(Worth SGC) DOCUMENT 5: ORDERS REGARDING THE PROVINCE OF GUALE ORDER 11: GUERRA Y VEGA TO AISPIOLEA, JANUARY 10, 1667 The following order was erroneously marked 1677 in the margin by the notary Castilla, and thus was bound out of order. It should be located between the 1666 and 1668 labor drafts, and in this context the order below conforms well to the orders of those years. [f.33] Order to bring Indians from the provinces of Guale and Mocama for the cultivation, year of 1677.(43) NOTE 43. Although notary Francisco de Castilla erroneously copied the date as 1677 in this marginal note, the actual date appears as 1667 in the text of both the order and instruction. Furthermore, Governor Guerra y Vega was not in office in 1677. Don Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega, governor and captain general of this city of St. Augustine, Florida, and its provinces for the King our lord. Inasmuch as today on this date I have dispatched to the provinces of Timucua and Apalachee to look for the people which are customarily brought for the labor of the infantry who serve His Majesty in this presidio, as an indispensable thing, so that they might sustain themselves better, and so that the post will have the necessary provision; and it is suitable to make a draft from the provinces of Guale and Mocama, as has been done for time immemorial in this place, and for this draft and transport, it is suitable to send [f.33, vto.] a person who is capable among the natives, so that he brings them wisely; and because I am informed that most who are in the habit of coming are pagans; and because I am well-informed of the person of Adjutant Francisco de Aispiolea, I have deemed it advisable to name him, as for the present I elect and name him, so that as soon as he receives this [order] he should leave this city and go to the province of Guale, where having arrived, he should in my name give to understand to its micos, caciques, and principals the suitability to the service of His Majesty, the common good, and the conservation of this post, that they remit the field hands who are requested, [f.34] according to the instruction which I have commanded him to turn over, assuring them all good treatment, and that I will have them paid for all their labor, and in case some Indians should wish to come of their own will, beyond the quantity which are ordered, he will endeavor with the best attention which he can to conduct them to this city with the rest, endeavoring to leave their micos and caciques pleased, doing everything with the zeal which I expect from his person; and when they are gathered, he will endeavor to leave from those provinces at a time which he sees he can arrive at this city on the coming twentieth of February, without permitting or making [f.34, vto.] exception that they come burdened, only with their provision, for the importance which His Majesty (may God preserve him) charges their good treatment. And below this order I command all the micos, caciques, mandadores, and remaining principals of the towns through which the said Adjutant Francisco de Aispiolea passes to give him all the support and aid which he asks them for, without any limitation, on pain that I will command he who does the contrary to be punished in public, this being suitable to the service of His Majesty. The copy of this order will be taken in the governmental secretary's office, which is dispatched for this, signed by my hand, sealed [f.35] with the seal of my arms, and endorsed by the undersigned, my secretary. Given in the city of St. Augustine, Florida, on the tenth of January, sixteen sixty-seven, Don Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega. By order of the governor and captain general, my lord, Miguel Alonso de Ojeda, secretary. Instruction which was given to the aforementioned in the order above. Instruction and order which Adjutant Francisco de Aispiolea, reformado in this presidio, is to observe in the draft of the Indians from the province of Guale, conforming to the order which I have ordered him to turn over, is as follows: Firstly, from the village of Guadalquini, [f.35, vto.] five Indians. From the villages of Santa Catharina and Sathoache, eight Indians. From the village of Zapala, four. From the village of Tupiqui, four. From the village of San Phelipe, another four Indians. And it conforms with this reckoning if it is suitable to draft more people. He will see the disposition which there is in each one of the villages, according to the people they have, altering the quantities if it is suitable, bringing a count and copy of the people who go, and how many from each village, so that with the same [count] they can return to their villages upon finishing the cultivation. And likewise he will give the Yamase caciques who find themselves in that province to understand the great necessity [f.36] which there is ofpeople in order to cultivate the said fields, and by it being suitable to the service of His Majesty, I order them to give as many Indians of their nation as they can for the said purpose, assuring them on my part good treatment, and that I will have them paid for their labor. And in all he will do and fulfill according to what I expect from his person, adjusting all to this instruction. Given in the city of St. Augustine, Florida, on the tenth of January, sixteen sixty-seven, Don Francisco de la Guerra y de la Vega. By order of the governor and captain general, my lord, Miguel de Ojeda, secretary. Agrees with the order previously inserted, according to how the copy appears in one of the governmental books of the archive at my charge, to which I refer. [f.36, vto.] And by verbal order of the senor Colonel Don Manuel de Montiano, governor and captain general of this post and its provinces, I give the present in Florida on the fifth of August, seventeen thirty-nine. In true testimony, Francisco de Castilla Governmental Notary