'Pelea con Indios' — on Nov. 17 the cabo of the San Juan mission escort (12 leguas N of Monterey presidio) reported 'los gentiles de la sierra' had killed 6 Indians and 2 women of the rancherías next to the mission, the same who killed a Christian Indian 'el mes de Set.bre anter.r'; Borica sent sarg.to Macario Castro with 10 hombres de cuera, 8 Christian Indians and 24 aggrieved gentiles; met with arrows, the troop fired, killing 'el capitan principal de nombre de Fatilloste' [initial F/T ambiguous; Bancroft I:558 prints 'Tatillosti'] and badly wounding another; recovered two women presumed dead 'de la tribu Aüsaimes'; captured two Indians, kept at the mission to learn Spanish as 'guias y interpretes'; one soldier arrow-wounded (flint lodged, later extracted, recovered). Quote: 'Me hallo en mil trabajos p.a poder aclarar cualesquier cosa q.e ocurre entre los gentiles por la variedad de sus idiomas, pues sucede q.e en la distancia de 12 leguas se hallan tres ó 4 tan distintos — q.e no se entienden unas rancherias con otras.' Will pursue the malefactor ranchería called 'Osos'; vigilance enjoined on the San Juan escolta. Cf. Bancroft I:558 (cites Prov. Rec. vi. 106-7 = these ms pages). Recovered 2026-09-02 from inside d842's over-declared span (leaf-verified, full verbatim in the issue register).
| Date | 1798-11-27 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Borica |
| To | Virrey |
| Place | Monterrey |
| Series | Provincial Records |
| Tomo | V–VII (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | pp. 443–7 |
| Savage copy page | 430–431 (=106–107) |
| Scan leaf | n431–432 |
| Document type | report (Savage abstract w/ verbatim quote) |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Borica to Virrey, Monterrey, 1798-11-27, Provincial Records, V–VII, pp. 443–7, Archives of California, C-A 24, 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 V–VII]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/ca24/ca24-d1054.html