*Instrucción* for the commander of the escort assigned to found Mission San Juan Bautista — a 19-article conduct code (see Expanded Entry 7): friars pick the site + defensibility; treat as if facing enemy Indians; ramada guardhouse + day/night sentinel; gentiles may not approach armed; ⭐ gentle dealing mandated — punish 'luego luego' any soldier who harms an Indian & compensate the Indian; ⭐ no trading arms/knives/sword-pieces/barrel-hoops to Indians; ⭐ soldiers forbidden to visit rancherías alone; no runaway-hunting parties; ⭐ the troop must labor building the interim church/friars' quarters/guardhouse/houses; venerate the friars; send a certification of the *toma de posesión* + first Mass. = the founding instrument for site #4 of Doc 124's five-mission proposal (SJB founded 24 Jun 1797)
| Date | 1797-05-19 (exact) |
|---|---|
| From | Diego de Borica |
| To | the Escort *Comisionado* |
| Place | Monterey |
| Series | State Papers, Missions |
| Tomo | I–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.ii.222–228 |
| Savage copy page | 178–185 |
| Scan leaf | n177 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Diego de Borica to the Escort *Comisionado*, Monterey, 1797-05-19, State Papers, Missions, p.ii.222–228, Archives of California, C-A 50, 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 I–V]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/ca50/ca50-d148.html