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The killing did not stop here, for in June 1846 he ordered Kit Carson to murder three Hispanics. It turned out that these men were established and respected members of California’s Mexican elite, all being mayors or Alcaldes and governing authorities in Sonoma and Yerba Buena (later known as San Francisco).42 Frémont then assumed leadership of the Bear Flaggers and falsely took credit for the independence of California. The revolt lasted 26 days, ending once the US Army arrived with the Bear Flag being replaced with the Stars and Stripes. Unbeknown to Frémont and his Bear Flag supporters, the US had already declared war on Mexico on May 13, 1846. Most of Alta California did not even know about the revolt, even though the rebels declared the independence of California from Mexico.43
In January 1847, Commodore Robert F. Stockton, commander of the Pacific Fleet headquartered in Monterey, appointed Frémont military governor of California. But when General Stephen Kearny of the US Army arrived later that year in an overland march from Santa Fé, Stockton dismissed Frémont and declared Kearny the governor. Frémont stubbornly refused to accept Stockton’s decision and was extremely slow to relent. He was later convicted of mutiny and disobedience of a superior officer. While approving of the court’s action, President Polk quickly commuted his dishonorable discharge sentence because of his prior service to the country.44