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towns deserted and many of the Indians, converted as well us infidels, killed or made 
prisoners, while the majority of them revolted and joined the English, enjoying the 
freedom under which they were allowed to live. The few who then preferred to 
remain under the protection of the arms of Y. M., settled down upon other lands 
where they could consider themselves free and secured from the attacks of the revolted 
Indians and formed their huts and settlements under the name of towns, where they 
were assisted by the missionary fathers with that love and zeal which was required 
of them. 
After the destruction of these provinces and their towns, war continued to rage between 
the converted and infidel Indians, the latter assisted and fomented by the English. All 
around their [i. e., the English] towns are settlements, where they have congregated a 
large number of Caribe Indians, allowing them those liberties to which they are accus- 
tomed, and in this manner they have succeeded in annihilating over four-fifths of the 
number of Indians who had sought refuge. The rest of them remaining in their settle- 
ments, the largest of which hardly had a population of sixty souls, males, females, 
children, and Indians all told. In each of those settlements resided a clergyman, this 
being indispensable owing to the diversity of languages, which requires their separate 
instruction in the doctrine , and in some of those settlements it was necessary to have 
two clergymen because of the population being composed of Indians of distinct 
nationalities. 
In none of these settlements was it ever possible to have a church where the holy 
sacrament of the Eucharist could be offered, notwithstanding they were distant only 
seven, five, and three leagues from this city (St. Augustine) ; so great was the fear they 
had of the infidels, that for the slightest cause they would move from one place to 
another without ever having a permanent residence. 
For this reason, and because the churches dedicated for mass to be said in them, were 
not decent, it was decided to administer the Viaticum to the sick Indians during the 
hour of its celebration only. 
But seeing themselves every day more and more harrassed by the infidel Indians, 
they sought refuge under the guns of the fort of this city, where they have formed their 
settlements, the farthest being within gunshot distance, the names of the said settle- 
ments or towns being Mores, Nombre de Dios, El Nuevo, Tolemato, La Costa, Palica, 
and Casapuyas. The first one was composed of twenty men, eighteen women, and ten 
children, and among them there were only one man and one woman infidels. The 
second was composed of eighteen men, fourteen women, and eight children, all Chris- 
tians. The third one was composed of twenty-three men, twenty-two women, and 
twenty children, all Christians, except one of the men who was an infidel. The 
fourth one has no fixed number; sometimes it has thirty or forty, and at other times 
only four or six, owing to its inhabitants being fond of moving about, similar to those 
from the keys. The women who generally reside there are seven, and about twelve 
children, all [the latter] Christians. The men [of the last town] are mostly infidels, 
and of the women three. The fifth had fourteen men, ten women, of whom some are 
infidels, and possibly had about four or five children. Chiqueto, which is also called 
Nombre de Dios, had about fifteen men, and twenty women, all Christians, and 
finally Casapuyas had fourteen men, and as many women, of whom the majority 
were infidels, and was composed of two different nations. 1 
There is an evident mistake in the last paragraph quoted, but as 
it has occurred in the Spanish transcription and possibly was made 
by the author himself, it can not be entirely rectified here. The 
principal trouble is that, while the writer professes to give the popu- 
i Brooks, MSS. 
