But the hero of all this early Franciscan period was Fray Alonso Reynoso. Devout, gentle, zealous, tireless, his figure, though shadowy in the distance, still looms large and strong. He was a sixteenth century Serra on the Atlantic coast.1 [Note 1 Father Reynoso's work is dealt with in a Council warrant, Madrid, November 12, 1583; royal cédula to the Casa de Contratación, November 22, 1583; to Fray Alonso de Reynoso, March 31, 1584; to the Casa de Contratación, February 3, 1587; to the same, February 23, 1587; to the royal officials of Florida, October 11, 1589; to the same, October 18, 1589; the Council of the Indies to Antonio de Cartagena, November 6, 1589; royal cédula to the officials of Florida, March 17, 1587; to the Casa de Contratación, June 1, 1587; to the same, September 20, 1589; to the governor of Florida, March 6, 1590 (all the foregoing are in A. G. I., 154-1-18). In a letter dated at San Agustin, May 10, 1586, Governor Marques wrote in highest praise of the friar. "I can tell your Majesty that he has worked hard among these people, for since he came he has never left them." (A. G. I., 54-5-16, Doc. no. 48.) His work is reviewed in a document of 1602 entitled Florida, Materias Gubernativas (A. G. I., 86-5-24).]