It may be Vallejo. I think he suggested a flag for the new state of
California that would be a number of vaqueros lassoing a bear
(the symbol of the Bear Flag Republic). He may well have also collected
such sources - it sounds familiar but I can not think of any source.
At 03:02 PM 11/15/2005, you wrote:
>--Apologies for cross-posting--
>
> Hi all--
>
> I seem to remember reading a first-hand account/quote/comment by a
> Californio regarding the distortion of truth by American historians like
> Bancroft and his assistants re the collection and publication of the
> testimonios from 130 (?) or so from still living residents in the 1880s+.
>
> I can't find the exact reference in my Endnote files--I think perhaps
> it was Mariano Vallejo? The gist of the comment was that Americans were
> telling lies/untruths about the lives of the Californios and they wanted
> to set the record straight. It might even have been pre-Bancroft's
> collections, i.e. a reason to tell their story to Bancroft et al?
>
> Does this ring a bell for anyone?
>
> Many thanks,
> Cheryl Lintner
>
>
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