E-text prepared by Colin Bell, René Anderson Benitz, Joseph Cooper, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) 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 Page 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 Luís Argüello, 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. José 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 Ramón Abella's expedition, 1811 260 José Argüello'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 INTRODUCTION