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Title: The works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 1832-1918
Subjects: Indians of North America Indians of North America Indians of Central America
Publisher: San Francisco, A.L. Bancroft & Co.
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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s were suspended, a blockade beingdecided upon. New fears arose, however, from theunexpected appearance on the northern border at theclose of 1846, of a large expedition under GeneralKearney, which crossed from New Mexico to AJtaCalifornia, through Tucson, this place being tempor-arily occupied. Preparations for defence wTere, there-fore, continued, and the legislature joined in the effortby granting the governor extraordinary powers, call-ing out the militia, and forming an arrangement withthe adjoining states for mutual aid. Subsequently allable-bodied Sonorans were summoned to take uparms,55 an appeal to which more than 1,000 men re-sponded within the day. 54 Iris Espan., Nov. 11,1846. 55 By decree of April 22, 1847. Sonorense,, Jan.-June, passim; Pinart, Doc.8m., iii. 323, iv. 2, no. 824 et seq.; Son. Ley. Varios , 9. An appeal fromCalifornia received official attention. The bishop joined in stirring up thepeople. Economista, July 7, 1847. 666 SONORA AND SINALOA AS SEPARATE STATES
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New Map of Sonoka FOREIGN VESSELS. 667 Little could be done to strengthen the frontier,when all available troops were demanded for activeoperations in the centre and north-east of the invadedrepublic. While the presidio seemed protected bythe wilderness beyond, the coast lay exposed to athreatening squadron. Attention was, therefore,mainly directed to fortifying Guaymas, as the port ofthe state; to which end the garrison was increased inMarch to four hundred men; a fort was constructedon Casa Blanca hill, and additional guns weremounted.66 On October 16, 1847, the frigate Congress, CaptainLavallette, appeared before Guaymas, followed bythe sloop of war Portsmouth and the prize brig Argo^from which a thirty-two pounder and some smaller armswere landed on Almagre island and another pointunder cover of night. This accomplished, a summonsfor surrender was made on the 19th, and Command-ant Campuzano refusing, fire was opened on the fol-lowing morning with such effect that in less than anho

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