Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . mself by shooting down three Spanish Cali-fornians in retaliation for the killing of two ofthe revolutionaries, he spiked ten cannon in theold Presidio of San Francisco, took the Coman-dante of the fort prisoner, and made his way toNew Helvetia. On his arrival, having received word thatCommodore Sloat had hoisted the American flagand taken possession of Monterey on July 7th,1846, Fremont promptly followed suit at NewHelvetia, and at the same time severed his con-nection with the Bear Flag Republic of Cali-fornia. Reaching Monterey, Commodore Stoc
Santa Barbara and Montecito, past and present . mself by shooting down three Spanish Cali-fornians in retaliation for the killing of two ofthe revolutionaries, he spiked ten cannon in theold Presidio of San Francisco, took the Coman-dante of the fort prisoner, and made his way toNew Helvetia. On his arrival, having received word thatCommodore Sloat had hoisted the American flagand taken possession of Monterey on July 7th,1846, Fremont promptly followed suit at NewHelvetia, and at the same time severed his con-nection with the Bear Flag Republic of Cali-fornia. Reaching Monterey, Commodore Stock-ton, who succeeded Sloat on July 23rd, accepteda tender of services from Fremont and his men,and appointed him Major of the newly formedCalifornia Battalion of Mounted Riflemen,which included scouts and Bear Flag revolu-tionaries. This command embarked for SanDiego, and Stockton sailed for San Pedro, wherehe landed his forces. General Castro and Gov-ernor Pio Pico made a show of defence, but onthe approach of Fremont and Stockton, who had 86. SANTA BARBARA joined forces, fled, and on August 13, Los Ange-les was occupied. Learning a few days afterwards that war hadactually broken out between the United Statesand Mexico, Stockton immediately declaredCalifornia to be United States territory, and set-tled matters by placing the whole country undermartial law and appointed Fremont its militarygovernor. The picturesque appearance of Fremonts ir-regular cavalry has been frequently commentedon, and its visit to Santa Barbara when Fremontwas on his way North to enroll recruits, is stillremembered by one or two of the few remainingBarbarenos of that time. They state that Fre-monts force was composed of fierce lookingfrontier trappers dressed in buckskin, many ofthem Indians, armed with rifles, bowie knivesand revolvers, and mounted on wild lookinghorses. They encamped three blocks west ofState on Carrillo Street, and Fremont made hisheadquarters at the corner of State and East Car-rill
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