saries and parties of soldiers who are
treating them with the greatest gentleness and humanity. In the
month of June, last, 18 of all ages and sexes came back to their
ministers. In the following December the corporal of the guard
of San Jose brought in 33 who wished to remain there [Mission
San Jose], as they had agreed with the Father President, because
of the horror with which they regard the Mission of San
Francisco.

A year later there was another attack on these unfortunate people. In a
letter dated at San Francisco, May 20, 1800, the commander, Arguello,
wrote to Governor Arrillaga (Bancroft Trans., Prov. St. Pap., XVIII:
32-33) that, in conformity with orders to investigate the murder of two
Christian Indians at Mission San Jose, Sergeant Amador went out with a
large party to the "sierra." In another letter of Alberni to Governor
Arrillaga, Monterey, July 2, 1800 (Bancroft Trans., Prov. St. Pap.,
XVIII: 33-34), the people concerned are described as "the Gentiles of
San Jose called Sacalanes, who were committing depredations." Amador's
own account, dated May 14, 1800, at San Francisco, is contained in
another transcript (Bancroft Trans., Prov. St. Pap., Ben. Mil., XXVIII:
130-132). It reads thus:

Left Santa Clara on the 7th--arrived at the location of the
rancheria he sought. It was not there--it had been moved. On the
9th they found it. The Indians fled to the sierra from which
they threatened, but did not attack. With the best horses a few
of the warriors were caught. To hold on to them sword and lance
had to be employed and a captain was killed. Then the expedition
retired from the rancheria, and waited about three hours to be
sure that the Indians were not going to attack, for it was not
easy to reach the spot where they were.

The expedition descended to the plains of San Jose [probably the
western end of the Livermore Valley], where it awaited the
corporal and four soldiers sent to take the 10 captive Indians
to the garrison at San Jose.

At 3:00 p.m. on the 10th the corporal and four men returned.
They traveled all night to reach the rancherias.

The 11th he fell upon the seven rancherias to gather up the 21
Christians who were delivered by the chiefs. None of the
Gentiles wanted to be made a Christian. In two of the rancherias
the Gentiles almost took up arms.... The 12th the expedition
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