José Antonio Carrillo

José Antonio Carrillo

Captain José Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo (1796-1862) was a Californio rancher, officer, and politician in the early years of California. He was the son of the Spanish "Criollo" José Raimundo Carrillo, and brother of Carlos Antonio Carrillo, governor of Alta California, himself serving three non-consecutive terms as "comandante" (mayor) of Los Angeles between 1826 and 1834.

Mexican American War

During the Siege of Los Angeles, Carrillo, along with Captain José Mariá Flores and Andres Pico, formed a militia to defend Alta California during the Mexican-American War.

Carrillo distinguished himself by leading fifty Californio Lancers to victory at the Battle of Dominguez Rancho against 203 United States Marines, killing 14, and wounding several others, while not suffering a single casualty. The Americans, under the command of US Navy Captain William Mervine, were forced to retreat from what's presently Carson, to San Pedro Bay. Commodore Robert F. Stockton, leader of the US Pacific Naval Fleet, was so taken aback by the strong resistance of the Californios that he immediately set sail for San Diego to regroup.

Two months later, Stockton rescued US Army General Stephen W. Kearny's surrounded forces after the Battle of San Pascual, and with their combined, re-supplied force, they moved northward from San Diego, entering the Los Angeles area on January 8, 1847, linking up with John C. Frémont's Bear Flag battalion.

With American forces totaling 660 soldiers and marines, they fought 150 Californios, led by José Mariá Flores, with Carrillo second in command, in the Battle of Rio San Gabriel, the next day, January 9, 1847, they fought the Battle of La Mesa. On January 12, 1847, the last significant body of Californios surrendered to American forces. That marked the end of the war in California. On January 13, 1847, Carrillo, acting as a commissioner for Mexico, drafted in English and Spanish the Treaty of Cahuenga, and was present at the signing.

Political Activities

In 1836, Juan Bandini, a prominent political official who supported the American cause, was back in the revolution-making business - this time in opposition to Governor Juan Bautista Alvarado. Carrillo returned from his post as territorial congressman in Mexico with the news that his brother, Carlos, had been appointed governor of Alta California to replace Alvarado, and that the capital had been changed from Monterey to Los Angeles.

Reputation

He was a man of remarkable natural abilities for the most part, slight modifications in the conditions and his character might have made him the foremost of Californians. None excelled him in intrigue, and he was never without a plot on hand. A gambler, of questionable habits, and utterly careless in his associations, he yet never lost the privilege of associating with the best or the power of winning their friendship. There was nothing he would not do to oblige a friend or get the better of a foe; and there were few of any note who were not at one time or another both his foes and friends. No Californian could drink so much brandy as he with so little effect. A man of fine appearance and iron constitution; of generous impulses, one of the few original and prominent characters in early California.

References

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*cite journal | url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journal/73fall/sanpasqual.htm | title=Viva Los Californios! The Battle of San Pasqual | publisher=Journal of San Diego History | volume=v.19 | issue=no.4 | author=Sally Cavell JohnsFall | month=Fall | year=1973 | accessdate=2007-06-02

*cite book | last=Smythe | first=William E. | url=http://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/carrillo/jacarrillo.htm | title=History of San Diego | chapter=part II, chapter VI|location=San Diego, CA | publisher=San Diego | year=1908 | oclc=13983342

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