'Excusa de la tropa con las indias; su correccion' — full-text bando spanning n429-n430, on the repeated complaints of excesses company individuals commit with the Indian women, gentile & Christian: 'En lo referido se supone no haber habido violencia; porque en este caso se debe formar sumaria.' GLOSS: graduated penalties for illicit relations — sergeants/corporals 2 months' arrest (1st), stripped of ginetas & escuadras, demoted to last soldier (2nd); soldiers 1/2/4 months in irons at public works, then sumaria with due rigor; any NCO or detachment commander who consents or conceals such vice: sumaria; violence cases require a sumaria (rape treated separately); copy posted in all presidio & mission guard corps.
| Date | 1796-04-11 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica |
| To | Comdtes de las Compañías |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | IV |
| Original tomo page | p.296-297 |
| Savage copy page | 421 |
| Scan leaf | n429 |
| Document type | bando |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Borica to Comdtes de las Compañías, Monterey, 1796-04-11, Provincial Records, IV, p.296-297, Archives of California, C-A 23, 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/ca23/ca23-d1214.html