troops content with available meat, scarce at the Rancho del Rey from frequent gentile thefts

Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), tomo XX–XXXIX · BANC MSS C-A 16, document 96

troops content with available meat, scarce at the Rancho del Rey from frequent gentile thefts; ⭐⭐ on the Indians: by the Laws of the Indies neophytes should leave mission tutelage at 10 years, but those of New California 'at this rate will not leave even in 10 centuries — why? God knows, and men know something of it.'

Date1796-08-23 (exact)
FromGov. Borica
ToAlberni
PlaceMonterey
SeriesProvincial State Papers, Benicia (Military)
TomoXX–XXXIX (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo page325
Savage copy page59–60
Scan leafn58–59
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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How to cite this documentGov. Borica to Alberni, Monterey, 1796-08-23, Provincial State Papers, Benicia (Military), XX–XXXIX, 325, Archives of California, C-A 16, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley. [the tomo is given as the volume’s full range: this entry has not been resolved to a single tomo within XX–XXXIX]Cite the document by series, tomo and original tomo page, as the literature does; the C-A number locates it in the repository. To cite this catalogue entry itself, use https://archivesofcalifornia.com/record/ca16/ca16-d96.html
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