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Luis Antonio Argüello ((:luˈis anˈtonjo arˈɣweʎo)) (June 21, 1784– March 27, 1830) was the first Californio (native born) governor of Alta California, serving from 1822 to 1825, during Mexican rule of Alta California (1821-1846). Luis Antonio Argüello was the only governor to serve under the First Mexican Empire (of 1821-1823). He also served as acting governor under the subsequent provisional government, which preceded the First Mexican Republic (of 1824–1864). ==Biography== Argüello was born in Yerba Buena (present day San Francisco), Alta California, to José Darío Argüello and Maria Ygnacia Moraga, members of one of the most distinguished and influential families in early California history. His father founded the Pueblo de Los Angeles, and served as Governor of Alta California and later of Baja California. In August, 1806, Argüello succeeded his father as Commandant of California with the rank of lieutenant. In 1821, he launched an exploration of Northern California to investigate the rumors of "Foreigners" setting up a base. This expedition has come to be popularly known as ''The Last Spanish Expedition in California''. Argüello published his expedition diary, titled ''The Diary of Captain Arguello: The Last Spanish Expedition in California, October 17 - November 17, 1821''. A Russian-American_Company while catching sea otters on the northern shores of the San Francisco Bay had commandant Argüello shot a cannon at the trappers' baidarkas, dispersing the Aleut and Alutiiq trappers from the Bay.〔Owens, Kenneth N. ''Frontiersman for the Tsar: Timofei Tarakanov and the Expansion of Russian America.'' Montana: The Magazine of Western History 56, No. 3 (2006), pp. 3-21+93-94.〕 There were numerous sea otter populations to hunt and a lack of Spanish military posts above San Francisco Bay made it hard for Argüello to stop this northern activate, and the possibility of them trading with the Spanish Missions.〔 His brother was Santiago Argüello, who was commandant of the Presidio of San Diego and ''alcalde'' (mayor) of ''Pueblo de San Diego''. His sister Concepción Argüello was noted for her romance with Nikolai Rezanov, a Russian promoter of the colonization of Alaska and California. Argüello and his second wife Maria Soledad Ortega de Argüello inherited his parents Spanish Rancho land grant of 1795 named Rancho de las Pulgas, encompassing present day San Mateo, Belmont, San Carlos, Redwood City, Atherton, and Menlo Park. Though Luis never actually lived there, his widow and children settled there after his death. Josefa Arguello was on of his daughters, she married Eulogio de Celis, their son Eulogio F. de Celis became a predominant landowner in the San Fernando Valley. Luis Antonio Argüello died in Yerba Buena (San Francisco) in 1830, and is buried at the Mission San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores) cemetery there. 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「Luis Antonio Argüello」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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