Informe on the state of the ex-Jesuit ('regulares extinguidos') missions of Baja California (*copia*) — numbered ¶ survey of ~16 missions (Santiago, San José del Cabo, Todos Santos, Loreto, San Javier, Comondú, Cadegomó, Guadalupe, Mulegé, San Ignacio, Sta Gertrudis, San Borja, Sta María→San Fernando Velicatá); catastrophic demographic collapse (5 nations ~22,000 souls '40 yrs ago' → near-extinct; Pericú <⅕ remain); *viruela* of 1781 devastated Sta Gertrudis (Cochimí); ¶44 the syphilis (*mal gálico*) so pervasive 'las madres no conciben… el feto sale con poca esperanza de vida,' some missions >1 yr w/o a baptism, 'triples los muertos que los nacidos'; mission economy, communal property, $350 *sínodo*/missionary, Indian *gobernadores*; blunt: 'los indios de California todos son igualmente perezosos, ineptos y estúpidos.' Savage closes: 'fechado en Agosto de 1786'
| Date | 1786-08 [⚠ header reads '1790 = Octubre 20 = Mont.'; VERIFIED on the leaf 2026-08-27] (month) |
|---|---|
| From | Fages |
| To | Viceroy |
| Series | State Papers, Missions |
| Tomo | I–V (volume range; this entry is not resolved to one tomo) |
| Original tomo page | p.i.21–32 |
| Savage copy page | 10–18 |
| Scan leaf | n9 |
| Document type | abstract |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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Fages to Viceroy, 1786-08 [⚠ header reads '1790 = Octubre 20 = Mont.'; VERIFIED on the leaf 2026-08-27], State Papers, Missions, p.i.21–32, 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-d3.html