Spanish reaction to the colony on the Satilla was not long left in doubt. A force of thirty-four men was sent from San Agustin to New Hanover (October, 1756). The captain bore a document which, being written in Spanish, Gray could not read. But he understood the verbal orders that the intruders must withdraw from Spanish soil; and he promised to refer the matter to his governor. For three days the Spaniards visited amicably, traded at Alexander's store, and then departed.1 [Note 1 For Gray's visit to "St. Taffeys" and Spanish reaction to Gray's Gang, see Ga. Col. Rec., VII, 425-430, 451, 477, 480; Stevens, History of Georgia, I, 437-439.]