«Castiga á un Indio q.e mató á su muger» — the Indian Silverio (Mission San Luis Obispo, named in the quote) sentenced for uxoricide: 8 years' grillete + public works at San Diego, rationed from the fondo de gratificación (cotón de bayeta, taparrabo, dos frazadas). His accomplice the India Rosa placed 8 years as servant in the house of José de Argüello (comandante, casado y con 10 hijos), he obliged 'de vestirla, sustenerla y educarla cristianam.te'. Borica verbatim: «De este modo se logra castigar a los reos... porq.e no hay cosa q.e mas sientan los indios de la peninsula q.e la espatriacion la cual se verifica p.r q.e Silverio se aleja de su mision, S.n Luis Ob.º - mas de cien leguas, y Rosa por el rumbo opuesto otras tantas.» Expatriation-as-punishment doctrine stated outright; forced female servitude in an officer household. Cf. d860 (1799 Jun 26 follow-up naming 'Indio Silvio & India Rosa').
| Date | 1798-11-30 (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.449-50 |
| Savage copy page | 431-432 / 107.-108. |
| Scan leaf | n432-n433 |
| Document type | register entry with verbatim quote |
| Source | verbatim transcription |
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Borica to Virrey, Monterrey, 1798-11-30, Provincial Records, V–VII, pp.449-50, 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-d1058.html