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José Antonio Roméu (1742? – 1792) was governor of Las Californias from 1791 to 1792. While serving as a Soldier in the Spanish army in 1782, José Antonio Roméu led a retaliatory action after the Quechan Yuma Massacre of 1781. In 1781, the Yuma tribe attacked and damaged the Spanish Arizona mission settlements of San Pedro y San Pablo de Bicuñer and Puerto de Purísima Concepción, killing Lieutenant Governor Fernando Rivera, the mission Father of the Arizona mission, and others. Roméu was the military leader on this action against the tribe. The Spanish were unable to defeat the Yuma, and the tribe remained in control of the land for the following seventy years. The event closed the Anza Trail, crippling the overland population growth of the Yum colony. Governor Pedro Fages step down, at his request, as governor and departed Monterey, California in April of 1791. Monterey was the first capital of Alta California starting in 1777 for both Spain. (also later for Mexico till 1846. Thus, Monterey also served as the main port of entry into California.〔(city-data.com Capitals of California )〕 Now in 1791 José Antonio Roméu was at the rank of Lieutenant colonel, he was asked to replace Fages. Roméu, his wife Doña Josefa, and daughter first travel to Loreto, Baja California Sur arriving on March 17, 1791. In Baja his health turn poor. He had chest pains that caused difficulty sleeping and indigestion. Roméu arrived at the capital in 1791, he was very ill and just able to do his job. He led in a time of peace and worked well with the Spanish missions in California and Franciscan padres. During Roméu's tenure as governor, two missions were founded: Mission Santa Cruz (August 28, 1791) and Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (October 9, 1791). By March of 1792 he was bed ridden. He served just one year before passing away. Roméu died in office on April 9, 1792. His funeral and burial interment was at Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo. In October of 1792 his wife and daughter return to Mexico.〔(athanasius.com Santa Cruz )〕〔Upper California. pt. I. General history, page 456, By Zephyrin Engelhardt〕 ==See also== * New Spain * Las Californias * Baja California * History of California through 1899 * List of pre-statehood governors of California 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「José Antonio Roméu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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