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COLONIAL EXPEDITIONS TO THE INTERIOR OF CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY, 1800-1820

by

S. F. COOK

Anthropological Records Vol. 16, No. 6

University Of California Publications Anthropological Records Editors (Berkeley): J. H. Rowe, R. F. Heizer, R. F. Murphy, E. Norbeck Volume 16, No. 6, pp. 239-292 Submitted by editors June 18, 1958 Issued May 27, 1960 Price, $1.50

University of California Press Berkeley and Los Angeles California

Cambridge University Press London, England

Manufactured in the United States of America

CONTENTS

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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 Luis Arguello, 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. Jose 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 Ramon Abella's expedition, 1811 260
Jose Arguello'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