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THE CARRILLO CONSPIRACY.

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and taken to Monterey to be released; Gonzalez was brought as a prisoner to Angeles, and perhaps even sent to Sonoma; and finally, in May of the next year, the Carrillos were officially vindicated from all accusations, and restored to 'good reputation and fame.' It seems unnecessary to notice in detail the documents in the case, though they contain much that is amusing, if not very instructive.^[1]

↑ Over 50 communications on the Carrillo-Gonzalez conspiracy. Dept. St. Pap., MS., v. 20-44; xviii, 62-3; Id., Angeles, i. 21-6, 38; iii. 19-40, 53, 57; xii. 36-7, 63; Id., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., i. 13; iv. 5; vi. 73-7; Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 21-3; xiii. 33; S. Diego, Arch., MS., 258, 285; Vallejo, Doc., MS., ix. 223; xxxiii. 139; Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 1066; Hayes, Doc., MS., 136. Carrillo's trip to Monterey as a prisoner was made from Sept. 27th to Oct. 7th. Gonzalez was a sergeant of the frontier garrison of Lower Cal., and very influential with the Indians. He had left his post in 1837 for the north, Vallejo, Doc. Hist. Mex., MS., i. 74, being an order for his return, and had been engaged in the plots of Bandini and Zamorano, According to Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., xi. 125, he was arrested and sent to Sonoma in Dec. 1840.

[1] Over 50 communications on the Carrillo-Gonzalez conspiracy. Dept. St. Pap., MS., v. 20-44; xviii, 62-3; Id., Angeles, i. 21-6, 38; iii. 19-40, 53, 57; xii. 36-7, 63; Id., Ben. Pref. y Juzg., i. 13; iv. 5; vi. 73-7; Dept. Rec., MS., xi. 21-3; xiii. 33; S. Diego, Arch., MS., 258, 285; Vallejo, Doc., MS., ix. 223; xxxiii. 139; Doc. Hist. Cal., MS., iv. 1066; Hayes, Doc., MS., 136. Carrillo's trip to Monterey as a prisoner was made from Sept. 27th to Oct. 7th. Gonzalez was a sergeant of the frontier garrison of Lower Cal., and very influential with the Indians. He had left his post in 1837 for the north, Vallejo, Doc. Hist. Mex., MS., i. 74, being an order for his return, and had been engaged in the plots of Bandini and Zamorano, According to Dept. St. Pap., Ang., MS., xi. 125, he was arrested and sent to Sonoma in Dec. 1840.

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