Oglethorpe was instructed at first to "anoy the Spaniards." He did not need urging. Hastening to Frederica he raised a troop of mounted rangers, and sent messengers among the Indian allies to call for warriors. They promptly responded. When war was openly declared (October, 1739), Oglethorpe struck quickly.1 [Note 1 Oglethorpe's summons to the Indians and his first movements against Florida are treated in Ga. Col. Rec., IV, 424, 474, 501, 550-551, 555; Ga. Hist. Soc. Col, III, 82-94, 105-108; Montiano to Gttemes, January 31, 1740 (Ga. Hist. Soc. Col., VII, Pt. I, 34); S. C. Hist. Soc. Col., II, 270; Stephens, Journal (Ga. Col. Rec., IV), 447, 458, 462-465, 474, 477, 483, 501; Stevens, History of Georgia, I, 161, 163; Mereness, Travels, 224-226.]