Estado General de las Misiones de las Californias en 1795* (see Expanded Entry 9) — Real-Hacienda herds…

State Papers, Missions, tomo I–V · BANC MSS C-A 50, document 184

*Estado General de las Misiones de las Californias en 1795* (see Expanded Entry 9) — Real-Hacienda herds (~2,800 yeguada + ~2,000 cattle, much *alzado/cimarrón*) ravaged by a 3-year drought & by cattle-rustling by 'indios Gentiles y Cristianos, hostigados del hambre'; ⭐ a copyist's note signed 'Martínez' addresses Bancroft directly, underlining Borica's words to show how the governor 'atenúa la criminalidad de los indios abigeos dando por causa de su delito el hambre'; + the mission-decline analysis (hard labor, scarce food, crowded *encierros* for solteros/solteras) + Baja *gálico*/scurvy

Date1796-08-24 (exact)
FromBorica (Monterey)
ToViceroy
SeriesState Papers, Missions
TomoI–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo)
Original tomo pagep.ii.327–30
Savage copy page206–209
Scan leafn205
Document typeabstract
SourceSavage abstract

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