User:Jcayala97/José Francisco Ortega/Bibliography


 * Carrico, Richard L. “Portolá’s 1769 Expedition and Coastal Native Villages of San Diego County.” The Journal of California Anthropology 4, no. 1 (1977): 30–41. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25748329.

This is an article that has been published from a reputable journal, so it should be reliable.


 * Carrico, Richard L. "Spanish Crime and Punishment: The Native American Experience in Colonial San Diego, 1769-1830." W. Legal Hist. 3 (1990): 21.

This source comes from a peer-reviewed journal and should be used to establish background information for the purposes of the Portola expedition


 * Engstrand, Iris H. W. “The Legal Heritage of Spanish California.” Southern California Quarterly 75, no. 3/4 (1993): 205–36. https://doi.org/10.2307/41171680.

This article comes from a peer-reviewed article so it is a reliable source. It can be used to provide information about Ortega's military service.


 * Evans, Elliot A. P., and David W. Heron. “Isla de Los Angeles: Unique State Park in San Francisco Bay.” California History 66, no. 1 (1987): 24–39. https://doi.org/10.2307/25158426.

This article comes from a peer-reviewed journal. This source would be useful to describe the journey of Jose Francisco Ortega.


 * Janin, Hunt, and Ursula Carlson. The Californios: A History, 1769-1890. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, 2017. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=ip,sso&db=nlebk&AN=1630551&site=ehost-live&scope=site.

This book has been peer-reviewed and would be useful in explaining the way exploration granted by the Spanish crown gave shape to the future of California and how important it was to the Spanish Empire.


 * Panich, Lee, and Schneider, Tsim D., eds. Indigenous Landscapes and Spanish Missions: New Perspectives from Archaeology and Ethnohistory. University of Arizona Press, 2014. Accessed October 10, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central. https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/csupomona/detail.action?docID=3411876&pq-origsite=primo#

This book is peer-reviewed and would be a great source explaining how the establishment of the missions and the ranchos exploited the native people and the rancho which was granted to Ortega was on Chumash land.


 * Sánchez, Joseph P. El Camino Real de California: From Ancient Pathways to Modern Byways. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2019. Accessed September 24, 2022. ProQuest Ebook Central.  https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/csupomona/reader.action?docID=5904518&ppg=159 

This book is peer-reviewed and would be useful in describing the problems that arose during the Portola expedition including getting lost, illness, and starvation.


 * Temple, Tomas W. “Two Letters from Sergeant Jose Francisco Ortega to Governor Felipe de Neve, September 4th and 5th 1781.” The Quarterly: Historical Society of Southern California 22, no. 4 (1940): 120–30. https://doi.org/10.2307/41168951.

This article comes from a peer-reviewed journal and would help to establish a timeline for Ortega's military duty and alll the work he did during that time and during the expedition.


 * Treutlein, Theodore E. “The Portolá Expedition of 1769-1770.” California Historical Society Quarterly 47, no. 4 (1968): 291–313. https://doi.org/10.2307/25154307.

This article comes from a peer-reviewed journal and provides information on the days it took to get to different points along the Portola expedition as well as days when they reached each point, as well as mentioning how Ortega and his men found San Francisco Bay by accident.


 * Whitehead, Richard S. “Alta California’s Four Fortresses.” Southern California Quarterly 65, no. 1 (1983): 67–94. https://doi.org/10.2307/41171020.

This article comes from a peer-reviewed article and provides a quick summary of Ortega's life, including his contention for the governorship for the Californias as well as his flaws.