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were greatly <>u the increase, 1 and Gov. Damiaii de Vega Castro y 
Pardo writes, Augus1 22, 1639, that there had been more than a 
thousand conversions there, although there were still only two friars. 
Be also state- that In 1 had made peace between the Apalachee and 
three tribes called Chacatos, Apalochocolos. and Amacanos, evi- 
dently the Chatot, Lower Creeks, and Yamasee. 2 Barcia informs ns 
that the Apalaohee made war upon the Spaniards in \iYAS, hut were 
driven back into their own country, which was in turn invaded. 3 The 
documents of the time make no mention of this struggle and I think 
Barcia is in error, or more likely the notice is out of place. In 1647 a 
war did break out, however, attributed to the fact that the Spaniards 
were not giving the Indians as much as formerly, and also to the 
influence of some Chisca (Yuchi) Indians. At that time there were 
eighl friars in the province and seven churches and convents. Eight 
of the chiefs, of whom there were said to be more than 40, had ac- 
cept ed the new faith. In the revolt three missionaries were killed 
and all of the churches and convents, with the sacred objects which 
they contained, were destroyed, and among the slain were the lieuten- 
ant of the province and his family. Capt. Don Martin de Cuera was 
sent against the rebels with a troop of soldiers, but his party was 
surrounded by a multitude of Indians and after a battle which lasted 
all day he was forced to return to St. Augustine for reinforcements. 
And then a strange filing happened, well illustrating the fickleness 
of the Indian nature. Francisco Menendez Marques, acting on 
advices privately received from the enemy's country, went there in 
person secretly and put down the rebellion with comparative ease, 
assisted almost entirely, it would seem, by friendly Apalachee. 
Twelve of the ringleaders were killed, and 26 others condemned to labor 
on the fortifications of St. Augustine. The rest were pardoned, but 
with the understanding that they should send additional men to work 
on the fortifications of the capital. After this most of the Apalachee 
sought baptism. 4 The obligation to labor in St. Augustine is a con- 
stant source of complaint from this time on — sometimes by the 
Indians themselves; sometimes by the friars on their behalf. In 
1656 there was an uprising among the Timucua Indians, which 
spread to the Apalachee, but it seems to have died out there without 
necessitating drastic measures, although we learn that a captain 
and 12 soldiers were placed in San Luis. 1 In a letter written just 
after this war we are told that there were then six monks in the 
province, 2 and by the mission list of two years earlier we find that 
" Lowery, MSS. 
-Serrano y Sara, Doc. Hist., p. 198; also Lowery, MSS. 
: Barcia, La Florida, p. 203. 
•Lowery, MSS.; also see Serrano y Sanz, Doe. Hist., pp. 204-205. 
