignacio del Valle, and José Ramirez. Yorba, Alvarado, and Sepúlveda (see note 21) were probably of the number found in the church. Arenas was at Sta Inés on April 6th, giving testimony on that day against Carrillo. Dept. St. Pap., MS., xviii. 13-14.

[2] Botello, Anales, MS., 52-63, was one who ran away from the mission with the rest, and unlike the rest escaped to carry the news to Carrillo. José Carrillo, son of D. Cárlos, also escaped, but was re-arrested at Sta Ana. Botello notes some suspicious actions on the part of Castañeda, which seem unimportant. Alvarado, Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 36-41, testifies that the New Mexicans had been promised all the mares at S. Fernando for their services, and were therefore known as Yegueros. Osio, Hist. Cal., MS., 385-90, puts Tobar in command instead of Castañeda, states that the garrison did not succeed in escaping from the mission, and describes some of the abuse shown by Alvarado when drunk to the prisoners at Sta Inés. Salvador Vallejo, Notas Históricas, MS., 75-80, gives one of the most absurdly inaccurate narratives of the affair extant. García, Hechos, MS., 86-92, claims to have been sent to S. Luis Obispo with the prisoners, who he says were soon set at liberty. Pinto, Apuntaciones, MS., 34-7, aided in capturing Andrés Pico and the rest, who were hidden under the sacred vestments, etc., in the sacristy. He says Castro at first threatened to shoot Surgeon Alva. Gonzalez, Experiencias, MS., 35-6, says that only a few volleys were fired. Mrs Ord, Ocurrencias, MS., 110-11, heard the firing all day at Sta Bárbara. Pio Pico, Hist. Cal., MS., 63, and Ávila, Notas, MS., 21-2, narrate that Pico with 20 men on his way to join Castañeda met some of the fugitives at Sta Clara River. Valle, Lo Pasado, MS., 22-3, as well as Botello, mentions José Carrillo's arrest. An account of these events, dated March 30th, was published in the Honolulu S. I. Gazette, May 5, 1838. In it Castro is said to have made several arrests on his first arrival at Sta Bárbara, including that of D. Pedro Carrillo. Farnham, Life in Cal., 294-8, evidently used the version in the Gazette, and added to it in his usual 'opera bouffe' style of writing history. Brief narratives also in Valdés, Mem., MS., 27-9; Forster's Pioneer Data, MS., 14-15; Castro, Relacion, MS., 41-5; Arce, Mem., MS., 13-15.

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