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Copy of the statement rendered by the alcalde of Tucson, relative to the introduction of American beaver hunters to the Rio
Gila : Hermosillo, Mexico, 1911 Jan. 11.
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Copy of the statement rendered by the alcalde of Tucson, relative to the introduction of American beaver hunters to the Rio Gila: Hermosillo, Mexico, 1911 Jan. 11Creator/Contributor:
Pacheco, Ignacio.Abstract:
Typescript English translations, with numerous manuscript corrections, of original Spanish language documents concerning the
presence of American beaver traders along the Gila River in 1826. They include a general statement of findings (4 p.) by the
mayor of Tucson [Arizona], Ignacio Pacheco, and related correspondence (3 p.). The original report is located in the archives
of the state of Sonora at Hermosillo (Book 42, Number 7, 1826).
Date:
1911 (issued)Subject:
n-us-az -- n-us-nm -- n-mx---Beaver trapping -- Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Fur trade -- Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Fur traders -- Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Castors -- Piégeage -- Gila (N.-M. et Ariz. : Rivière)
Fourrures -- Commerce -- Gila (N.-M. et Ariz. : Rivière)
Coureurs de bois -- Gila (N.-M. et Ariz. : Rivière)
Beaver trapping
Fur trade
Fur traders
Mexico -- History -- 19th century
Tucson (Ariz.)
Gila River (N.M. and Ariz.)
Mexique -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
Gila (N.-M. et Ariz. : Rivière)
Arizona -- Tucson
Mexico
United States -- Gila River
Pacheco, Ignacio
St. Vrain, Ceran -- 1802-1870
Pacheco, Ignacio
St. Vrain, Ceran -- 1802-1870
Note:
Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.
In early November 1826, Ignacio Pacheco, the mayor of Tucson, reported that "the Gila Pimas, represented by a village governor
and two of his men, arrived at this presidio with news of sixteen foreigners bearing arms along the banks of their river."
The foreigners Pacheco referred to were a group of Anglo American trappers led by Ceran St. Vrain and William Sherley Williams,
better known to his fellow mountain men as Old Bill.
Preferred citation: Copy of the statement rendered by the alcalde of Tucson, relative to the introduction of American beaver
hunters to the Rio Gila : Hermosillo, Mexico, 1911 Jan. 11, BANC MSS 2010/82, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Archives of the State of Sonora at Hermosillo (Book 42, Number 7, 1826).
In English.
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History.Physical Description:
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1 folder.
Language:
English
Spanish