| Date | 1782-09-07 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | El Saucito |
| Place | El Saucito |
| Series | Provincial State Papers |
| Tomo | III |
| Original tomo page | p.[—] |
| Savage copy page | 128–136± |
| Scan leaf | n131–n139 |
| Document type | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ THE NEVE→FAGES HANDOVER INSTRUCTION — the governing brief for the new interim governor, written on the march ('la agitación de incómodos parages y de su marcha que obliga á reducirla á los más esenciales puntos'): pointers to the standing corpus (his instrucciones generales/particulares for the presidio comandantes, the Frontera, the pueblos' formation-and-growth instruction, the manejo-de-intereses resoluciones + the S.M.-approved Reglamento de la Península); ⭐⭐⭐ the frontier-security brief (n134): the unsubdued gentiles between S. Diego & the Frontera — 'señaladamente los del Arroyo de S. Juan Bautista, Encino y Encenada de los dos Santos… ejecutando LA MUERTE DEL CABO ANTONIO BRIONES' [the 1777 Briones ambush, mil-register #4, cited as living memory], arrow attacks on parties, grass-fires set before a 30-mule convoy under Alférez José Velásquez (13 soldiers + 4 arrieros) [fire-attacks on the supply line]; Neve's planned 40-man entrada to surprise the three parages — 'amonestándolos y aun agasajándolos' [punitive-but-conciliatory]; Sgt. Guillermo Carrillo the fallback commander; the Encino-arroyo geography (the llano, the alameda de álamos y encinos, the pine sierra SSE); ⭐⭐ the northern-district punishment tariff (n137): stock-damage by 'los cristianos de la Misión de S. Cárlos, gentiles de los Sanjones y la Soledad… [y] de inmediación del Presº de S. Francisco y Pueblo de S. José' contained by 'moderado castigo' — apprehension + 8–10 days of CEPO + 20–25 AZOTES, then admonition & release; (n138–n152, further): ⭐⭐ gifts-over-punishment, from Neve's own pocket — 'regalándoles un almud de maíz á cada uno ó algunas panochas DE MI CUENTA, cuyo medio ha sido bastante para reparar este daño en el Presº de Sn Francisco [y] Pueblo de S. José'; ⭐⭐ the selective horse-killing — S. Carlos's own *Christians* killed 10 head of Monterey's caballada while sparing the mission's herd ('siendo lo especial que no ejecutan daño alguno en el ganado ni caballada de la Misión') — legible resistance; ask Fr. Junípero Serra to admonish them (⚠ a TORN passage here — Savage flags 'falta un pedazo á la hoja' + gives a conjectural fill); rope/halter confiscation rules; ⭐⭐⭐ the deterrence-fragility doctrine (n140): fugitive-recovery salidas 'HAN RESULTADO MUERTES DE GENTILES por la mala dirección de los cabos'; small dismounted parties in the sierra WILL be read as weak — 'el fatal suceso de una, es preciso anime á los que la causaron… NADA DEBE PRECAVERSE CON TANTO CUIDADO… no exasperar á la NUMEROSA GENTILIDAD QUE NOS RODEA' [restraint born of demographic weakness, stated as doctrine]; ⭐ friar-escort discipline (n142): padres joy-riding rancherías on 'confession' escorts (one gone 3 days to the Soledad ranchería; Fr. Francisco Dumetz 'anduvo corriendo las rancherías de la sierra') — no religioso may join salidas to gentile rancherías, confession escorts capped at 2; ⭐⭐ royal-herd economics (n145): Monterey's ganado >700 head this year; the Sept–Oct matanza system (24 novillos + old ewes), meat rationed to the troop; ⭐⭐⭐ the pueblo-provisioning keystone (n148): after last year's TOTAL San Blas remesa failure, 'los presidios de Monterey y S. Francisco… fueron COMPLETAMENTE SURTIDOS POR EL PUEBLO DE S. JOSÉ, cuya cosecha excedió de MIL Y TRESCIENTAS FANEGAS'; S. Gabriel & S. Juan Capistrano provisioned San Diego + the SB founding force — the pueblos replacing the supply ships [→ bodega §④ boat-problem]; ⭐⭐ San José public works (n151): a presa de cal y canto + pósito under construction, stone-hauling carretas built; ⭐⭐ the Sta Clara–S. José BOUNDARY declared — 'la guardarraya… que divide los dos términos de Oriente á Poniente es la mediación del terreno… á la misión la parte del Norte, y al Pueblo la del Sur,' mojoneras to be set [the origin of the long límites dispute, cf. ca12-d301]; Baja fiscal (n152): Loreto's Hacienda ramos — pesca de perla, venta de sal, ganado; Gálvez's flete-de-mar instruction; ⭐ the Sta Ana silver-refining hacienda (beneficio de plata) auctioned to Capt. Antonio de Ocio[?] for 1,000 pesos; ⭐⭐ the SERRA INVENTORY FIGHT (n155): the missions haven't remitted inventories — 'Tengo hecha 3ª INSTANCIA sobre este particular al R.P. Serra… DE QUIEN NO HE RECIBIDO CONTESTACIÓN' [Neve's third unanswered demand]; the new Gov. to press by *oficio de ruego y encargo*; the required annual returns per mission — existencias de frutos, 'número de naturales… inventarios y padrones' + the production accounting 'de todo… que se produzca POR TODA FAENA Y EJERCICIO DE INDIOS É INDIAS' (n158, art 16) [mission-transparency vs Franciscan stonewalling]; ⭐ art 17: the Gálvez-era ban on ALL commerce with the NAO DE FILIPINAS at the Baja ports carried forward ('bajo severas penas… ninguna persona de cualquier estado…') [closed-door economics, galleon edition]. ENDS n161 (Sav p.158): 'Parage del Saucito en la salida del cañón de Sta Catarina, 7 de Setiembre de 1782 — Felipe de Neve (firmado),' pp.313–330. FULL SPAN n131–n161 |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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