According to R. A. Thompson’s Conquest of California, James McChristian, then 10, & his father were NOT among the "original" Bear Flaggers, i.e., those that took Sonoma on the morning of June 14, 1846.
They spent the night of the 13th/14th at the home of Oliver Bolio, Lachryma Montis & only found out about the Insurgency on the morning of June 14th, when they came into Sonoma proper. James & his father left Sonoma in the afternoon of June 14th and the McChristian family returned to Sonoma "as soon as it was possible."
James remembered that the first thing he saw when they got back to Sonoma was men making the Bear Flag.
Although it would seem likely that the McChristian family arrived in Sonoma on either June 14 or 15, according to James' version, that is only surmise. Unfortunately it helps us little in terms of identifying exactly when, date and time, the Bear Flag was made.
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