SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 



VOLUME 95. NUMBER 16 



A 17th century letter OF GABRIEL DIAZ VARA 



CALDERON, BISHOP OF CUBA, DESCRIBING THE 



INDIANS AND INDIAN MISSIONS OF FLORIDA 



(With 12 Plates) 



Transcribed and Translated by 



LUCY L. WEN HOLD 



Salem College, Winston-Salem, N. C. 



INTRODUCTION BY JOHN R. SWANTON 



^'11 CI im^ 



[Publication 3398) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



NOVEMBER 20, 1936 



