FAGES' COMPREHENSIVE GOVERNING INSTRUCTION (14+ numbered articles), issued on his departure for Antigua California — a keystone document. INDIAN-RAIDING POLICY (arts 2–7): expect renewed stock-raids (the gentiles' *'inconstancia'*), punish malefactors with azotes + labor but AVOID DEATHS/BLOODSHED, sustain them *'como mis hijos'*; surveillance of Mission San Carlos Christians (confiscate ropes/knives/machetes/*cabrestos*, monitor whether meat enters rancherías — neophytes complicit in cattle-theft); *partidas* to CAPTURE not kill, *'sin dar ocasión para que los gentiles aprendan a matar a los soldados'*; restrict soldiers escorting Padres after runaways; no *vejación* to gentiles, treat them kindly. GOVERNANCE (8–13): Real-Hacienda cattle control, May/June *matanza*, presidio *fábrica* (calera de Buenavista lime kiln), herd-guard (2 SF soldiers detached), mail-relay, ship-unloading control (no sailors overnight ashore, no unauthorized boarding — anti-smuggling/desertion). ⭐⭐⭐ art. 14 = MANILA-GALLEON CONTROL: the *nao de Filipinas* now to stop at Monterey/SF — permit NO commerce/extraction to land, NO ONE (esp. no religious) aboard, prevent clandestine introduction [→ BODEGA closed-port]. arts 16–17 = drought management (the 'rigurosa seca' put cattle/horses on the Monterey river banks; rain now recovering pasture; caballada brought to the Corral, inspected morning/evening) → indian-raiding (MAJOR) + bodega + californio/alcalde-rule + governance + climate/drought
| Date | 1783-03-01 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Fages |
| To | Diego González (Comandante Interino de Monterey) |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | p.IV 94–104 (pp 228–237, **17 arts**) |
| Savage copy page | 428–438 |
| Scan leaf | n432–n442 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fages to Diego González (Comandante Interino de Monterey), Monterey, 1783-03-01, Provincial State Papers, IV, p.IV 94–104 (pp 228–237, **17 arts**), Archives of California, C-A 2, Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.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/ca2/ca2-d295.html