swan-tun] EARL? insronv Of tiik creek Indians 341 
lation of the several towns in the order in which their names appear, 
one of them, Nombre de Dios, is second in the list of names and 
sixth in the statistical list. This leaves it uncertain whether the 
other names and figures correspond, especially since the word "fifth" 
in the translation has been substituted for "sixth" in the original on 
the probable, but not necessarily correct, supposition that the writer 
had made a mistake. It is also possible that the Spanish text names 
six towns instead of seven. It runs as follows: "meres nombre de 
Dios Tolemato el nuevo la costa Palica y Casapuyas," and it is impos- 
sible to say whether the name of the third is Tolemato or Tolemato el 
nuevo. I have assumed the former provisionally in order to make 
the seven towns which the statistics call for. In the English trans- 
lation accompanying this text matters have been made worse by 
the entire omission of Mores, El Nuevo, and La Costa. Neverthe- 
less, with the exception just noted, we have no reason to doubt the 
correctness of the town names given and the statistical information 
is borne out by a comparison with that on pages 105-106, although 
the number of the towns themselves does not precisely correspond. 
Following the above, De la Vega adds the information regarding 
the Apalachee towns which 1 have quoted elsewhere. Then he 
continues: 
The aforesaid was the condition of the religious settlements in the provinces subject 
to the jurisdiction of San Agustin de la Florida, whose churches were built of palmetto, 
both the walls and roof, except the one at Holomacos[Tolomato], which was built of 
lumber board, and the one at Nombre de Dios, which was the best and contained the 
image of Our Lady of the Milk, the walls of which, through private donations of the 
faithful, had been built of stone and mortar, although the roof was of palmetto like 
the others. But a body of two hundred English having penetrated into that town on 
the aforesaid day, the twentieth of March [1728], together with as many Indians, they 
plundered and pillaged it and set the whole town on fire. They robbed the church 
and the convent and profaned the images, killing six and wounding eight Indians, a 
lieutenant and a soldier of infantry. They also took several prisoners with them and 
withdrew without furl her action. In view of this the governor had the church blown 
up by means of powder, withdrawing the Indians who had remained there to the 
shelter <>f this city, Leaving only the town of Pocotabaco [Pocotalaco] under the pro- 
tection of the guns of this fort. 1 
As I have pointed out elsewhere, the Yamasee or Guale element 
was evidently predominant in these villages, and how many of them 
were occupied by Timucua we do not know, although that called 
"Pueblo de Timucua" 2 probably contained most of them. A few 
may ha\e emigrated to southern Florida and joined the Indians 
there, and a few were probably absorbed into the Yamasee. Those 
who retained their tribal identity withdrew to the Mosquito Lagoon 
and Halifax River, Volusia County, where Tomoka River keeps 
» Brooks, MSS. » See p. 105. 
