swaston] EARLY HISTORY OF THE CREEK [NDIANS 123 
seven Englishmen and aboul one hundred Indians killed, besides others thai wore 
killed by Fray Miranda and bis Indians, lint our men having rui I of ammuni- 
tion they were in their turn finally defeated. My lieutenant waswounded byashot 
that knocked him down from his horse, and the clergyman, Fray Juan de Parga, 
together with two soldiers, were killed. The rest of the force withdrew, leaving in 
the hands of the enemy, my lieutenant, eighl soldiers, and a few Indians as prisoners, 
whom the infidels treated in the most cruel and barbarous manner. After having 
hound the unfortunate Indian prisoners, by the hands and feet to a stake, they set fire 
to them, when they were burned up alive. This horrible sight was witnessed by 
m> lieutenant and soldiers, who, naked, were tied up in the stocks. Only Fray Angel 
de Miranda was free 
The affliction of the clergymen is great, and they have written to me and to their 
prelate urging that they be moved away from the danger that threatens them 
The enemy released the clergyman, the lieutenant, and four soldiers, but with the 
understanding that each one was to pay a ransom of four hundred dollars, five cows, 
and five horses. But the captain whom my lieutenant had left in his place, in charge 
of the defence of the strong house at San Luis, sent word to the English governor that 
he would not send him anything. Finally, sir, the governor withdrew with his forces 
without attacking the Strong House, but not before he had succeeded in destroying five 
settlements, carrying with him the Indians of two of them, together with all the cattle, 
In >rses, a nd everything else that they could cany. The Indians that abandoned their 
settlements and went away with the enemy numbered about six hundred. 
The enemy carried away the arms, Bhotguns, pistols, and horses, and with flags of 
peace marched upon the Strong House at old San Luis in order to ill treat the captain 
that was stationed there. 1 
The only satisfactory French account is contained in a letter 
written by Bienville to his Government. This also contains the best 
statement relative to the settlement of a part of the Apalachee 
refugees near Mobile. I venture to translate it as follows: 
The Apalachee have been entirely destroyed by the English and the savages. 
They made prisoners thirty-two Spaniards, who formed a garrison there, besides 
which they had seventeen burned, including three Franciscan fathers (Peres 
Cordelliers), and have killed and made prisoner six or seven thousand Apalachee, 
the tribe which inhabited this country, and have killed more than six thousand head 
of cattle and other domestic animals such as horses and sheep. The Spaniards have 
burned the little fortress which they had there and have all retired to St. Augustine. 
Of all the Apalachee savages there have escaped only four hundred persons who 
have taken refuge in our river and have asked my permission to sow there and estab- 
lish a village. Another nation, named Chaqueto, which was established near Pansa- 
cola, has also come to settle in our river. They number about two hundred persons. 
I asked them why they left the Spaniards. They told me that they did not give 
them any guns, hut that the French gave them to all of their allies. The English 
have drawn over to themselves all of the savages who were near the castle of St. Augus- 
tine, among whom there were Spanish missionaries. There remain to them [the Span- 
iards] at present only two or three allied villages of the savages. The English intend 
to return to besiege the castle of St. Augustine, according to information which I have 
received from the governor of the said castle, and they also threaten to make the 
French withdraw from Mobille. If they come here, which I do not believe, they 
mil not make us withdraw easily. - 
> Brooks, MSS., Miss Brooks's translation. 
sLouUiane: Correspondence Generate, MS. vol. in Library Louisiana Historical Society, pp. 567-568. 
The "Chaqueto" are the Chatot. 
