Hermenegildo Sal → Cabo Luis Peralta — Instructions for the Mission Santa Cruz escort (25 articles). — A detailed *instrucción* for the escort commander: rations for soldiers & the 6 mission servants; build a communal *rancho*; tobacco/soap/chocolate allowances; daily Rosary; monthly courier to Santa Clara; weekly arms/munitions/clothing review. ⭐ A Neve-style conciliatory Indian-policy code — disarm Indians before they enter the mission; 'buen trato' with the gentiles; if forced to use arms, suspend hostilities the instant they make peace and conciliate 'con la mas posible suavidad'; troops not to enter rancherías or harm Indians; watch for pasture-burning; escort the padres; no gambling. ⭐ Parallels the Carrillo Santa Inés *instrucción* (C-A 11). → the Sal papers, indigenous relations.
| Date | 1791, Sep 21, San Francisco (year) |
|---|---|
| From | Doc II-69 |
| Series | State Papers, Sacramento |
| Tomo | I |
| Original tomo page | — |
| Savage copy page | 274–281 |
| Scan leaf | n273–n280 |
| Document type | Transcription |
| Source | Savage abstract |
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